The New Covid Landscape
A How-To Guide for Pandemic Science
Spring/Summer 2021
How to Predict a Patient's Trajectory
Real-time analysis of COVID-19 patient data yields insights doctors and health systems can use right away.
How to Update an mRNA Vaccine
Confronted with SARS-CoV-2 variants that could weaken mRNA vaccines? No problem.
How to Get a Virus to Give Up Its Secrets
From big-picture vision to mundane tasks, virus detective Sabra Klein shares what it takes to investigate SARS-CoV-2.
How to Test Saliva for Antibodies
The new, noninvasive test could help guide and evaluate public health interventions.
How to Keep Buildings Safe
What to do when Covid-19 endangers the great indoors.
How to Conduct a Community Study in a Pandemic
Researchers studying how Covid-19 affects different communities face an obstacle: the disease itself.
How to Track a Virus in Wastewater
Wastewater’s biological clues provide an early warning system for COVID-19 outbreaks and other public health concerns.
How to Track Viral Variants
The emergence of potentially more dangerous SARS-CoV-2 variants highlights the urgency of viral surveillance efforts.
How to Change People’s Minds
Consistent, transparent, and credible behavior communication can persuade people to practice pandemic safety.
How to Coordinate a Global Response
While countries focused exclusively on their own needs, the virus conquered the world.
How to Evaluate Pandemic Research
Expert advice to be a discriminating follower of Covid-19 studies.
How History Helps Explain Pandemic Behavior
No two pandemics are alike, but history teaches us that some behaviors persist.
With fierce love and deep commitment, Joni Holifield helps trauma-burdened Baltimore youth become “lifepreneurs.”
Total Exposure
By mapping a lifetime of environmental exposures, researchers aim to uncover causes of chronic conditions.
From cool roofs to hidden hunger, a new School initiative confronts big problems with bold solutions.
It’s time to re-envision public health education.
We must apply our knowledge to the health problems in front of us.
From masking, hand washing, and distancing against Covid-19 to new global recognition, behavioral science is in the spotlight.
Celebrating a century of cultivating public health leadership.
A Dreamer’s Journey
Racism and Public Health, Covid-19, and More
Why I supported a measure to decriminalize simple drug possession.