by Usha Govindarajulu | Jan 6, 2021 | Biostatistics, Blog, Epidemiology, New York, Professor, Usha Govindarajulu
In the last several weeks we have been hearing news that a new variant, B.I.I.7, of COVID-19, first detected in the United Kingdom is being detected in other countries as well, including the United States. The onset of this new variant is bad timing since the United...
by Usha Govindarajulu | Dec 23, 2020 | Biostatistics, Blog, Epidemiology, New York, Professor, Usha Govindarajulu
Recently, the Pfizer© vaccine for COVID-19 has come under scrutiny for components in their vaccine which could lead to severe reactions by recipients of the vaccine and therefore could lead to anaphylaxis. Allergies to these components, especially polyethylene glycol...
by Usha Govindarajulu | Dec 9, 2020 | Biostatistics, Blog, Epidemiology, New York, Professor, Usha Govindarajulu
As more and more news come out about vaccines against COVID-19, people are starting to have concern and worry. Naturally, they are asking a lot of questions about receiving the vaccine and when. Most of the news has centered around two vaccines that have already been...
by Usha Govindarajulu | Nov 25, 2020 | Biostatistics, Blog, Epidemiology, New York, Professor, Usha Govindarajulu
After most of the United States was enjoying somewhat of a break in COVID-19 surges and closures in the latter part of the summer, COVID-19, which still roams freely, has led into a second resurgence in almost every state in the latter fall and is leading to potential...
by Usha Govindarajulu | Nov 12, 2020 | Blog, Epidemiology, Healtcare, Usha Govindarajulu
The White House has been following a contestable strategy related to controlling the coronavirus called the Great Barrington Declaration. In this declaration created by Jay Bhattacharya, Sunetra Gupta, and Martin Kulldorff, who are all academics, they advocate for...
by Usha Govindarajulu | Sep 15, 2020 | Blog, Epidemiology, Healtcare, New York, Professor, Usha Govindarajulu
New York City had been the an epicenter of the pandemic in the United States in the spring from March to May until cases and hospitalizations started dipping. Now NYC is now longer an epicenter after having gone through this first wave while many other parts of the...
