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 | Oct 29, 2020 | Epidemiology, Healtcare, Usha Govindarajulu
Recently, the FDA deemed Remdesivir as a treatment for COVID-19, the first treatment approved as such. Back on May 1, they had granted EUA, emergency use authorization, of Remdesivir for COVID-19 and many hospitals made use of it, especially given that there was very...
by Usha Govindarajulu | Sep 29, 2020 | Epidemiology, Healtcare, Professor
What makes someone have lasting immunity to COVID-19? This is a burning question in order to understand how to protect against the virus and sustain immunity. This also has implications for the various vaccines that are either in development or in testing phases. ...
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...
by Usha Govindarajulu | Sep 1, 2020 | Blog, Epidemiology, Healtcare, Usha Govindarajulu
COVID-19 testing is complex with different types and different ways of being tested put in place. Even then, the testing has also changed over time to become more refined and/or faster all at the same time. Of course, this may be confusing to the general public about...