E&PH Responds to COVID-19
E&PH in Action
Rare Palo Alto Tall Tree "Global Impact Award" to honor Bonnie Maldonado
February 4, 2022. For only the third time ever, this year's Palo Alto Tall Tree Awards ceremony, hosted by the Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce and Palo Alto Weekly and scheduled for April 21, will include the Global Impact Award. This special award recognizes a community member whose work has had a long, significant influence beyond Palo Alto in the areas of technology, education, environmental stewardship, medicine, the arts or other fields. The co-recipients of the 2022 Global Impact Award will be Santa Clara County Health Officer Dr. Sara Cody and Stanford University Professor Dr. Yvonne "Bonnie" Maldonado, who specializes in pediatrics and epidemiology. Both are being recognized for their unparalleled frontline work during the extended coronavirus pandemic.
Addressing racial/ethnic inequities in vaccine hesitancy and uptake: lessons learned from the California alliance against COVID-19
January 22, 2022. In this new study, Patricia Rodriguez Espinosa & her colleagues in the CA CEAL Communication Working Group explore community-engagement approaches for addressing racial/ethnic inequities in vaccine hesitancy and uptake.
Differences in COVID-19 Risk by Race and County-Level Social Determinants of Health among Veterans
December 13, 2021. E&PH postdoctoral researcher Hoda S. Abdel Magid and colleagues at VA Palo Alto Healthcare System released the results of their latest COVID-19 disparities research in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
Protecting at-risk patients by tracking COVID-19 antibodies
December 17, 2021. "This could help inform vaccination schedules and help to motivate high-risk patients to get a booster shot," said Shuchi Anand, MD, an assistant professor of nephrology and the lead author of the study. This StanfordMed Scope Blog post features research also conducted by E&PH faculty researchers Julie Parsonnet and Glenn Chertow.
Stanford Medicine to enroll 900 in NIH-funded long-COVID study
November 22, 2021. "Data suggest that between 10% and 30% of those who have had an acute SARS-CoV-2 infection will experience the persistent pattern of symptoms known as long COVID." E&PH faculty member Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonado, MD, is a principal investigator on this study.
Pediatric infectious disease expert Yvonne Maldonado on the COVID-19 vaccine for kids
November 8, 2021. Pediatric infectious disease expert Yvonne Maldonado, MD, who helped conduct clinical trials of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in children at Stanford School of Medicine, offers this Tiny Lecture, filmed in late September.
J&J coronavirus vaccine produces low antibody response, study finds
October 15, 2021. Shuchi Anand, Epidemiology & Clinical Research alumnus Pablo Garcia, E&PH faculty researchers Julie Parsonnet and Glenn Chertow, and colleagues conducted a large study of dialysis patients that shows low immune response to the COVID-19 vaccine made by Johnson & Johnson and indicates a booster shot might be needed.
Children’s vaccine trials: Response of youngsters is being evaluated
October 14, 2021. “Children under 18 make up about a quarter of the U.S. population, so if we want to get the virus under control, we really need to include them,” said Yvonne Maldonado, MD, who is running the PfizerBioTech COVID-19 pediatric trials’ Stanford site.
Stanford supports community health workers conducting COVID-19 vaccine outreach in area’s Latinx community
October 13, 2021. Stanford E&PH faculty members are collaborating with community health workers to promote COVID-19 vaccine awareness and public health guidelines in the area’s Latinx community. The outreach effort is one of eight faculty-led projects addressing pandemic-related impacts chosen this year to receive funding from the university’s Office of Community Engagement.
Lianne Kurina: How controlling confounders makes better epidemiology
October 1, 2021. Public health studies are among the most challenging to get right, says Lianne Kurina, expert in epidemiology. But better design can yield greater confidence. Watch this Future of Everything podcast with Russ Altman.
We Did the Research: Masks Work, and You Should Choose a High Quality Mask if Possible
September 26, 2021. E&PH faculty researcher Stephen Luby and colleagues penned a guest essay for the New York Times that opens, "Masks, especially surgical ones, substantially reduce the risk of getting Covid-19."
U.S. Food and Drug Administration Reasoning in Approval Decisions When Efficacy Evidence Is Borderline, 2013–2018
September 21, 2021. New Annals of Internal Medicine study from Stanford epidemiologist Steven Goodman, MD, MHS, PhD, and colleagues critiques FDA approach to approval decisions and suggests there is no tradition, structure, or predictability to ensure consistency of decisions.
When can you vaccinate your kids? What we know as FDA prepares to consider data from studies
September 21, 2021. "Stanford pediatricians helped conduct clinical trials of COVID-19 vaccines for children. Data from the study will be submitted to the Food and Drug Administration for consideration." Stanford epidemiologist Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonado is featured.
"90 Seconds with Lisa Kim": Which mask is better in stopping spread of COVID-19?
In this latest installment of “90 Seconds with Lisa Kim," Lisa Kim checks in with Stanford Medicine professor of infectious diseases, Stephen Luby, MD (pictured here), to discuss which masks – surgical masks or cloth masks – are most effective in impeding the spread of COVID-19.
Breaking down anti-Asian racism during the pandemic
September 15, 2021. A "new study, published recently in the Journal of Asian Health, showed disturbing increases in racial discrimination incidents, particularly among East and Southeast Asian Americans. The study also emphasized the importance of examining various Asian American groups separately, rather than just as one entity, in order to better inform educators and policymakers on how best to mitigate future racist behavior." Co-senior author and E&PH faculty researcher Latha Palaniappan is featured in this Stanford Scope Blog post.
Surgical masks reduce COVID-19 spread, large-scale study shows
September 1, 2021. After a randomized trial involving nearly 350K people from 600 villages in Bangladesh, researchers, including co-senior author and E&PH faculty researcher Stephen Luby, found that wearing a surgical face mask over the mouth and nose is an effective way to reduce the occurrence of COVID-19 in community settings.
Access the Stanford Medicine News release
Other media coverage:
- KCBS Radio (Sept 6, 2021)
- Salon (Sept 5, 2021)
- Consumer Reports (Oct 14, 2021)
Stanford pediatrician answers COVID-19 vaccine questions
August 27, 2021. "As the Delta variant drives a nationwide surge in COVID-19 cases, the importance of vaccines in preventing illness and death from the disease has become increasingly clear. That's why Stanford Medicine pediatric infectious disease expert Yvonne Maldonado, MD, is participating in a campaign led by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the American Academy of Pediatrics to answer parents' questions about COVID-19 vaccines."
Stanford faculty to work in government and community organizations on health, education and economic challenges
August 25, 2021. Through the Scholars in Service program, four faculty members--including E&PH researcher Suzan Carmichael--will advance new evidence-based solutions to address disparities made worse by COVID-19. Dr. Carmichael will work with the Louisiana Department of Public Health to identify strategies to reduce maternal mortality, especially among Black mothers in Louisiana.
Returning to campus this fall? Here’s what you need to know
August 22, 2021. What those returning to Stanford for fall quarter need to know about variants, vaccinations and future campus life. E&PH faculty researcher Julie Parsonnet is interviewed.
Q&A: Stanford epidemiologists on breakthrough COVID-19 cases, pandemic forecasts
August 6, 2021. "As more people in America are vaccinated for COVID-19, a small number of breakthrough cases — infections among fully vaccinated people — have appeared. While over 90% of the Stanford community on campus has been vaccinated, recent weeks have seen several breakthrough cases among students living on campus. The Daily sat down individually with two epidemiologists [Epidemiology & Population Health faculty members Steven Goodman and John Ioannidis] to discuss their advice for students, research of the pandemic and forecasts of the future."
Olympics kick off as Stanford doctors urge caution
July 23, 2021. "To limit the risk of an outbreak, [E&PH faculty researcher] Steven Goodman said that the most important thing the IOC could do 'would be to require immunization, or administer a vaccine as soon as the athlete enters the country.'"
Study shows why second dose of COVID-19 vaccine shouldn’t be skipped
July 17, 2021. Scientists, including E&PH faculty researcher Kari Nadeau, scrutinized Pfizer vaccine recipients’ blood samples to learn exactly what effects the vaccine exerts on the body’s immune system.
Vaccination against COVID-19 prevents breakthrough infections, Stanford researchers find
July 6, 2021. A Stanford study, authored by E&PH researcher Julie Parsonnet and colleagues, finds that the mRNA vaccines, Pfizer and Moderna, offer strong protection against the California variant of the coronavirus.
COVID-19 symptoms linger for months in majority of hospitalized patients, Stanford study finds
May 26, 2021. E&PH Researchers Tahmina Nasserie, Michael Hittle, and Steven Goodman shared their research findings and "designed a set of recommendations to help future research standards and guidelines produce consistent results on the long-term COVID-19 recovery" in this JAMA Network Open study.
Media Coverage:
- Stanford Medicine News release (May 26, 2021)
- Stanford Daily (May 26, 2021)
- CNN (May 26, 2021)
- San Francisco Chronicle (May 26, 2021)
- Daily Advent (May 26, 2021)
- CBS5 Bay Area (May 26, 2021)
- Newsmax (May 27, 2021)
- KCBS Radio (May 28, 2021)
- San Francisco Chronicle (May 30, 2021, Print: Sunday Front Page)
- ABC7 News (June 1, 2021)
Stanford Medicine joins COVID-19 vaccine trials for children under 12
May 12, 2021. “Children under 18 make up about a quarter of the U.S. population, so if we want to get the virus under control and make sure we have as many people protected by #COVIDVaccines as possible, we really need to include them,” said Yvonne Maldonado, MD.
Summing up the Ads… Exploring Social Media Recruitment Efforts for a COVID Surveillance Panel Study
Presented on May 13th at the American Association for Public Opinion Research, with Dr. Trent Buskirk, the survey statistician for the CATCH study (study PIs were Steve Quake, Bonnie Maldonado, Lori Nelson; epidemiology doctoral student researcher was Jessica Hinman). This talk presented a methodological evaluation designed by Lori Nelson (pictured here) and Trent Buskirk to address a key question for epidemiology and survey research that recruit subjects using social media ads (Facebook, Instagram). How can ads be designed and targeted to increase the representation of groups traditionally under-represented in social media service, including older populations, men and Hispanics?
Stanford supports community projects to address pandemic challenges
May 19, 2021. This story features the "Community Health Workers Promoting COVID-19 Vaccine Awareness and Public Health Guidelines in Latinx Communities" project, led by E&PH Instructor, Patricia Rodriguez Espinosa. E&PH faculty member, Lisa Goldman Rosas, is also a key researcher on the project.
Opinion: Herd immunity is not a helpful concept for covid-19. It’s time to retire it.
May 13, 2021. Abraar Karan, a global health physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, and Julie Parsonnet, George DeForest Barnett professor in medicine and professor of epidemiology and population health at Stanford University, wrote this new Washington Post Opinion piece that begins "Americans are unlikely to achieve herd immunity for covid-19, as public health experts have noted lately. But they also don’t need to in order to resume life free of the virus. In fact, it’s long past time that we do away with the concept as a goal for the pandemic." Access the Washington Post story
May 20, 2021 Update: This Washington Post Opinion piece was featured in a New York Times Opinion piece by Staff Editor Spencer Bokat-Lindell, entitled "What Does a Future Without Herd Immunity Look Like?" Access NYT story
May 28, 2021 Update: Stanford Medicine News published a release entitled "With herd immunity elusive, vaccination best defense against COVID-19, Stanford epidemiologist says." In it, Dr. Parsonnet warns that COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy has probably made herd immunity unattainable, which makes vaccination all the more important for personal health. Access the Stanford Medicine News release.
Herd immunity probably not necessary to end pandemic, experts say
April 8, 2021. "Though herd immunity has been widely touted as the indicator that the pandemic has come to an end, experts at a Wednesday panel said it is more likely that there will be a plateau in infection, with a decrease in prominence over time but continued circulation." Julie Parsonnet, a professor in medicine, epidemiology and population health at Stanford, participated in the expert panel.
Nearly 50,000 COVID cases likely went unreported in a Northern California county
April 14, 2021. "A study with Stanford University to better understand the prevalence of COVID-19 in Placer County found that about 68% of cases went unreported. Dr. Julie Parsonnet, professor of epidemiology and population health at Stanford University, told the county Board of Supervisors in a presentation Tuesday that seropositivity rates, meaning the presence of antibodies over time, were “pretty darn low” and nowhere near the threshold for herd immunity, making the vaccine all the more important for the county’s fight against the disease."
Stanford Medicine joins Pfizer pediatric COVID-19 vaccine trial
April 29, 2021. "Stanford’s branch of the nationwide trial is led by physicians Yvonne Maldonado, professor of pediatric infectious diseases, and Jenna Bollyky, clinical assistant professor of pediatrics and infectious diseases." Maldonado, who is also an E&PH faculty member, is quoted.
Association Between Income Inequality and County-Level COVID-19 Cases and Deaths in the US
May 3, 2021. E&PH researchers Annabel X. Tan, MPH (pictured here), Jessica Hinman, MS, Hoda S. Abdel Magid, PhD, Lorene M. Nelson, PhD, MS, and Michelle C. Odden, PhD, suggest that, during the COVID-19 pandemic, areas of higher income inequality may serve as effective targets for interventions to mitigate the spread of SARS-CoV-2 in this JAMA Network Open publication.
University’s vaccine mandate reasonable for fall reopening but obstacles remain, researchers say
May 10, 2021. E&PH faculty Michelle Odden and Julia Simard reflect in this story on Stanford's COVID-19 vaccine mandate, agreeing it is "the safest way to reopen campus in the fall."
Of Viruses and Vectors
May 11, 2021. Research by E&PH researchers Stephen Luby and Desiree LaBeaud is featured in this Stanford Magazine story about the next pandemic and how we can prepare.
Study Outlines Testing Strategies for Safer Air Travel During the Pandemic
March 23, 2021. "Almost 90 percent of infectious travelers could be detected with rapid SARS-CoV-2 tests at the airport, and most imported infections could be prevented with a combination of pre-travel testing and a five-day post-travel quarantine that would only lift with a negative test result, according to a computer simulation by UC San Francisco researchers." The lead author on this study is E&PH Instructor, Mathew Kiang.
Pandemic thrust infection prevention team into the spotlight
March 17, 2021. Throughout the pandemic, Stanford Medicine's infection prevention team has risen to the challenges of COVID-19, ensuring the safety of staff and patients. Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonado's work co-chairing the Emerging Infectious Diseases committee is mentioned.
A Story One Year in the Telling: the Stanford COVID Modeling Project
March 11, 2021. "The Stanford-CIDE Coronavirus Simulation Model was established in the frightening days when the world was realizing a deadly virus in China would become a pandemic. A look at its accomplishments and projects one year later." E&PH faculty member Jason Andrews is one of the Principal Investigators on this project. Featured projects include the Prisons and Jails Project, which he and Chris LeBoa, recent Epidemiology & Clinical Research MS Graduate, worked on.
Over first year of pandemic, confronting uncertainty with action at Stanford Medicine
March 11, 2021. A look back at Stanford Medicine’s efforts to educate, protect and care for patients and members of the public since the World Health Organization declared a global pandemic a year ago today. E&PH faculty members Bonnie Halpern-Felsher, Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonado, and Julie Parsonnet are quoted.
Stanford researchers pioneer nanoparticle vaccine for COVID-19
January 28, 2021. E&PH faculty member Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonado serves on the COVID-19 Western States vaccine review panel. She believes that the nanoparticle vaccine is an exciting opportunity for further research.
Stanford reopening cancelation is safest option, researchers say
January 12, 2021. E&PH faculty members Melissa Bondy, Michelle Odden, and John Ioannidis are among the researchers who weigh in on Stanford's decision to call off the plan to bring freshmen and sophomores to campus for winter quarter.
Therapy pooches bring comfort online
December 22, 2020. Stanford Hospital's therapy dogs have taken their sessions virtual, cheering people up with appearances via video-conference. E&PH Director of Finance and Administration, Martha Kessler is interviewed in this news story.
County supervisor honors two faculty members for work during COVID-19 pandemic
December 18, 2020. Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian has recognized two Stanford Medicine physicians for their contributions this year to the local community. Yvonne Maldonado, MD, professor of pediatrics and of epidemiology and population health, and Steven Adelsheim, MD, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, were awarded supervisor’s medals by Simitian for advancing the wellbeing of county residents during the COVID-19 pandemic.
How telehealth has exploded during the pandemic and why it is here to stay
December 14, 2020. Prior to COVID-19, clinicians at Stanford Medicine saw patients virtually around 2% to 3% of the time. Then the pandemic hit, and it was clear many more patients needed a way to visit with physicians, nurses and caregivers remotely. Stanford Medicine had to adapt -- and quickly. In a matter of weeks, digital visits made up 80% of all health visits. As part of Stanford Medicine's framework known as Recover, Restore and Re-open, Robert Harrington, MD, professor and chair of the Department of Medicine; Mary Leonard, MD, MSCE, professor and chair of the Department of Pediatrics and, by courtesy, of Epidemiology & Population Health and physician-in-chief at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford; and Catherine Krna, president and CEO of the University Health Care Alliance, discussed how they see the shift to telehealth as a new norm.
FDA Pfizer Hearings on Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine met Thursday, December 10th
December 11, 2020. On December 10, 2020, from 9am-6pm ET, the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research’s (CBER), Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) met in open session to discuss Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for the prevention of COVID-19 in individuals 16 years of age and older. Our own Steven Goodman (pictured here) presented. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel recommended approving the vaccine, clearing the way for the agency to grant emergency authorization for the shot as early as Friday.
Read about the event and access the recording
Media Highlights:
STAT News
PBS
Wall Street Journal
USA Today
Stanford students launch nonprofit that donates computers to underserved students
December 10, 2020. Since the COVID-19 pandemic has forced education to move online, many students affected by homelessness have struggled to keep up academically with their peers due to limited or no access to computers. Now, two Stanford students--Seniors Isabel Wang and (Epidemiology & Clinical Research Co-Term Masters Student) Margot Bellon --are working hard to help close this technology gap – known as the digital divide – with their nonprofit organization Bridging Tech. Bridging Tech is a charitable organization that provides refurbished computers to students affected by homelessness.
COVID-19 as a ‘wake-up call’ for creating more equitable health care
December 8, 2020. In a Q&A for Stanford Medicine's Recover, Restore and Reopen project, Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonado, MD, and Melissa Bondy, PhD discuss how COVID-19 has shaped Stanford Medicine's understanding of health disparities and how the institution is responding. A condensed version of their conversation was published by Stanford's Scope Blog.
Self-swab kit for COVID-19 test granted emergency-use authorization by FDA
November 25, 2020. The COVID-19 self-swab kit used by Stanford Medicine researchers in the Community Alliance to Test Coronavirus at Home (CATCH) Study was granted emergency-use authorization by the Food and Drug Administration on Nov. 24. The purpose of the CATCH Study is to better understand the demographics of COVID-19 infection, as well as to determine if at-home sample-collection kits could boost access to accurate testing. The CATCH Study is led by Yvonne Maldonado, Stephen Quake, and Lorene Nelson.
What COVID-19 has taught us about clinical trials
November 23, 2020. In this Stanford Scope Blog post, E&PH faculty member John Ioannidis makes a case for transparency, reproducibility and the open, secure sharing of deidentified patient data in a commentary paper published in the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology.
What 635 Epidemiologists Are Doing for Thanksgiving
November 20, 2020. Many of our faculty participated in this New York Times story. Those who are gathering with family or friends are taking precautions or rethinking their holiday rituals altogether. Most are staying home.
Recover, Restore and Re-open: A Stanford Medicine framework for bouncing back from pandemic
November 11, 2020. Stanford Medicine experts, including E&PH courtesy faculty member Mary Leonard, have created a framework to guide public officials, school administrators and business leaders on re-establishing normal operations during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Delays in cancer screening, treatment, patient finances feature in town hall discussion
October 29, 2020. Stanford faculty and community partners raised concerns over delays in cancer screening and treatment, as well as the financial impacts of the pandemic, during Stanford’s Cancer and COVID-19 Community Town Hall on Thursday. The event was moderated by E&PH faculty member Lisa Goldman Rosas and featured a presentation by department chair Melissa Bondy.
Discovering our Way Out: A Sampler of COVID-19 Research
October 15, 2020. COVID-19 research projects from our E&PH faculty, including Lorene Nelson, David Rehkopf, Melissa Bondy, and Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonado are featured in this Stanford Medicine Magazine story and accompanying Scope Blog post summary.
Several Bay Area doctors named to California's new COVID-19 vaccine committee
October 19, 2020. A committee of 11 California doctors, including physicians from San Francisco's Department of Public Health, UCSF, UC Berkeley, and E&PH faculty member Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonado at Stanford - have been named to the group. "These experts will independently review and monitor any vaccine trials to guarantee the safety, to guarantee the equity, and to guarantee the transparency of the distribution of our vaccines," explained Governor Newsom, at his Monday press briefing.
Nation’s pediatricians push for safe, effective COVID-19 vaccines
October 14, 2020. "The country's pediatricians have called for new COVID-19 vaccines to be appropriately vetted for safety and efficacy for everyone, including children, according to a recent letter sent to Alex Azar, secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Stephen Hahn, MD, commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
The American Academy of Pediatrics sent the letter -- which was co-written by Stanford pediatric infectious disease expert Yvonne Maldonado, MD, and signed by AAP President Sara Goza, MD -- to the federal officials late last month."
Southwest Airlines Collaborating with Stanford University School of Medicine for Guidance Regarding the Southwest Promise
October 12, 2020. E&PH faculty members Melissa Bondy, Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonado, and Julie Parsonnet are collaborating with Southwest Airlines to review the carrier's multi-layered approach to supporting the well-being of Customers and Employees during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Stanford researchers conduct clinical trials for REGN-COV2, experimental drug given to Trump
October 6, 2020. "Stanford researchers are conducting inpatient and outpatient clinical trials of Regeneron’s REGN-COV2, an experimental “antibody cocktail” administered to President Donald Trump. Stanford researchers noted that many of the newest drugs Trump has access to are still being tested in clinical trials and are unavailable to most COVID-19 patients." E&PH faculty member Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonado is codirecting the REGN-COV2 outpatient clinical trial.
COVID-19 Research Database Announces Over 1,500 Researchers Registered And Over 100 Studies in Progress
October 1, 2020. The COVID-19 Research Database, a pro-bono initiative led by numerous leading healthcare organizations, including Change Healthcare, Datavant, the Health Care Cost Institute (HCCI), Healthjump, Medidata (a Dassault Systèmes company), Mirador Analytics, Office Ally, SAS, StataCorp, Snowflake, Symphony Health, and Veradigm, today announced that it has over 1,500 researchers registered and over 100 studies underway. E&PH faculty member Mark Cullen is featured in the press release.
Stanford University, Chan Zuckerberg Biohub launch low-cost COVID-19 testing and surveillance platform
September 30, 2020. E&PH faculty members Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonado and Lorene Nelson are quoted in this Stanford Medicine News release about Vera, designed as an expanded testing platform that’s nationally scalable, rapidly deployable and more affordable than other current options.
"In the pilot use of Vera, Stanford School of Medicine scientists are harnessing the platform for a new population health study that aims to facilitate widespread testing in the San Francisco Bay Area. Vera enables qualified study participants to order a test kit online, have it shipped directly to their home and then send their sample back for analysis. The Stanford Clinical Virology Laboratory will provide high-throughput testing. The study, called the Community Alliance to Test Coronavirus at Home, or CATCH, is led by Yvonne Maldonado, Stephen Quake and Lorene Nelson.
Access this Stanford News release
- More Media Stories:
- Palo Alto Online (October 2020)
- Stanford Daily (October 2020)
Fewer than 1 in 10 Americans show signs of past coronavirus infection, large national study finds
September 25, 2020. Epidemiology & Clinical Research program graduate Shuchi Anand (pictured left), Senior Research Engineer in Medicine, Maria Rath, and E&PH faculty members Julie Parsonnet and Glenn Chertow released their results from this national study, the largest of its kind, to The Lancet. The study suggests millions may still be vulnerable to infection. This study was featured in a Stanford Medicine News release.
Read the Stanford press release
- More media coverage:
- Washington Post
- Newsweek
- CBS News
- Bloomberg
- Salon
Both virtual and human coaches help older adults walk more, study finds
September 28, 2020. A new study by E&PH faculty member Abby King and colleagues, published in JAMA Internal Medicine, reports that a virtual adviser can help older adults become more physically active. The study was featured in a Stanford Medicine News release.
"'I've trained my whole life for this': In the eye of the pandemic, viral disease expert Bonnie Maldonado still has hope"
September 24, 2020. This Stanford Medicine Magazine feature story tells the story of E&PH faculty member Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonado's professional and education path to pandemic expert and Stanford Medicine leader.
E&PH Primary Faculty Sign Op Ed: Pseudo-expertise should not guide America’s response to COVID-19
September 10, 2020. Steve Goodman (pictured left) authored an Op Ed warning the public about the scientific misinformations presented by Scott Atlas. This piece was signed by every primary faculty member in the department. They begin, "We are writing to offer some expert advice: Don’t trust all experts, particularly those expounding in fields far afield from their area of expertise."
Read the full piece
Former Stanford colleagues warn Dr. Scott Atlas fosters 'falsehoods and misrepresentations of science'
September 9, 2020. A group of Stanford Medicine researchers and clinicians, including members of our department community, have penned a letter calling attention to the falsehoods and misrepresentations of science espoused by Scott Atlas, a neuroradiologist and senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. The letter was covered in stories by several news outlets, including ABC News, CNBC, Newsweek, New York Times, Politico, San Francisco Chronicle, Breitbart, Stanford Daily, Washington Examiner, Washington Post, and Mercury News.
September 25, 2020. CNBC released an update on this news story.
Stanford leaders and health experts detail university’s COVID-19 surveillance testing program
September 2, 2020. E&PH faculty member Yvonne Maldonado is featured in this Stanford News release about a panel of Stanford medical experts that described steps the university has taken to develop and implement a COVID-19 testing program that will supplement, but not be a substitute for, basic precautions.
Stanford Medicine COVID-19 town hall talks current public health landscape, implications for fall
August 30, 2020. More than 750 people attended last week's COVID-19 Community Town Hall and we want to congratulate organizer and moderator Lisa Goldman Rosas and panelist Lori Nelson!
Discovering Our Way Out: A Sampler of COVID-19 Research
August 27, 2020. E&PH faculty member Yvonne Maldonado, and her "Swabbing the Bay Area" study are featured in this Stanford Medicine story. She and colleagues are investigating new ways to test for COVID-19 in the hopes that less invasive do-it-yourself nasal swabs will expand testing.
Stanford researchers test oral COVID-19 treatment for mild cases
August 21, 2020. E&PH faculty member Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonado and colleague Chaitan Khosla are leading a team of Stanford researchers who have begun a clinical trial on Favipiravir, an antiviral drug that aims to reduce symptoms of COVID-19 and lower the risk of death for patients. The study began in July, and this Stanford Daily piece provides an exciting update.
Stanford Medicine experts advise school districts on COVID-19 tests
August 26, 2020. Stanford Medicine faculty, including our own Yvonne Maldonado, are helping Bay Area school districts determine how to access COVID-19 testing and are advising the Los Angeles Unified School District on its testing strategy.
Stanford researchers test oral COVID-19 treatment for mild cases
August 21, 2020. E&PH faculty member Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonado and colleague Chaitan Khosla are leading a team of Stanford researchers who have begun a clinical trial on Favipiravir, an antiviral drug that aims to reduce symptoms of COVID-19 and lower the risk of death for patients. The study began in July, and this Stanford Daily piece provides an exciting update.
Stanford Medicine experts advise school districts on COVID-19 tests
August 26, 2020. Stanford Medicine faculty, including our own Yvonne Maldonado, are helping Bay Area school districts determine how to access COVID-19 testing and are advising the Los Angeles Unified School District on its testing strategy.
Vaping linked to COVID-19 risk in teens and young adults
August 11, 2020. E&PH faculty member Bonnie Halpern-Felsher (pictured left) and her group released a study in the Journal of Adolescent Health analyzing data that showed "teenagers and young adults who vape face a much higher risk of COVID-19 than their peers who do not vape." The story was featured in a Stanford Medicine News story, and a number of news outlets tracked below.
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- New York Times
- Newsweek
- CNN
- NBC News [Story1] [Story2]
- Forbes
- UCSF
- Councilwoman Lee (City of San Mateo) Blog Post
- ABC News (Story & Video)
- Health Day
- KTVU (YouTube Video)
- KQED (Audio Only)
- USA Today
- Inverse
- NBC 10 (Boston)
- Bloomberg
- Stanford Children’s Health
- CBS Colbert Show (21:45)
- Today Show
- PAVE Podcast
- KCBS Radio Interview
- Reuters
- Global News
- FOX13
- Health Issues India (Vimeo Video)
- American Pharmacists Association
- Newsday
- The Hill
- New York Post
- Herald & Review
- The Kansas City Star
- Business Insider South Africa
- Medium
- Fiscal Note
- UNLV
- The Independent
- Mediblurb (Short Podcast)
- Science Daily
- The Lancet (Referenced)
- The Stanford Daily
- The Telegraph
- DailyMail
- The Verge
- The Wired
- KXXV News Channel 25 (Central Texas)
- Sierra News
- CNY Central
- Andalusia Star News
- AJMC
- Elemental
- Mirror
- Futurism
- Somag
- GMA News Online
- Silive
- One News Page
- Newsweek
- HealthDay
- Patch
- Fairwarning
- AZ Central
- Stanford Scope
Stanford researchers help California prisons hit hard by COVID-19
August 5, 2020. Jason Andrews and a team of Stanford researchers are assessing the crisis inside California's corrections facilities and evaluating strategies to contain the virus.
Stanford Team Uses Data to Help California Track & Prevent COVID-19
July 13, 2020. E&PH faculty member Jason Andrews is featured in this Health Research Policy news story by Beth Duff-Brown about how "A team of Stanford researchers is working with the State of California on a new COVID-19 assessment tool to help hospitals and public health officials in their pandemic preparedness planning." This story was also included in the Stanford Report on July 22nd.
Stanford Medicine trial to test favipiravir for treating COVID-19 outpatients
June 30, 2020. Our own Yvonne Maldonado is the Principal Investigator (PI) for this "Stanford Medicine trial to test favipiravir for treating COVID-19 outpatients." She wants to determine whether this oral drug can help reduce the severity of symptoms and shorten the duration of the virus.
For Stanford Medicine graduates, a remote commencement in a time of turmoil
June 15, 2020. E&PH faculty member Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonado served as keynote speaker at Stanford Medicine's first virtual commencement ceremony. She said "the graduates are facing two pandemics: racism and COVID-19. 'One pandemic is of hate and violence, and the other is born of denial and indifference,' she said."
Self-swabbing tests for COVID-19 accurate and safe, study reports
June 12, 2020. This Stanford Medicine News story summarizes the results of a study, led by E&PH faculty member Yvonne (Bonnie Maldonado), that shows "People can be taught to do their own nasal swabs for accurate COVID-19 testing, limiting the exposure of health care workers and the use of protective equipment." KCBS Radio featured the story in a show entitled "Self Testing for COVID-19 Could Be On The Way," and Stanford's Scope Blog followed up with a post by Krista Conger, entitled "Will self-sampling transform COVID-19 testing?"
Lori Nelson served on a COVID-19 contract tracing panel for the Santa Clara County Board of County Supervisors and the Health & Hospitals Committee
June 4, 2020. This was a panel discussion relating to the scientific, medical, and epidemiological aspects of contact tracing, including: best practices for implementing widespread contact tracing; how contact tracing results interact with testing capabilities; the state of current technological efforts to supplement traditional contact tracing methodologies; and specific answers for why contact tracing is being pursued, the value of contact tracing, and how contact tracing can control the spread of disease.
Dr. Nelson was joined on the panel by George Rutherford, M.D., Director of the Prevention and Public Health Group and Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of California, San Francisco's School of Medicine.
Melissa Bondy will speak at Stanford Medicine Virtual Town Hall
May 19, 2020. Our own department chair, Melissa Bondy, joined a panel of experts for the May 21st Stanford Medicine Virtual Town Hall, which focused on phasing out of shelter-in-place. She was joined by other panelists Dean Lloyd Minor and Rusty Hofmann.
Grounded by the COVID-19 pandemic, therapy dogs provide comfort online
May 7, 2020. Martha Kessler, an executive director of finance and administration at the Stanford University School of Medicine and the Departmentof Epidemiology & Population Health, is the volunteer coordinator of therapy dog visits on campus; and she organized recent Zoom events in partnership with Stanford Health Care's PAWS program.
Stanford teams with UCSF, Chan Zuckerberg Biohub to study prevalence of COVID-19 in San Francisco Bay Area
April 29, 2020. Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonado is one of the lead investigators on a study, funded by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, that will investigate the spread of COVID-19 throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.
E&PH Hosts Community Town Hall on COVID-19
April 23, 2020. "Physicians and scientists at the Stanford School of Medicine discussed their current understanding of COVID-19 and answered questions about ongoing measures and policies meant to control the disease. The talk, held over Zoom on Thursday, was aimed at contextualizing publicly available data and news, as well as updates on Stanford Hospital, which has seen fewer COVID-19 patients than expected."
Assistant professor of E&PH Lisa Goldman Rosas (pictured left) moderated a panel of five health experts. Four of the experts were Stanford E&PH professors: Julie Parsonnet, Melissa Bondy, Steven Goodman and Yvonne Maldonado. The fifth was Evelyn Ho, who has worked in the medical school as the managing director of Cardinal Free Clinics and is now the lead public information officer for the Santa Clara County Public Health Department.
Stanford Medicine team launches survey via smartphone app to assess impact of COVID-19
April 16, 2020. E&PH faculty Melissa Bondy, Steven Goodman, and Lorene Nelson are featured in this Stanford Medicine News story, which covers the release of their smartphone app, called Apollo, which is designed to "assess how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting us, not only physically but also socially, financially and emotionally." The release of the Apollo App was also featured in ComputerWorld on April 20th.
Stanford Coronavirus Survey Project
March 27, 2020. E&PH faculty member Eleni Linos is featured in this Stanford Medicine News story about a large-scale survey to evaluate the changing ways that the COVID-19 outbreak is affecting people's lives.
April 7, 2020. E&PH faculty members, Lori Nelson, Julia Simard, Lisa Goldman Rosas, and Melissa Bondy, and colleagues published a research letter in JAMA Internal Medicine, entitled "US Public Concerns About the #COVID19 Pandemic From Results of a Survey Given via Social Media."
Medicine and the Muse Program hosted a "Stuck@Home" Concert
On April 2nd, E&PH faculty member, Steve Goodman, with his son Eli Goodman, performed "Brother, can you spare a dime?" in Stanford Medicine’s "Stuck@Home" series, which "closed the distance between medicine and art despite social distancing." The concert was hosted by the Medicine and the Muse Program at Stanford Medicine.
Read the whole story
Stanford Medicine COVID-19 Town Halls
E&PH faculty member Yvonne (Bonnie Maldonado) has been demonstrating exceptional Stanford Medicine leadership by serving on a public panel of Stanford Medicine Town Hall experts that discuss the novel Coronavirus on a weekly basis. The first meeting was held on March 12th. Dean Lloyd Minor also serves on the panel.
Access the Town Hall videos
Stanford community gathers resources in support of COVID-19 testing
March 25, 2020. E&PH Chair Melissa Bondy is featured in this heartwarming Stanford Scope story about community efforts to gather much needed scientific resources for COVID-19 testing.
Map: Where in the Bay Area to get free school lunches during coronavirus closures
March 20, 2020. E&PH students worked on this map with their Stanford colleagues, which is showcased and discussed in this story by the Mercury News.
Read the full story and access the map
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E&PH COVID-19 Research
Message from the Chair
Dear Colleagues and Friends,
I want to take this opportunity to express my support, and the support of the faculty, students and staff in the Department of Epidemiology & Population Health (E&PH), during these crazy, fast-paced, and unprecedented times.
As epidemiologists, we spend our lifetimes studying disease and pandemics. It is truly remarkable that the COVID-19 crisis is bringing with it an increased understanding and awareness about what epidemiologists do and who we are. It is a privilege to bear witness to such a pivotal moment in the history of the field, and it is my honor to do so alongside you, my coworkers and allies.
This new E&PH COVID-19 Resource webpage highlights some of the groundbreaking work being done by E&PH community members. From gathering resources for medical testing, to initiating brand new collaborative research initiatives, to going "on the record" with the media, our community is adapting to this new world, and taking significant and meaningful action in response to the COVID-19 crisis.
Warmest regards,
Melissa Bondy, PhD
E&PH Faculty "On the Record"
*In chronological order (from newest to oldest)
*Note: these stories are tracked in real time on our @StanfordEpiNews twitter feed. Follow us to stay abreast of Epi COVID-19 News! Also note, this list is not a comprehensive list of all core faculty media appearances during this period, but rather a showcase of department highlights and key moments in the COVID-19 conversation.
February 16, 2022. Epidemiologist Julie Parsonnet stressed that mild COVID-19 illnesses can be anything from a runny nose for a couple days to being run-down and bedridden for a week. Mild infections essentially involve all the cases where people get sick but aren't hospitalized.
Huffington Post
February 3, 2022. On this episode of School's In, Yvonne Maldonado, MD, professor of pediatric infectious diseases and of health research and policy @StanfordMed, shares the latest science on the impact of COVID-19 on children.
Stanford Graduate School of Education
January 4, 2022. "We should be masking, everyone who can be should be vaccinated, & good cleaning & ventilation. All of the things we've been doing for the last year and a half, I think could really keep #kids safe, " said Yvonne Maldonado, MD.
KQED
January 4, 2022. "The lightning-fast spread of the Omicron variant has not only added urgency to the COVID-19 vaccine booster campaign, but has already prompted discussion of whether a second booster will be needed." Stanford epidemiologist Julie Parsonnet is interviewed.
San Francisco Chronicle
January 3, 2022. "Parents and school districts across the country are grappling with decisions about how to balance education with the surge in COVID cases driven by the Omicron variant." Yvonne Maldonado, MD, is interviewed.
NPR
January 2, 2022. For some, COVID-19 symptoms can persist well beyond their initial recovery. Months after contracting the virus, a survivor can still experience symptoms of discomfort and exhaustion that hinder their return to a pre-COVID routine, Stanford researchers said. Yvonne Maldonado is mentioned.
Stanford Daily
December 16, 2021. Public health experts are hoping the Omicron Variant will lead to less severe disease. Early studies suggest that it could, but Yvonne Maldonado, MD argues that since it transmits so pervasively, benefits from less severe outcomes may be counteracted by more cases.
Washington Post
December 13, 2021. “Omicron does represent a new threat,” said Dr. Stephen Luby, epidemiologist at Stanford University on KCBS Radio’s Ask an Expert with Holly Quan and Dan Mitchinson. “The data that we have suggests it’s more transmissable.”
KCBS Radio
December 7, 2021. "Ending the pandemic means that approximately 90 percent of the global population will likely need to be immune to SARS CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19," state Yvonne Maldonado and Hayley Gans.
Scientific American
December 2, 2021. While there’s a lot that remains unknown about the #Omicron variant, we DO know that it’s here. Brian from KQED talks to Dr Julie Parsonnet, a Stanford infectious disease specialist, about where we go from here.
KQED
November 27, 2021. Stanford epidemiologist Julie Parsonnet states "every child getting vaccinated helps protect all those other people in the family that they may live with, or their neighbors."
NPR
November 26, 2021. “We know very little about how long boosters last,” Julie Parsonnet, a Stanford expert in epidemiology and population health, told The Chronicle in an email. “The hope is that further vaccinations will be unnecessary, but we don’t have any evidence yet to support that hope.”
San Francisco Chronicle
November 12, 2021. "Every child getting vaccinated helps protect all those other people in the family that they may live with or their neighbors or their friends or their friends' families," says Julie Parsonnet.
NPR
November 4, 2021. "It's not going to look like it was in Jan. because we have a lot of immunity," says Julie Parsonnet. "But we're going to see waves — the peak of the waves is going to get lower...but we're still going to see them as the population gets more...immune."
NPR
October 9, 2021. "I think parents should really trust the FDA and the CDC process. It is really driven by science," said Dr. Yvonne Maldonado.
FOX KTVU News
September 29, 2021. "Even if the COVID19-related long term symptom frequency was less than half of this, it would be a major public health problem," population health expert Steven Goodman, who was not part of the Wuhan study, told UPI in an email.
UPI
September 21, 2021. Stanford epidemiologist Mathew Kiang said additional testing “allows you to bring in more visitors and it allows you to ramp up the economy."
ABC News
September 20, 2021. Immune defenses weaken with age, and the side effects also become milder. This decline in potency is the reason most vaccines are meted out in childhood — and why a much lower dose is often enough for children, said Dr. Yvonne Maldonado.
New York Times
September 17, 2021. "The specific vaccines for COVID have been under study, essentially since we knew what the virus was and had its RNA sequences (January 2020), with the first candidate vaccines ready in February 2020," said Stanford epidemiologist Julie Parsonnet.
CNet
September 15, 2021. Stanford epidemiologist Julie Parsonnet is interviewed in this SF Chronicle story, "Bay Area coronavirus cases have declined. But experts aren't celebrating."
San Francisco Chronicle
September 11, 2021. “This wait-and-see approach assumes that you know what you’re waiting for,” Yvonne Maldonado, MD, said. “We don’t have the luxury of waiting three to five years for whatever that magical endpoint might be.”
Los Angeles Times
September 9, 2021. Polluted air and steadily rising temperatures are linked to health effects ranging from increased heart attacks and strokes to the spread of infectious diseases and psychological trauma. Kari Nadeau is interviewed.
National Geographic
September 8, 2021. “Children should have the same advantages as adults in preventing infectious diseases that can cause complications. And at this time we don’t know the long term impact of this virus on adults and children,” Dr. Yvonne Maldonado said.
KRON4 News
September 7, 2021. “Overall, the vaccines look great in terms of preventing severe illness,” Julie Parsonnet said. "They’re just incredible. People can be sick...like a bad cold...but then their symptoms go away a lot faster than if they were unvaccinated, and they don’t progress."
Mercury News
September 2, 2021. Roughly 1 in every 116,666 vaccinated residents are hospitalized for COVID versus 1 in every 12,500 unvaccinated. “It’s a terrific number,” said Julie Parsonnet, Stanford epidemiologist. “Especially when we have many more vaccinated people in the population than unvaccinated.”
San Jose Spotlight
August 31, 2021. Stanford epidemiologist Dr. Yvonne Maldonado said, “I think families should feel very comfortable (sending their kids to school) if their district is requiring masks. I would make sure my child wears a mask."
NBC News
August 24, 2021. A new study reports a minority of people with ovarian cancer receive genetic testing, even though it is universally recommended...with lower rates in African American and uninsured patients. Allison Kurian is quoted in this OBR Oncology release.
OBR Oncology
August 24, 2021. Tip 3: Skip the neck gaiters. Yvonne Maldonado, MD, says, "They might look kind of cute... but they really aren't doing too much because they stretch so much and the fabric is really porous. Everything can just come right through."
NPR
August 23, 2021. Stanford epidemiologist John Ioannidis is featured in this NYT story about a cruise passenger who tested positive for coronavirus on a Carnival cruise and later died, and the implications for the industry.
New York Times
August 18, 2021. "It is hard to know what is driving the increased vaccinations but likely is related to the recognition among young people that the highly transmissible Delta variant is driving another significant surge," said Dr. Yvonne Maldonado.
CNN
August 17, 2021. “When you breathe in smoke, those particulates get into the lungs …they can get into your bloodstream, and they damage your immune system,” Kari Nadeau said. COVID affects your immune system, your lungs & your blood vessels...It’s like a double hit.”
USA Today
August 14, 2021. "We will see waning immunity, experts say. So it wouldn’t be surprising if we needed annual boosters to this coronavirus, like we do for flu...But getting vaccinated is such an easy and simple thing. So needing a boost is not a big deal," said Stanford epidemiologist Julie Parsonnet.
Mercury Times
August 13, 2021. “We’re not seeing outbreaks when people are following the guidelines,” said Dr. Yvonne Maldonado. “When people point out ‘Look at this outbreak’ in this school or that school, it’s almost exclusively because they’re not wearing masks.”
New York Times
August 12, 2021. KQED Forum spoke to Dr. Yvonne Maldonado to answer audience questions around schools, the delta variant and how to reduce risk to unvaccinated children.
KQED Forum
August 12, 2021. “Vaccinated people should feel quite comfortable that they have greatly increased their own safety and that of others as well,” says Dr. Julie Parsonnet. “Vaccinated people should encourage friends and family who are unvaccinated to step to the plate."
Parade
August 9, 2021. Stephen Luby is working with Stanford Health Policy postdoc, Ashley Stycznski, MD, to protect health care workers in low-resourced Bangladesh.
Stanford Scope Blog
August 9, 2021. "Given the relatively high rate of vaccination in SF and the renewal of indoor masking, I imagine the peak will come relatively soon, within the next week perhaps," said Julie Parsonnet.
SF Gate
August 9, 2021. “Ninety-nine percent of the experts in this area are convinced these vaccines are absolutely safe in children and adults from what we’ve seen,” Yvonne Maldonado, MD, said.
New York Times
August 6, 2021. Stanford epidemiologist Steven Goodman is featured in this SF Chronicle story about when the delta variant is projected to peak in the Bay Area.
San Francisco Chronicle
August 6, 2021. "The outcome here is to prevent people from dying in large numbers, and figure out who those [highest-risk] people are, and to keep our health-care systems ready,” Yvonne Maldonado, MD, said.
The Atlantic
August 4, 2021. “The big concern is that the #DeltaVariant appears to be able to colonize people fairly well, even if they’re vaccinated,” says Julie Parsonnet, MD.
Everyday Health
August 2, 2021. “When you have masks and even three-foot distancing, you are not going to see major outbreaks in schools,” said Stanford epidemiologist Dr. Yvonne Maldonado.
New York Times
July 30, 2021. "We took two steps forward with the vaccines, but we're taking a big step back now," said Stanford's Dr. Yvonne Maldonado, who calls the latest data on the Delta variant "groundbreaking."
ABC7
July 28, 2021. Stanford epidemiologist Julie Parsonnet looks to the future of COVID-19 and future variants in this Mercury News story.
Mercury News
July 26, 2021. "Pooled testing can be 1 good option if schools decide to do routing surveillance testing...benefits are that the tests can be batched & run together, decreasing time to getting results & potentially decreasing cost of testing," Yvonne Maldonado said.
CNN
July 24, 2021. Stanford epidemiologist Stephen Luby, is quoted in this Mercury News story about the fast spread of COVID-19 in well-vaccinated California counties.
Mercury News
July 23, 2021. Stanford epidemiologist Julie Parsonnet is quoted in this San Francisco Chronicle story about raising rates of COVID-19 cases in SF; this week, SF case rates spiked above California state's.
San Francisco Chronicle
July 21, 2021. There’s still so much to learn about long COVID, including whether vaccination could reduce the risk or provide any protective benefits, says Steven Goodman, who pointed out that the various COVID vaccines haven’t even been in use for an entire year.
Parade
July 21, 2021. “We’re not done with this,” warns Stanford epidemiologist Steven Goodman about the COVID-19 pandemic.
VT Digger
July 20, 2021. Stanford epidemiologist Julie Parsonnet is quoted in this San Francisco Chronicle story about the continuing effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines at preventing serious illness and death as delta variant infections rise in CA.
San Francisco Chronicle
July 20, 2021. “It’s not rocket science, but you need to be very careful and consistent with what you do with every single person, because one infected person can get out there and ruin it for a bunch of others," said Yvonne Maldonado, MD.
Washington Post
July 15, 2021. As the COVID-19 delta variant continues to spread, several CA counties are urging people to mask up indoors. Stanford Epidemiologist Yvonne Maldonado, MD, is featured in this segment.
NBC News
July 11, 2021. Researchers believe bats harbor deadly viruses that cause SARS, Ebola and other diseases, but proving it can be frustratingly inconclusive. E&PH researcher Stephen Luby is featured in this story.
Wall Street Journal
July 8, 2021. "Everybody that I have talked to at the local level, at the national level, is in agreement that we don't need a booster right now," said Stanford's Dr. Yvonne Maldonado, who works with Pfizer on vaccine trials.
ABC7 News
July 7, 2021. Stanford epidemiologist Yvonne Maldonado, MD, is featured in this NPR story answering teens' COVID-19 vaccine questions.
NPR
June 23, 2021. Experts Maya Goldenberg and Julie Parsonnet share some tips for handling tough vaccine-related conversations with your loved ones.
Katie Couric Media
June 23, 2021. “The vaccine is still highly beneficial when you compare it to the risk of getting COVID disease,” Yvonne Maldonado, MD, said. “The risk of COVID-19 in an individual child or adult is still much higher than any complication from the vaccine.”
San Francisco Chronicle
June 14, 2021. Over 70% of San Francisco residents have received at least one COVID vaccine shot. Public health officials say that's good, but are still continuing efforts to reach their unvaccinated population. Julie Parsonnet is interviewed.
NPR
June 14, 2021. “We have treatments that work — they’re not perfect, but they work — and if people get vaccinated, they shouldn’t need treatments. Everyone who can get vaccinated should get vaccinated. In my mind, there’s no excuse for any more deaths from COVID,” said Stanford epidemiologist Julie Parsonnet.
Mercury News
June 9, 2021. "The consistent timing of symptoms in... seven cases after the second COVID-19 vaccination suggests a uniform biological process," Drs Sean O'Leary and Yvonne Maldonado wrote.
CNN
June 9, 2021. Yvonne Maldonado, MD, is featured in this Good Morning America spot about Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine trial for kids aged 5-11.
Good Morning America
June 8, 2021. Stanford epidemiologist Julie Parsonnet's work on the reduction of baseline temperature over 100 years is featured in this Forbes story.
Forbes
June 3, 2021. Yvonne Maldonado, MD, said she has been comfortable eating indoors on a few occasions, though she has "been careful to be near" an open window or door for increased ventilation, & to eat at restaurants where the tables are still distanced.
TODAY
June 2, 2021. “We need to think about this in a much more ‘we’re in this together’ way and let’s figure out how we pull together to fight the enemy,” Julie Parsonnet told Healthline.
Healthline
June 2, 2021. Stanford epidemiologist Julie Parsonnet is featured in this San Francisco Chronicle story about why CA state won't closely track every COVID-19 breakthrough case.
San Francisco Chronicle
May 28, 2021. Stanford epidemiologist Yvonne Maldonado, MD, says “By the end of this year, most of the early people will have been vaccinated about a year, and we might have to rethink then what gets reported and what doesn’t get reported.”
TIME
May 27, 2021. Epidemiologist expert Lisa Goldman Rosas emphasizes that more work is needed to build confidence and trust for Black residents through vaccine education.
Stanford Daily
May 25, 2021. Stanford epidemiologist Yvonne Maldonado, MD, is featured in this New York Times story about the effectiveness of the Moderna vaccine in adolescents.
New York Times
May 22, 2021. Stanford epidemiologist Yvonne Maldonado, MD, is featured in this New York Times story about a CDC investigation into a heart problem reported in a few young COVID-19 vaccine recipients.
New York Times
May 17, 2021. Stanford epidemiologist Yvonne Maldonado, MD, a pediatric infectious disease expert and E&PH faculty member at Stanford Medicine, is leading the clinical trial for kids 5 years old and younger. Read more about the trial.
NPR
May 15, 2021. E&PH faculty member Steve Goodman advises on COVID-19 herd immunity in CA state.
Mercury News
May 15, 2021. Stanford epidemiologist Julie Parsonnet says that an undue focus on herd immunity could actually be doing more harm than good in the fight against COVID-19.
Future of Everything Podcast
May 15, 2021. Stanford epidemiologist Steven Goodman is featured in this story about the new CDC mask guidelines.
San Francisco Chronicle
May 13, 2021. Jason Andrews states, "At the beginning of the epidemic...last year, several people would be called in and you had really good contact tracing, but during really big outbreaks, states just don't have the resources to track every case."
ABC News
May 11, 2021. "I do think that at some point, we will lose our immune response and we may need boosters," said Stanford's infectious disease professor, Dr. Yvonne Maldonado.
NBC News
May 9, 2021. Stanford epidemiologist Steven Goodman is featured in this San Francisco Chronicle story about herd immunity in the Bay Area.
San Francisco Chronicle
May 5, 2021. The city kept case numbers low, and it has one of the highest vaccination rates of any major U.S. city. Now comes the real test. E&PH faculty Julie Parsonnet is featured.
NBC News
May 5, 2021. President Biden Lays Out Groundwork for Teens to Get Vaccinated. Stanford epidemiologist Yvonne Maldonado, MD, is interviewed in this NBC TV spot.
NBC News
May 5, 2021. The FDA is expected to grant emergency use authorization next week to Pfizer/BioNTech's coronavirus vaccine for teens and children ages 12 to 15. In this piece, Yvonne Maldonado answers parents' questions about COVID vaccines for children and teens.
CNN
May 4, 2021. With the news that the FDA is preparing to authorize use of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in children aged 12-15 by early next week, parents will need to plan with their pediatricians how to coordinate the new vaccine along with catching up on other shots. Yvonne Maldonado, MD, provides comment.
New York Times
April 30, 2021. Anxious to protect her children, Stanford immunology researcher Zina Good has enrolled her two young children Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial for kids. Yvonne Maldonado is also quoted in this post.
Stanford Scope
April 29, 2021. Pfizer and Moderna have begun the next phase of COVID-19 vaccine trials, enrolling children as young as 6 months. Yvonne Maldonado, MD, is quoted in this article.
WebMD
April 28, 2021. Stephen Luby, professor of medicine and E&PH, provides comment on how social restrictions and vaccinations should help the U.S. avoid another surge in cases and deaths.
Mercury News
April 27, 2021. This segment highlighted Pfizer’s pediatric COVID-19 vaccine trial at Stanford Medicine and featured Yvonne Maldonado, MD, who discussed how getting children vaccinated is a major step in controlling the virus.
ABC News
April 25, 2021. Stanford epidemiologist, Melissa Bondy, PhD, is interviewed, sharing what life has been like for her now that COVID-19 vaccines have been, and continue to be, distributed, and vaccinated and unvaccinated people are mingling.
San Francisco Chronicle
April 23, 2021. This segment looks at the rise of women leading medical research. Stanford epidemiologist Yvonne Maldonado, MD, is featured.
ABC News
April 15, 2021. Stanford epidemiologist Yvonne Maldonado, MD, comments on the goal of having a vaccine for all age groups starting at 6 months.
Los Angeles Times, ABC News
April 15, 2021. Stanford epidemiologist Yvonne Maldonado, MD, comments on the goal of having a vaccine for all age groups starting at 6 months.
Los Angeles Times, ABC News
April 14, 2021. Julie Parsonnet is featured in this story about a Stanford University study that suggests the COVID-19 infection rate in Placer County was 3x higher in March than what was previously confirmed.
ABC News, FOX News
April 14, 2021. Stanford Medicine began running a trial of Pfizer vaccines in children ages 2-5 Wednesday. This is part of a larger, nationwide Pfizer study testing the vaccine in children as young as 6 months old. Yvonne Maldonado is leading the trial.
San Francisco Chronicle
April 13, 2021. "We need to be very open and transparent about the J&J vaccine investigation, and make sure there's no specific link to the vaccine," said Stanford epidemiologist, Yvonne Maldonado, MD.
ABC News
April 12, 2021. "So there's going to be a real tug-of-war here to see who can get vaccinated," Dr. Yvonne Maldonado said. "It is going to be frustrating, believe me, everyone who I've talked to is very frustrated."
ABC News
April 7, 2021. Stanford epidemiologist Yvonne Maldonado, MD, is quoted in this San Francisco Chronicle story, "These hurdles could block California's ambitious reopening timeline."
San Francisco Chronicle
April 2, 2021. Stanford epidemiologist Yvonne Maldonado, MD, is quoted in this article about possible COVID vaccine side effects.
Eat This, Not That!
April 1, 2021. E&PH Chair Melissa Bondy provided her expert opinion on whether Stanford should hold in-person graduation events for the class of 2021 in June following the release of new guidelines for commencement ceremonies.
Stanford Daily
April 1, 2021. How long will your coronavirus vaccination last? Here's what we know about immunity so far. This piece discusses coronavirus immunity and quotes Yvonne Maldonado, MD.
San Francisco Chronicle
March 30, 2021. When will kids get COVID-19 vaccines? Pharmaceutical companies are starting clinical trials in young children and adolescents but they must balance speed and safety. Yvonne Maldonado, MD, is quoted in this article.
Scientific American
March 26, 2021. "This spring is a spring of hope," said Yvonne Maldonado. "We've moved from having no vaccines to having over 100 million doses given in the US in that 3month period, so we've moved reasonably rapidly, and the companies are trying to keep up."
ABC7 News
March 26, 2021. Vaccinated adults may have more freedom. But for kids, ‘The rules haven’t changed.’ Yvonne Maldonado, MD, advises parents to get creative when planning safe activities for children while waiting for a vaccine.
Washington Post
March 24, 2021. E&PH faculty Lorene Nelson and Steven Goodman are mentioned in this story about a COVID-19 vaccine tracker website made by five Los Altos high school students.
Los Altos Town Crier
March 22, 2021. Stanford epidemiologist Yvonne Maldonado, MD, speaks to the risks of traveling with kids pre-COVID vaccine.
San Francisco Chronicle
March 16, 2021. “Government, medical and public health institutions bear the responsibility of increasing their trustworthiness,” Lisa Goldman Rosas said. “This is different than placing the responsibility on communities to increase their trust.”
Stanford Daily
March 14, 2021. This piece discusses the unlikelihood of completely eradicating is COVID-19. Stanford epidemiologist Yvonne Maldonado, MD, is quoted here.
Mercury News
March 11, 2021. As vaccine availability increases, some research participants are eager to know if they actually got vaccinated. Steven Goodman says "I can understand why they want that information, but it can only serve to diminish the value of the trial."
MedPage Today
March 11, 2021. "We've essentially had a miracle happen," says Yvonne Maldonado, MD, about the arrival of vaccines in just under a year.
CNET
March 10, 2021. “Sometimes children respond the same to vaccines as adults do but sometimes they don’t,” Stanford epidemiologist Yvonne Maldonado, MD, explains in this LA Times story.
LA Times
March 8, 2021. This article discusses the CDC’s guidelines for vaccinated people and quotes Stanford epidemiologist Yvonne Maldonado, MD.
Mercury News
March 7, 2021. E&PH faculty Lisa Goldman Rosas is quoted in this Stanford Daily story, stating "it is critical for every step of the vaccine registration process to be performed in one’s preferred language."
Stanford Daily
March 2, 2021. Stanford epidemiologist Yvonne Maldonado, MD, provides comment on the new COVID-19 death toll in the Bay Area.
San Francisco Chronicle
February 26, 2021. In this NYT article, Stanford epidemiologist Yvonne Maldonado, MD, assesses the sensitivity of at-home COVID-19 tests and the importance of turnaround time.
New York Times
February 21, 2021. Stanford epidemiologist Steven Goodman provides his expert opinion on the reasons COVID-19 cases are plunging in the Bay Area and CA state.
San Francisco Chronicle
February 17, 2021. Scientists are trying to learn more about COVID-19 vaccines from study participants, but that may be more difficult if participants in the clinical trials who originally received a placebo opt to be vaccinated. Our own Steven Goodman was interviewed in this segment.
NPR Interview Transcript & News Story
February 16, 2021. The CDC now says people who are fully vaccinated probably don’t need to quarantine after exposure to COVID-19. Stanford Epidemiologist Yvonne Maldonado, MD, provides comment in this article.
Healthline
February 12, 2021. This piece discusses tips for managing COVID-19 vaccine side effects and quotes Yvonne Maldonado, MD professor of pediatrics and of epidemiology & population ealth and medical director of infection control at Stanford Children’s Health.
TODAY
February 11, 2021. In this ProPublica story, E&PH faculty member Yvonne Maldonado, MD expressed concern that there’s not as much pressure on #COVID19 vaccine manufacturers to recruit children of diverse backgrounds as there was for the adult trials.
ProPublica
February 9, 2021. During this segment, Stanford epidemiologist Yvonne Maldonado, MD discussed the latest updates on COVID-19, including the new variants and how the ramp up of vaccinations is going.
KCBS Radio
February 3, 2021. This segment discussed reaching COVID-19 herd immunity and featured Kari Nadeau, the Naddisy Foundation Professor and director of the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford.
NPR
February 3, 2021. Stanford epidemiologist Yvonne Maldonado, MD, provides her expert opinion on what to do and not do after receiving a #COVID19 vaccine.
San Francisco Chronicle
January 29, 2021. Stanford epidemiologist Dr. Yvonne Maldonado spoke to ABC NewsRadio’s Jamie Travers after California reported its second highest number of COVID-19 deaths
ABC NewsRadio
January 26, 2021. CA hospitals blame poor vaccine rollout on lack of transparency from government. E&PH faculty member and medical director of infection control at Stanford Children’s Health, Yvonne Maldonado, MD, provides comment in this article.
Newsweek
January 25, 2021. Stanford epidemiologist Dr. Yvonne Maldonado said research on the UK variant is incomplete but troubling. "At this point all we know is that the vaccine prevents disease, not infection."
KCBS Radio
January 24, 2021. Coronavirus variants will prolong the pandemic. But here’s how it could end. This piece discusses the emergence of several coronavirus variants. E&PH faculty member Yvonne Maldonado is quoted.
San Francisco Chronicle
January 14, 2021. Stanford Epidemiologist Yvonne Maldonado, MD, is featured in this SF Chronicle story, as CA falls short of its goal to vaccinate 1 million people in 10 days.
San Francisco Chronicle
January 13, 2021. Moderna needs 3,000+ adolescent volunteers for its COVID-19 vaccine trial. They're struggling to find them. Not enough adolescents are signing up, potentially delaying vaccine authorization for this age group. Yvonne Maldonado is quoted.
USA Today
January 13, 2021. Yvonne Maldonado, MD, discusses how the COVID-19 shutdowns have resulted in fewer cases of other common viruses, like colds, the flu and gastrointestinal problems.
KCBS Radio
January 12, 2021. Stanford Epidemiologist Steven Goodman warns, "'If we unblinded today, vaccine recipients probably would engage in riskier activity immediately...I mean, why not?'"
Vox
January 11, 2021. This piece discusses fevers and how, under most circumstances, they’re beneficial, reducing the severity of illness and shortening its length. A study by E&PH faculty member Julie Parsonnet is referenced here.
New York Times
January 11, 2021. “It’s about race and ethnicity as a surrogate for poverty and inequity.” Our own Yvonne Maldonado, MD, is quoted in this article about how COVID-19 has disproportionately affected Latino Americans, particularly in California
The Guardian
January 10, 2021. E&PH Chair Melissa Bondy is quoted in this story about a low-cost device that can be used at home for detecting the coronavirus in saliva. The study is funded by the Stanford Medicine Catalyst Program.
Stanford Daily
January 7, 2021. Stanford epidemiologist Yvonne Maldonado is quoted in this San Francisco Chronicle story about whether the Capitol siege was a COVID-19 super-spreader event.
San Francisco Chronicle
January 5, 2021. "This Epidemic Is Hundreds of Micro-Epidemics." Check out this conversation with Stanford epidemiologist Dr. Steve Goodman.
Medium Elemental
December 31, 2020. Stanford epidemiologist Yvonne Maldonado, MD, is quoted in this San Francisco Chronicle article that takes a look back on the COVID-19 pandemic and the world’s response to the virus.
San Francisco Chronicle
December 31, 2020. Stanford epidemiologist Steven Goodman reflects on the year of the COVID-19 pandemic--where we are, how we got here, and how it ends--in this Vermont Conversation interview with David Goodman.
Vermont Conversation
December 22, 2020. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Dr. Steven Goodman of the Stanford School of Medicine about the ethical question of whether COVID-19 vaccine trials should be unblinded.
NPR
December 17, 2020. Our own Steven Goodman served on the panel of experts who recommended the FDA approve the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
December 16, 2020. E&PH chair Melissa Bondy is quoted in this Stanford Daily story about a new COVID-19 model for delineating the risks of reopening, which she believes can be applied to smaller scales, like Stanford campus.
Stanford Daily
December 15, 2020. E&PH faculty member Julie Parsonnet is quoted in this San Francisco Chronicle story about public resistance to California's latest stay-at-home orders.
San Francisco Chronicle
December 11, 2020. FDA Endorses COVID-19 Vaccine: Recommendation paves way for regulatory agency to grant emergency authorization as early as Friday. Our own Steve Goodman participated in the panel of external experts and is featured in this story.
Wall Street Journal
December 10, 2020. Stanford epidemiologist Julie Parsonnet states, “I think the risks of returning to campus are small if students are tested frequently and follow the rules as much as possible.”
Stanford Daily
December 10, 2020. "We're going to have to adapt to COVID-19 for at least the next year," Dr. Yvonne Maldonado, an infectious disease expert at Stanford Medicine, said. This includes treating masks and social distancing like other safety precautions.
NBC News
December 8, 2020. Latino communities around the Bay Area have been hit by COVID-19 harder than most, yet there seems to be conflicting opinions among them about whether or not a vaccine should be mandatory. Yvonne Maldonado, MD, weighs in.
NBC News
December 7, 2020. Nearly a year into the pandemic, the nation's approach to clinical trials is showing signs of improvement. Our own Yvonnie Maldonado, MD, is interviewed.
Mercury News
December 4, 2020. How 700 epidemiologists are living now, and what they think is next. They are going to the grocery store again, but don’t see vaccines making life normal right away. Michelle Odden is quoted.
New York Times
December 4, 2020. Understanding similarities between the Nipah virus and COVID-19 could provide clues for avoiding future novel virus outbreaks. Stephen Luby is quoted in this post.
Stanford Scope
December 3, 2020. A new study by E&PH faculty Bonnie Halpern-Felsher shows youth vaping rates plunged during the COVID-19 pandemic. Find out why.
HealthDay
December 3, 2020. Though adults may begin getting vaccinated against COVID-19 within a few weeks, it will likely be several months before a vaccine is approved and available for kids. Yvonne Maldonado is quoted.
Healthline
December 3, 2020. A study by Bonnie Halpern-Felsher was interviewed for this UPI story, saying "Adolescent and young adult e-cigarette users found it harder to access e-cigarettes" early in the pandemic.
UPI
December 1, 2020. Yvonne Maldonado, MD, weighs in on why it is important for health care workers to get COVID-19 vaccines when they become available.
NPR
November 29, 2020. Stanford Epidemiologist Yvonne Maldonado, MD, provides updates on COVID-19 treatments and vaccines.
San Francisco Chronicle
November 24, 2020. Health care workers are expected to get a COVID-19 vaccine first, but the speed of vaccine development and the politicization of the process has left some doctors and nurses skeptical and reluctant. Yvonne Maldonado is interviewed.
NPR
November 21, 2020. “People are not paying attention and they’re tired, and I understand that,” said Dr. Yvonne Maldonado, an infectious disease expert at Stanford. “It’s just the risk has gone up."
San Francisco Chronicle
November 19, 2020. Epidemiologist Yvonne Maldonado, MD, says "I'm watching the daily case rate (and) it's not good...It's going up every single day, even in the Bay Area, so we just need to know that we're not immune yet."
ABC News
November 17, 2020. This ABC News segment discusses how the building of the new Stanford Hospital includes technology and design features that have made handling #COVID19 cases easier. Epidemiologist Yvonne Maldonado is interviewed.
ABC News
November 15, 2020. The first installment of a new series, "Coronavirus: The Path Forward," offers a road map for how we’ll get out of this pandemic and eventually bounce back. E&PH faculty Yvonne Maldonado, MD is quoted here.
Mercury News
November 11, 2020. Stanford epidemiologist Stephen Luby discusses surprising results of a recent study on Nipah virus, a disease with no vaccine and a mortality rate of up to 70 percent, and what it could teach us about COVID-19.
Stanford News
November 11, 2020. Epidemiologist Yvonne Maldonado, MD and other Bay Area COVID-19 experts offer their advice for President-Elect Joe Biden's administration.
ABC News
November 9, 2020. Julie Parsonnet's research on human body temperature is featured in this Discover story. “We are not the same people that we were a hundred years ago.
Discover
November 9, 2020. Pfizer announced Monday that an early analysis of its #COVID19 vaccine found that it was more than 90% effective in preventing the disease among trial volunteers who had no evidence of prior coronavirus infection. Features Yvonne Maldonado, MD.
San Francisco Chronicle
November 9, 2020. Visiting family over the holidays? Here's how to lower your risk for COVID-19. Yvonne Maldonado, MD, provides her expert opinion.
KQED Science
November 2, 2020. This piece profiles E&PH alum, Gianna Nino, a first-year medical student who returned home to WA state to pick blueberries alongside her family after losing two jobs during the early days of the #COVID19 pandemic. Yvonne Maldonado is also quoted here.
San Francisco Chronicle
November 1, 2020. Stanford plans to enroll about 1,000 people as part of a large Phase 3 trial to determine whether a vaccine can protect against infection with the coronavirus. Yvonne Maldonado, MD, is featured in this ABC News story.
ABC News
November 1, 2020. Stanford epidemiologist Mark Cullen provides his expert opinion on this important question: "Is it safe to go home over the holidays."
San Francisco Chronicle
October 30, 2020. Bonnie Maldonado, la doctora Hispana que ha liderado el manejo de respuesta a la pandemia en los centros médicos de Stanford. During this segment, Yvonne Maldonado discussed the COVID-19 pandemic.
Univision
October 29, 2020. Yvonne Maldonado, MD, is featured in this TODAY story: "Children and pregnant women need to be vaccinated against COVID-19 to eliminate spread of the virus but have been largely excluded from vaccine trials."
TODAY
October 28, 2020. Yvonne Maldonado, MD, is featured in this Stanford Scope story about her leadership in the field of COVID-19 epidemiological research and why she loves her work.
Stanford Scope Blog
October 27, 2020. E&PH faculty Yvonne Maldonado and Julie Parsonnet are quoted in this PRWeb release, "Gauss expands Series C financing to $30m to accelerate COVID-19 platform." Gauss's at-home platform is powering both CATCH and CA-Facts research studies.
PRWeb
October 27, 2020. Yvonne Maldonado, MD, provides her expert opinion on why "Athletes account for over half of Stanford’s student #COVID19 cases," in this Stanford Daily news story.
Stanford Daily
October 26, 2020. In this new Stanford Daily story, Yvonne Maldonado provides her expert opinion on whether Stanford is ready to bring back half the undergrad student body in January.
Stanford Daily
October 21, 2020. "What we want to do is track people who might be infected and people who aren't infected because it's really important to have a base to which to compare the infected people," Stanford Epidemiologist Yvonne Maldonado tells NBC News.
NBC News
October 18, 2020. When should parents test test their kids for COVID-19? Our own Yvonne Maldonado, MD, shares her expert opinion.
Smithsonian
October 18, 2020. Population health scientist and epidemiologist Mark Cullen provides his expert opinion on how to plan a safe, small Bay Area holiday gathering during the pandemic.
San Francisco Chronicle
October 14, 2020. Steve Goodman is quoted in this Science Magazine story that explains why the world will likely benefit from having more than one COVID-19 vaccine, because of the needs of different populations and so that supply can meet demand.
Science Magazine
October 14, 2020. Yvonne Maldonado explains why COVID-19 vaccines may not initially be recommended for children, "It is important that safety data are accrued in adult trials before vaccines or other therapeutics are tested in children.”
Yahoo News
October 14, 2020. Epidemiologist Yvonne Maldonado, MD, is quoted in this San Francisco Chronicle story about how California will distribute COVID-19 vaccines, and the Bay Area's plan for dealing with multiple scenarios.
San Francisco Chronicle
October 13, 2020. Epidemiologist Yvonne Maldonado, MD, shares her thoughts on what comes next in the suspended Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine trial, "Virtually every trial will have an adverse event."
ABC News
October 12, 2020. Yvonne Maldonado, MD, is featured in this San Francisco Chronicle story, with an update on the state of COVID-19 testing options.
San Francisco Chronicle
October 6, 2020. Stanford University, CZ Biohub and a group of collaborators have created a low-cost system to collect samples for COVID-19 testing and monitor populations for the disease. Yvonne Maldonado discusses the Vera system in this segment.
ABC News
October 6, 2020. Eight months into the COVID-19 pandemic, the move toward saliva screening is gaining traction, with tens of thousands of people across the country undergoing such testing daily. Yvonne Maldonado is quoted in this LA Times story.
Los Angeles Times
October 3, 2020. The experimental drug given to President Trump for COVID-19 is being studied by Bay Area researchers who believe it could help people with mild/moderate symptoms recover faster, or stop them from worsening. Yvonne Maldonado, MD, is quoted.
San Francisco Chronicle
October 2, 2020. Epidemiologist and infectious disease expert Yvonne Maldonado, MD, discusses President Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis and his level of risk for complications in this CBS News story.
CBS News
September 29, 2020. Head of the American Academy of Pediatrics’ infectious-diseases committee, Yvonne Maldonado, MD, said the big question is what will happen as schools that have started out with online learning go back to in-person classes.
AP News
September 25, 2020. Yvonne Maldonado, MD, is quoted in this Washington Post story, Child deaths from COVID-19 remain remarkably low eight months into U.S. pandemic. “It’s a mystery. I think there are biological reasons and I think there are virological reasons."
Washington Post
September 23, 2020. David Rehkopf is one of 9 experts reflecting on the US reaching 200,000 confirmed deaths in this Vox news story.
Vox
September 23, 2020. Yvonne Maldonado, MD, provides an expert opinion in response to the question, "Will a COVID-19 vaccine be safe for children?"
NBC News
September 22, 2020. Our own Abby King is featured in this Los Altos Town Crier story about the Open Streets program started a few months ago to boost businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Los Altos Town Crier
September 21, 2020. Julie Parsonnet discusses the lack of information about the normal range of temperature in children and the challenges that presents during the pandemic in this Wall Street Journal story.
Wall Street Journal
September 20, 2020. Yvonne Maldonado is featured in this New York Times story, "‘We May Be Surprised Again’: An Unpredictable Pandemic Takes a Terrible Toll."
New York Times
September 17, 2020. In this ABC News story, Yvonne Maldonado, MD, argues "Safety is the most important thing. If we don't produce a safe vaccine, we will lose the confidence of the public."
ABC News
September 17, 2020. Yvonne Maldonado, MD, contributes her expert epidemiological opinion to this Washington Poststory, "Is the coronavirus spreading silently among kids? Testing limits make it hard to tell."
Washington Post
September 14, 2020. In this story, "Halloween 2020 and #COVID19: What is changing this year?," Yvonne Maldonado, MD, encourages people to "be creative" while enjoying a socially distanced Halloween.
TODAY
September 11, 2020. E&PH Chair Melissa Bondy is featured in this CNN story about Staten Island residents' worries that the defunct Fresh Kills landfill, a forensic site for 9/11 Ground Zero debris that is currently being transformed into a park, is making them sick.
CNN
September 9, 2020. With fall approaching, experts stress it's time to shrink your 'quarantine bubble.' Our own Yvonne Maldonado, MD, is one of those experts.
TODAY
September 4, 2020. Yvonne Maldonado, MD gives expert advice for people planning to travel in CA state during COVID-19.
KQED
September 3, 2020. Yvonne Maldonado talks with NBC about children and their risk of getting COVID-19 and questions parents should consider when evaluating what is best for their kids.
NBC
September 3, 2020. Mark Cullen is featured in this San Francisco Chronicle story about how to stay safe while hosting a small gathering during COVID-19.
San Francisco Chronicle
September 2, 2020. As Stanford epidemiologist Dr. Steven Goodman put it, "“Density is really an enemy in a situation like this.”
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
September 1, 2020. Yvonne Maldonado is quoted in this Mother Jones blog post which answers the important question, Why Are Children of Color Getting COVID-19 at Huge Rates?
Mother Jones
September 1, 2020. Yvonne Maldonado, MD, is featured in this timely and important New York Times story about the unequal burden of COVID-19 on children and families of color.
New York Times
August 31, 2020. Stanford epidemiologist Steven Goodman warns Coronavirus missteps from the CDC and FDA “reduces confidence that they are without political influence” in this NBC News story.
NBC News
August 28, 2020. Yvonne Maldonado, MD, discusses with Palo Alto Online how clinics will change how vaccines are given during the COVID-19 epidemic.
Palo Alto Online
August 27, 2020. Yvonne Maldonado, MD, is featured in this Healthline discussion about the very real possibility of getting COVID-19 more than once.
Healthline
August 26, 2020. Stanford epidemiologist Steven Goodman expresses his concerns about the new CDC COVID-19 guidelines in this Mercury News story.
Mercury News
August 24, 2020. Yvonne Maldonado, MD, weighs in on "New treatments [that] aim to treat COVID-19 early, before it gets serious."
ScienceNews
August 19, 2020. Yvonne Maldonado is featured in this National Geographic story, "COVID-19 vaccines could become mandatory. Here’s how it might work."
National Geographic
August 17, 2020. Yvonne Maldonado, MD, talks about what the science suggests about the risks of sending kids back to school during the pandemic.
Stanford Graduate School of Education "School's In" podcast
August 17, 2020. Meet the doctors who are helping decide the fate of the college football season, including our own Yvonne Maldonado.
Washington Post
August 17, 2020. In this ABC News story, our own Yvonne Maldonado explains COVID-19 human challenge testing and how it works.
ABC News
August 14, 2020. Stanford epidemiologist Mark Cullen discussed with Sports Illustrated "How and Why Football Conferences Are Arriving at Opposing Medical Conclusions."
Sports Illustrated
August 14, 2020. Epidemiologist and COVID-19 expert Yvonne Maldonado weighs in on this ABC News story about "Who will get the COVID-19 vaccine first?"
ABC News
August 12, 2020. Yvonne Maldonado appeared as a guest expert on this new KQED interview about the rise in cases of COVID-19 among US children.
KQED
August 11, 2020. Martha Kessler contributed to this heartwarming and adorable CBS News segment about the benefits of dog therapy on hospital patients, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.
CBS News
August 11, 2020. Our own Steve Goodman weighs in on this Washington Post story about the politics behind Trump's push to restart college football.
Washington Post
August 9, 2020. Yvonne Maldonado provides her expert opinion on Bay Area herd immunity in this San Francisco Chronicle story.
San Francisco Chronicle
August 4, 2020. Yvonne Maldonado spoke with ABC News about "how long most Bay Area counties are recommending COVID-19 patients isolate before returning to work."
ABC News
August 3, 2020. David Rehkopf is featured in this story about how millions of America’s working poor may lose out on key anti-poverty tax credit because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Conversation
August 3, 2020. Steve Goodman is featured in this Mercury News story about how we can stop another surge of COVID-19 in CA as cases drop.
Mercury News
August 2, 2020. Steve Goodman contributed to this San Francisco Chronicle story, "‘We’re missing huge amounts of data’: Why we still can’t track the spread of COVID-19 across the Bay Area."
San Francisco Chronicle
August 1, 2020. Yvonne Maldonado shared her expert opinion on "How California lost control over COVID-19 despite early successes" in this ABC News story, stating "We underestimated the virus."
ABC News
July 29, 2020. This is a fascinating story, featuring our own Julie Parsonnet, who has done extensive field research in Antarctica. "Antarctica Has 0 Cases of COVID-19. Will It Last?"
Outside
July 29, 2020. Our own Yvonne Maldonado interviewed with TIME to shed light on "What the Science Actually Says About Kids and COVID-19" and to inform the fall return-to-school debate.
TIME
July 29, 2020. Steve Goodman is featured in this San Francisco Chronicle story, "U.S. #COVID19 deaths top 150,000, but fatality rates vary by region. What does it mean for California?"
San Francisco Chronicle
July 28, 2020. Mark Cullen discusses the heavy concentration of COVID-19 cases in California's Central Valley in this Politico story.
Politico
July 25, 2020. Yvonne Maldonado is featured in this timely and important story from the Stanford Daily, "‘A history of racist policies and practices’: Coronavirus reveals racial disparities in healthcare."
Stanford Daily
July 23, 2020. NBC Bay Area News interviewed our own Yvonne Maldonado about how "Stanford Medicine [is] Working on Speeding Up [the] COVID-19 Testing Process."
NBC Bay Area News
July 22, 2020. Mark Cullen weighs in, in this San Francisco Chronicle piece, on "The future of live music? Flower crowns, face masks and hand sanitizer."
San Francisco Chronicle
July 22, 2020. Yvonne Maldonado is featured in this KQED feature, sharing the latest guidance regarding "Summer Travel During COVID-19 in California: Can I Do it Safely?"
KQED
July 21, 2020. Steve Goodman is featured in this SI NCAAF story, "College Football's Stringent Contact Tracing Protocol is 'Massive Challenge' to Season."
SI NCAAF
July 21, 2020. Stanford Epidemiologist Steve Goodman went on the record with Medium.com, stating "This Is Not a Public Health Crisis — It’s a Political Crisis."
Medium
July 19, 2020. Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonado weighed in on the question of "‘Is it dangerous?’: Considerations on #COVID19 reopening precautions" for this Stanford Daily story.
Stanford Daily
July 8, 2020. Mark Cullen is quoted in this MSN story, "More than 200 scientists urge WHO to recognize aerosol transmission."
Microsoft News (MSN)
July 7, 2020. Mark Cullen helped the San Francisco Chronicle answer the following question, "Is it safe to get back on the bus? Ask Bay Area public transit agencies."
San Francisco Chronicle
July 7, 2020. Yvonne Maldonado discusses how the demographics of the epidemic have changed in this Daily Worldstory, "California braces for a spike in coronavirus deaths as infections soar. But how bad will it be?"
The Daily World
July 7, 2020. Yvonne Maldonado discusses how the demographics of the epidemic have changed in this Daily Worldstory, "California braces for a spike in coronavirus deaths as infections soar. But how bad will it be?"
The Daily World
July 6, 2020. Our own Yvonne Maldonado is featured in this San Francisco Chronicle story, "Facing the facts: Covering mouth, nose best shield against virus, experts say."
San Francisco Chronicle
July 2, 2020. Mark Cullen is featured in this San Francisco Chronicle story, "More than 40 Bay Area school principals exposed to coronavirus during in-person meeting."
San Francisco Chronicle
July 1, 2020. Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonado is quoted in this Daily Post story, "What’s the right approach to take toward COVID-19? Local expert offers opinion during telephone town hall meeting."
Daily Post
June 26, 2020. Our own Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonado spoke with KCBS Radio to contribute to this discussion, "Reopening Plans Reconsidered as COVID Cases Surge."
KCBS Radio
June 25, 2020. Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonado is featured in this abc7 News story, "Bay Area researchers race to find effective drug to treat COVID-19."
abc News
June 25, 2020. Steve Goodman was interviewed by Hopkins Bloomberg Public Health Magazine for this piece on "Preprints and the Pandemic: Quality Control for High-Speed Science."
Hopkins Bloomberg Public Health Magazine
June 25, 2020. Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonado argues "Social distancing isn't a nuisance – it's a privilege" in this abc News story.
abc News
June 22, 2020. Mark Cullen ranks going to the theater as "a medium- to high-risk activity" in this San Francisco Chronicle story, "Bay Area movie theaters are reopening. Is it safe to go?"
San Francisco Chronicle
June 21, 2020. Simei Li reflects on work with Abby King and the Our Voice Initiative in this Stanford Daily Opinion piece, The built environment matters for mental health.
Stanford Daily
June 17, 2020. Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonado participates in this New York Times discussion about "How to Deal with Public Bathrooms During Coronavirus"
New York Times
June 15, 2020. Rare, super coronavirus antibodies likely to yield vaccine, say Stanford, UCSF experts, including E&PH faculty member Yvonne Maldonado!
San Francisco Chronicle
June 14, 2020. Slowing the Coronavirus Is Speeding the Spread of Other Diseases, according to this New York Times story, featuring our own Yvonne Maldonado.
New York Times
June 15, 2020. Don’t want a long swab up your nose? Bay Area coronavirus test sites are trying alternatives. Our own Yvonne Maldonado is featured in this San Francisco Chronicle story.
San Francisco Chronicle
June 11, 2020. Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonado interviewed with Here & Now's Tonya Mosley and Jessica Booth, a mother and educator who has done vaccine education outreach in the Seattle region. Listen to "A Pediatrician And A Parent Weigh In On Drop In Child Vaccinations."
wbur Radio
June 11, 2020. Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonado is featured in this WCSJ News story, "In some states coronavirus hospitalizations on the rise."
WCSJ News
June 8, 2020. Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonado appeared on Stanford's Pandemic Pulse podcast to discuss " Gathering Socially Equitable Health Data During COVID-19."
Pandemic Pulse
June 5, 2020. Our own Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonado warned ABC7 News viewers of 'false sense of security' as new COVID-19 infections reported amid reopening.
ABC7 News
June 2, 2020. Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonado is featured in this timely KQED story, "Is It Safe to Keep Loosening Coronavirus Restrictions? Medical Experts Weigh In."
KQED
June 2, 2020. Steve Goodman and Mark Cullen are featured in this Sports Illustrated story, "To Test or Not Test: The Question That Could Determine the College Football Season."
Sports Illustrated
June 1, 2020. Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonado discussed with CGTN Europe a new antibody therapy that Stanford scientists are developing to fight COVID-19.
CGTN Europe
May 27, 2020. John Ioannidis discussed "Coronavirus: Between Infection Rates Or Hospitalizations, Which Data Paints Most Accurate Picture?" with CBS SF Bay Area News.
CBS SF Bay Area News
May 21, 2020. Mark Cullen is featured in this story by The Mountaineer, "SAS launches free AI-driven environment to mine COVID-19 research."
The Mountaineer
May 20, 2020. Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonado is featured in this ABC News story, "It's too soon to declare kids 'less capable' of transmitting COVID-19...It is clear, however, that the virus affects children differently than adults."
ABC News
May 19, 2020. Our own Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonado appeared on ABC7 News to discuss why some Bay Area scientists are saying they're one step closer to engineering a cure for COVID-19.
ABC7 News
May 18, 2020. Our own Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonado discussed the "bizarre mix" of COVID-19 symptoms, including abnormal clotting, with Scientific American.
Scientific American
May 12, 2020. Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonado spoke with the San Francisco Chronicle about some exciting news, "Stanford crafting coronavirus saliva test that could make testing cheaper, more accessible."
San Francisco Chronicle
May 11, 2020. Our own Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonado interviewed with abc7 News about a "Bay Area baby believed to be 1st to contract both Kawasaki Disease and COVID-19." Her team treated Baby Zara.
abc7 News
May 11, 2020. E&PH faculty member Mark Cullen spoke with Vox about "4 aftershocks of the coronavirus pandemic that will be felt for years".
Vox
May 11, 2020. CBSN Bay Area's Michelle Griego interviews Stanford Healthcare's Dr. Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonadoabout the new things they're learning about COVID-19.
CBSN Bay Area
May 9, 2020. Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonado is featured in this San Francisco Chronicle story, about how "California is ramping up antibody tests. The tech is promising, but big questions remain."
San Francisco Chronicle
May 8, 2020. E&PH faculty member Julie Parsonnet is featured in this U.S. PIRG story about a web panel that made it clear, "None of us are safe if health care workers aren't."
U.S. PIRG
May 4, 2020. Our own Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonado contributes to this heartening story about SHC's resumption of most procedures! Very good news indeed.
Stanford Medicine News
May 1, 2020. Mark Zuckerberg was live on Facebook with Priscilla Chan and our own Dr. Bonnie Maldonado, a vaccine expert at who is working on the broad serology study announced last week.
Facebook Live
May 1, 2020. Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonado was interviewed by host Keith Menconi at KCBS Radio about "The Science of COVID-19: What's The Latest?"
KCBS Radio
May 1, 2020. Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonado is quoted in this Washington Post story about Google Verily COVID-19 testing.
Washington Post
April 30, 2020. John Ioannidis is featured in this Stanford Daily news story, "Stanford researchers test MLB employees for COVID-19 antibodies."
Stanford Daily
April 29, 2020. Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonado contributes to this Los Angeles Times story, "Coronavirus death toll higher in California than previously known, new data suggest."
Los Angeles Times
April 28, 2020. Steve Goodman spoke with his brother David Goodman in this Medium interview, "'We're nowhere near where we need to be': Time to Reopen?"
Medium
April 25, 2020. Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonado weighs in on KRON4 News about "How the coronavirus is affecting different age groups."
KRON4 News
April 23, 2020. Steve Goodman discusses COVID-19 testing, easing restrictions & a Second Wave with David Goodman. "We’re nowhere near where we need to be.”
Vermont Conversation
April 23, 2020. Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonado contributed to this San Francisco Chronicle story, "Gilead drug remdesivir shows uneven results in treating coronavirus."
San Francisco Chronicle
April 21, 2020. Mark Cullen discusses an exciting new joint venture with Fierce Biotech, "Life science companies combine to form COVID-19 research database."
Fierce Biotech
April 20, 2020. Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonado recorded a podcast about "Approaches to Attacking #COVID19" on Stanford Pathfinders with Howard Wolf. Not to miss!
Apple Podcasts
April 17, 2020. John Ioannidis is featured in this MIT Technology Review story about a recent study showing "Up to 4% of Silicon Valley is already infected with Coronavirus."
MIT Technology Review
April 16, 2020. In this TV interview with abc7 News, Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonado discusses Coronavirus California: What happens after stay at home order expires on May 4?"
abc7 News
April 16, 2020. Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonado speaks with WBUR Radio host Robin Young about strategies for reopening the country and whether people who have #coronavirus become immune to it.
WBUR Radio
April 15, 2020. John Ioannidis is featured in this story by The Guardian, "When will California emerge from the coronavirus crisis? What models can – and can't – predict." He is investigating how many people in Santa Clara county may have developed immunity.
The Guardian
April 14, 2020. Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonado explains why claims about early spread have been overblown and misleading – and what the data actually shows, in this piece from The Guardian about herd immunity in California.
The Guardian
April 14, 2020. Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonado answers the question, "Are children at risk?" in this Time Magazine story about "All Your Coronavirus Questions, Answered."
Time
April 12, 2020. Steve Goodman is featured in this story posted by the San Francisco Chronicle, "One model projects California coronavirus deaths will peak Wednesday. But it’s more complex."
San Francisco Chronicle
April 12, 2020. Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonado contributes to this story in The Atlantic about San Francisco, i.e. "The City That Has Flattened the Coronavirus Curve."
The Atlantic
April 11, 2020. John Ioannidis appears in this episode of Al Jazeera, entitled "Do numbers lie? Data and statistics in the age of Coronavirus."
Al Jazeera
April 10, 2020. John Ioannidis responds to the question raised by Politico, "Is it safe to come out? SF Bay Area may provide clues for the nation."
Politico
April 9, 2020. Steve Goodman and Nigam Shah discuss the best ways to track the effect of stay at home policies in The Hill, "Poor state reporting hampers pandemic fight."
The Hill
April 9, 2020. Julie Parsonnet is featured in this Stanford Medicine News story about the Covid Watch, which is "a smartphone app that allows an infected person to send an anonymous alert to others with the same app whom they may have infected."
Stanford Medicine News
April 8, 2020. Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonado provides useful guidance in this LAist article, entitled "Everyone Should Wear A Face Mask, Except Kids Under 2 (It's A Suffocation Risk)."
LAist
April 7, 2020. Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonado spoke with CBS SF Bay Area News about the current fight to reduce the spread of #COVID-19 in California.
CBS SF Bay Area News
April 6, 2020. KCBS Radio interviewed Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonado for this story about the approval of Stanford's antibody test.
KCBS Radio
April 6, 2020. Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonado participates in this Time Magazine discussion about "Why Children Seem to Be Less Affected by the Coronavirus."
Time
April 5, 2020. John Ioannidis was interviewed by the San Francisco Chronicle, in this piece entitled, "Missing in Bay Area’s battle against coronavirus? Detailed, reliable data"
San Francisco Chronicle
April 5, 2020. Mark Cullen and John Ioannidis discuss the diverse origins of Coronavirus with The Mercury News.
Mercury News
April 4, 2020. "Should You Wear a Surgical Mask?" Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonado discusses the latest guidelines with Allure Magazine.
Allure
April 2, 2020. Steve Goodman discussed social distancing's impacts on flattening the curve with FOX KTVU2 News.
FOX KTVU2 News
March 31, 2020. Steve Goodman was quoted by NPR, explaining "...as long as people aren't being turned away, we must focus on hospitalizations and ICU cases."
NPR
March 29, 2020. John Ioannidis was featured in Forbes, arguing “The data collected so far on how many people are infected and how the epidemic is evolving are utterly unreliable.”
Forbes
March 28, 2020. Steve Goodman appeared on Bloomberg, explaining that "Confirmed Coronavirus Cases Is an ‘Almost Meaningless’ Metric."
Bloomberg
March 26, 2020. John Ioannidis is featured in this Nature article about "What the cruise-ship outbreaks reveal about #COVID19."
Nature
March 26, 2020. Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonado compares COVID-19 to other local viruses, in this story by NBC Bay Area News.
NBC Bay Area News
March 25, 2020. Steve Goodman spoke with CBS SF Bay Area News, arguing "Hospitalization Figures, Not Positive Cases, Best Indicator Of COVID-19".
CBS SF Bay Area News
March 25, 2020. Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonado was interviewed by the Los Angeles Times in this story, entitled "Coronavirus link suspected in death of Lancaster teen as L.A. County cases top 660."
Los Angeles Times
March 24, 2020. When Will Coronavirus Cases Peak? Yvonnie (Bonnie) Maldonado provides her expert opinion on this KCBS Radio show.
KCBS Radio
March 24, 2020. What does our body temperature say about our health? Find out in this New York Times story featuring Julie Parsonnet.
New York Times
March 23, 2020. Steve Goodman is quoted in this front-page New York Times article about the risks New York City crowd density poses during the COVID-19 crisis.
New York Times
March 20, 2020. John Ioannidis was featured in this Los Angeles Times article, "Is Newsom right? Could California see 25.5 million coronavirus cases in two months?"
Los Angeles Times
March 20, 2020. Steve Goodman commented on COVID-19 in New Hampshire and the US at large.
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March 20, 2020. Listen to John Ioannidis in this NPR discussion "Examining The Trade-Offs To Social Distancing."
NPR
March 20, 2020. Teen Vogue interviewed Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonado about nail and hair salons during the COVID-19 crisis.
Teen Vogue
March 20, 2020. Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonado is quoted in this opinion piece written by the Washington Post Editorial Board, "The Olympics must be canceled or postponed."
Washington Post
March 19, 2020. Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonado went on the record with CBS Bay Area News, in this story entitled, "Stanford Health Expert Agrees Coronavirus Is Spreading Fast But Questions Governor’s Projections."
CBS Bay Area News
March 19, 2020. Julie Parsonnet co-authored a Stanford-led study, published in The Lancet, that shows kids exposed to TB are at higher risk of disease than previously thought, and Stanford Medicine News covered the story.
The Lancet
Stanford Medicine News
March 19, 2020. Epidemiologist Steve Goodman visited the Vermont Conversation for a second episode about COVID-19, called "“Our house is burning down.”
Vermont Conversation
March 18, 2020. Find out from the New York Times why COVID-19 epidemiologist Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonado thinks we should "Cancel. The. Olympics."
New York Times
March 18, 2020. Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonado spoke with Fast Company about "Why drive-through testing is such an important tool in the coronavirus fight."
Fast Company
March 18, 2020. Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonado provided a statement for this CNBC News story, "WHO warns some children develop ‘severe’ or ‘critical’ disease from coronavirus."
CNBC News
March 18, 2020. Steve Goodman spoke with VTDigger, stating "The reason we don’t have more precise estimates of how many people are sick in Vermont, or anywhere else in the United States, is because we aren’t testing enough people."
VTDigger
March 17, 2020. "If you’re taking your temperature because of the coronavirus, 98.6 isn’t the normal body temperature anymore." This Seattle Times story features Julie Parsonnet.
Seattle Times
March 17, 2020. John Ioannidis wrote this First Opinion piece, "A fiasco in the making? As the coronavirus pandemic takes hold, we are making decisions without reliable data," published in STAT. This story has inspired a number of responses, one of which is included in the links below.
John Ioannidis STAT piece (March 17, 2020)
Marc Lipsitch STAT response (March 19, 2020)
Vinay Prasad and Jeffrey S. Flier STAT response (April 2020)
March 17, 2020. John Ioannidis was featured in Bustle, in a story entitled, "Is Public Transit Safe During The Coronavirus Outbreak? Here's What Experts Say."
Bustle
March 16, 2020. Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonado spoke with the Wall Street Journal about "How South Korea Put Into Place the World’s Most Aggressive Coronavirus Test Program."
Wall Street Journal
March 15, 2020. A conversation with Stanford epidemiologist, Steve Goodman, about the "impending catastrophe."
Medium
March 13, 2020. E&PH faculty member Steve Goodman
was interviewed by Democracy Now about COVID-19. "'We Are Way, Way Behind': U.S. Lags on Coronavirus Testing & Medical Experts Warn 'No One Is Immune.'" Access recording & transcript via link below.
Democracy Now
March 13, 2020. Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonado was interviewed by Time for this story, entitled "China’s Draconian Lockdown Is Getting Credit for Slowing Coronavirus. Would It Work Anywhere Else?"
Time
March 12, 2020. Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonado appeared on WBUR 90.9 to discuss "Test Kits, Antiviral Drugs And Vaccines: The Science You Need To Know About Coronavirus."
WBUR 90.9
March 11, 2020. Yvonne (Bonnie Maldonado) was interviewed by KPIX-5 News in "Stanford Medical Expert Examines Social Distancing, Bell Curve Of Coronavirus Epidemic."
KPIX-5 News Broadcast
March 11, 2020. Steve Goodman visited the Vermont Conversation to discuss the "impending catastrophe” of the Coronavirus Pandemic.
Vermont Conversation
March 11, 2020. Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonado went on the record in this San Francisco Chronicle article, "Drive-through coronavirus testing arrives in Bay Area, but supplies remain tight."
San Francisco Chronicle