News by Year - 2020

Coronavirus: Is herd immunity possible and if so, what’s the threshold?

Post Date: 
2020-06-04
Source: 
FOX News (Via Yahoo! News)
Robert Bollinger
FOX News: Dr. Bob Bollinger discusses COVID-19 and the use of masks, infection, and antibody testing

Baltimore journalist Pedro Palomino provides urgent coronavirus information to Spanish speakers

Post Date: 
2020-05-31
Source: 
Capital Gazette (Annapolis, MD)
Dr. Kathleen Page is mentioned as part of a team helping to get information to Spanish speaking community during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Venezuela's official virus data is 'absurd': HRW and Johns Hopkins

Post Date: 
2020-05-29
Source: 
Yahoo! News Australia
Dr. Kathleen Page is quoted in this report: The true number could ultimately be closer to "at least 30,000" coronavirus deaths, according to Johns Hopkins associate medicine professor Kathleen Page, who interviewed several Venezuelan doctors and nurses for the report.

What is going on in Florida?

Post Date: 
2020-05-29
Source: 
Morning Brew
Dr. Larry Chang is quoted in this article.

Venezuela’s official virus data is ‘absurd’: HRW and Johns Hopkins

Post Date: 
2020-05-27
Source: 
AFP (via Macau Business)
Dr. Kathleen Page discusses her recent report of Venezuela's COVID-19 response capacity. “One of the surgeons told me they have to wash their hands from water that falls from the air conditioning,” she said.

Latin America has become the epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic, WHO says

Post Date: 
2020-05-27
Source: 
The Telegraph (UK)
Dr. Kathleen Page was quoted in this article. “The humanitarian crisis in Venezuela and the breakdown of the health system have created dangerous conditions conducive to rapid community spread, unsafe working conditions for health personnel, and high mortality rate among patients in need of...

Venezuela’s Covid-19 death toll claims ‘not credible’, human rights group says

Post Date: 
2020-05-26
Source: 
The Guardian
Kathleen Page
The Guardian: Kathleen Page: "it is impossible to follow the basic guidelines to prevent hospital-acquired infections, which is hand-washing"

Johns Hopkins steps in to help shelters, communities ravaged by Covid-19

Post Date: 
2020-05-26
Source: 
Baltimore Business Journal
Dr. Kathleen Page discusses challenges posted by COVID-19 for Baltimore's Latino community. Dr. Kathleen Page, an infectious diseases professor at the Hopkins School of Medicine, has been working in the more heavily Hispanic area of Southeast Baltimore, which “has definitely been hit hard,” and...

Venezuela: Urgent Aid Needed to Combat Covid-19

Post Date: 
2020-05-26
Kathleen Page
Human Rights Watch: Kathleen Page & colleagues call out the continuing humanitarian crisis in Venezuela & the dire situation posed by COVID-19.

Venezuela health system 'grossly unprepared' for COVID-19 crisis

Post Date: 
2020-05-26
Source: 
al Jazeera
Dr. Kathleen Page is featured in this article: "Venezuela's lack of capacity to confront the COVID-19 pandemic may drive people to try to leave the country, further straining the health systems of neighbouring countries and imperilling regional health more broadly"

Why Did Florida Avoid a Coronavirus Disaster?

Post Date: 
2020-05-21
Source: 
Slate
Larry Chang
Slate: Dr. Larry Chang was interviewed for this article.

Comparing COVID-19, Flu Death Tolls 'Extremely Dangerous'

Post Date: 
2020-05-14
Source: 
Medscape Medical News
Dr. Natasha Chida was interviewed for this article. However, Natasha Chida, MD, MSPH, an infectious disease physician and assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland, told Medscape Medical News that the actual number of deaths doesn't tell the...

Latinos disproportionately hurt by coronavirus in Maryland, Baltimore and among Johns Hopkins patients

Post Date: 
2020-05-12
Source: 
Baltimore Sun
Kathleen Page
Baltimore Sun: Dr. Kathleen Page discusses access to healthcare among Baltimore's undocumented Latinex population during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Maryland reports 688 new coronavirus cases, 70 more deaths

Post Date: 
2020-05-12
Source: 
Baltimore Sun
"Dr. Kathleen Page, an infectious disease expert and associate professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, said Latinos often work low-wage jobs and live in shared households with multiple family members or roommates, which could further fuel the spread of COVID-19."

Across US, a 'tale of two cities' as some embrace reopening amid coronavirus and others remain wary

Post Date: 
2020-05-08
Source: 
USA Today
Larry Chang
USA Today: Dr. Larry Chang discusses COVID-19 and warns about the dangers of opening up the country too soon.

State antibody testing results murky as officials decline to release raw data

Post Date: 
2020-05-07
Source: 
Times Union (Albany)
Dr. Natasha Chida
Times Union: Dr. Chida comments about the reliability of COVID-19 antibody testing.

Making sure vulnerable communities have access to reliable information and COVID-19 care

Post Date: 
2020-05-07
Source: 
WJLA ABC News 7: Good Morning Washington (Washington DC)
Dr. Kathleen Page is interviewed: For many in the Latino community “there’s absolutely no safety net,” says Kathleen Page, M.D., who serves a large population of immigrant patients. “We’re seeing a rise in COVID-19 cases among Latino immigrants, particularly those with limited English proficiency (...

El “efecto Lázaro” del tratamiento que ya se aplica a más de 5 mil pacientes de coronavirus en los Estados Unidos

Post Date: 
2020-05-06
Source: 
Infobae (Argentina)
Dirigido por los médicos Michael Melia y Natasha Chida, de la Johns Hopkins University, del encuentro virtual participaron Arturo Casadevall, Damani Piggott y Shmuel Shoham, todos del mismo centro de estudios norteamericano. Nacido en Cuba en 1957 y radicado desde hace décadas en los Estados Unidos...

ACTG Site Spotlight: BJGMC-JHU Clinical Research Site, Pune, India

Post Date: 
2020-05-05
Source: 
ACTG Network Newsletter
ACTG Logo
The BJGMC-JHU Clinical Research site in Pune, India, is highlighted in this article.

Shocking Draft US Report Sees 200,000 COVID-19 Cases, 3,000 Deaths Daily By June

Post Date: 
2020-05-05
Source: 
Huffington Post
Dr. Larry Chang is mentioned in this report: “The vast majority of Americans have not been exposed to the virus, there is not immunity, and the initial conditions that allowed this virus to spread really quickly across America haven’t really changed,” Johns Hopkins University infectious...

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