COVID-19: News and Resources

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OUR WORK

Woman receiving vaccine
Vaccine hesitance dropped faster among Black Americans, study finds
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How social determinants of health play a role in pandemics
The off-campus house of Pi Lambda Phi, one of the fraternities the College of Public Health has assisted in managing the pandemic.
College honored by Sorority and Fraternity Life for COVID efforts
Fourth-year public health student Lauren Putz helps check in a community member for a COVID-19 test
Students organize COVID-19 pop-up testing sites
Ohio interstate
COVID-19 lockdown reduced car crashes in Ohio, study finds
Milli Osei-Tutu
Student Medical Reserve Corps volunteer recognized for work in vaccine rollout
Woman getting vaccinated
Debunking current COVID myths
students wearing masks in library
Cautiously optimistic, Ohio State's COVID monitoring team builds on fall's lessons
Dean Amy Fairchild and Dr. Nadav Davidovitch
Exploring lessons, challenges of Israel’s vaccine rollout
Vaccines and Global Health graphic
Vaccines help lay the foundation of public health
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Student contact tracers reflect on job’s challenges, rewards
Liz Klein's COVID-19 ornament
Professor’s COVID-19 ornaments go viral
Professor Ayaz Hyder
Public health faculty, staff create COVID-19 surveillance tool for schools
student studying wearing mask
Ohio State’s COVID-19 containment efforts appear to be working, experts say
ohio map with community pictures
New research-based tools to help Ohioans at higher COVID-19 risk
Dr. Abigail Norris Turner prepares for door-to-door COVID-19 testing this summer as part of a statewide initiative.
Ohio State public health researchers estimate statewide COVID-19 prevalence
MPH-VPH in action
Veterinary public health alumni support COVID-19 response
patient getting shot
Seven in 10 Americans willing to get COVID-19 vaccine, survey finds
Jiyoung Lee, left, and PhD student Yuehan Ai check SARS-CoV-2 genetic copy data using droplet digital PCR.
Looking for a COVID-19 early warning
Short North, Columbus, Ohio
‘A healthy workforce is a productive workforce’
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A song to stop the spread
Cover art credit: Kevin Murray, OSU BS Design 2019, Graphic Designer
New Ohio Journal of Public Health issue focuses on COVID
Web of thread
Ohio State students help with COVID-19 contact tracing
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Four words that can help you enjoy a healthy summer
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Understanding the inequitable burdens of COVID-19
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Dean Fairchild, Elisabeth Root discuss public health’s critical role in pandemic response
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Predictive modeling, data curation helps guide state in COVID-19 response
math notebook
The math behind the modeling
helping hands
'Boots on the ground'
Elisabeth Root
Building bridges between Ohio State and the state health department
Amy Fairchild
Dean Amy Fairchild to lead effort applying public health science to transition back to on-campus operations
medical staff and patient
COVID-19 is revealing our faults — and virtues.
life preserver
COVID Connect bridges gap between community need, expert support
(Left to right) Michael Bisesi, Margaret Murphy and Dean Amy Fairchild.
Foresight, teamwork and long hours helped Public Health flip the switch
Student Wellness Center team member Michaela Martin unpacks boxes at the Buckeye Food Alliance.
An essential resource for students
Ross Heart Hospital
Examining the past, present and future of the COVID-19 pandemic
Amy Fairchild, Dean, College of Public Health
Understanding social distancing and how it helps
person in quarantine
Dean Amy Fairchild talks with WOSU’s Ann Fisher about the ethical considerations of quarantines
Coronavirus
COVID Connect: Uniting experts with the community

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IN THE NEWS

As schools drop mask mandates, some health experts question if it’s too soon
The Columbus Dispatch
February 21, 2022
Ayaz Hyder, PhD
Environmental Health Sciences
Social Media Main Source of COVID Info for Many Around the Globe
Medscape
February 17, 2022
Tasleem Padamsee, PhD
Health Services Management and Policy
Study: COVID Vaccine Hesitancy Dropping Much Faster among Black Americans Than White Americans
CBS2 (New York)
February 16, 2022
Tasleem Padamsee, PhD
Health Services Management and Policy
Vaccine hesitancy dips among blacks
Youngstown Vindicator
February 13, 2022
Tasleem Padamsee, PhD
Health Services Management and Policy
From margins to 'mainstream': How pandemic boosted Ohioans opposed to vaccine requirements
Columbus Dispatch
January 31, 2022
Amy L. Fairchild, PhD, MPH
Health Services Management and Policy
Ohio State study show vaccine hesitancy dropped fastest among Black Americans
Black Enterprise
January 28, 2022
Tasleem Padamsee, PhD
Health Services Management and Policy
Flu makes a comeback in Ohio, but remains less widespread since start of COVID pandemic
Columbus Dispatch
January 28, 2022
William C. Miller, MD, PhD, MPH
Epidemiology
OSU study finds Black Americans became less hesitant about COVID vaccines than whites
WOSU
January 28, 2022
Tasleem Padamsee, PhD
Health Services Management and Policy
Vaccine Doubts Disappearing Faster in Black Americans Than White
Bloomberg Law
January 21, 2022
Tasleem Padamsee, PhD
Health Services Management and Policy
Want to get omicron and just get it over with? Here's why that's a bad idea
NPR
January 15, 2022
William C. Miller, MD, PhD, MPH
Epidemiology
Students who rocked public health in 2021
JPHMP Direct
January 14, 2022
Olivia Nathan, MPH-PEP student
The real cost of smoking by state
WalletHub
January 12, 2022
Amy Ferketich, PhD
Epidemiology
A Doctor Reflects on the Past 2 Years, Looks Ahead to 2022
Medscape
January 5, 2022
Sophia Tolliver, MD, MPH ’08
$4 million CDC award funds work to combat antimicrobial resistance in Ethiopia
Ohio State News
December 8, 2021
Jiyoung Lee, PhD, Saira Nawaz, PhD, MPH
Environmental Health Sciences, Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Evaluation Studies
About 40% of Ohio's nursing home staff are unvaccinated
WEWS
December 7, 2021
C. Tory Harper Hogan, PhD
Health Services Management and Policy
Welcoming family into your home for Thanksgiving? Here's how to keep COVID out
NPR
November 20, 2021
William C. Miller, MD, PhD, MPH
Epidemiology
When will the next COVID wave hit? Scientists are monitoring our wastewater as a possible indicator
10TV
November 17, 2021
Jiyoung Lee, PhD
Environmental Health Sciences
Make COVID-19 testing an empowering choice rather than a draconian punishment
Stat News
November 2, 2021
Amy L. Fairchild, PhD, MPH
Health Services Management and Policy
To really beat Covid, Biden needs to fill these jobs
CNN
October 30, 2021
Amy L. Fairchild, PhD, MPH
Health Services Management and Policy
How Public Health Took Part in Its Own Downfall
The Atlantic
October 24, 2021
Amy L. Fairchild, PhD, MPH
Health Services Management and Policy
White House details new ‘kid-friendly’ vaccination, education campaign
ABC 6
October 21, 2021
Amy L. Fairchild, PhD, MPH
Health Services Management and Policy
Possibility of a COVID and flu "twindemic" depends on the actions of Ohioans
Columbus Dispatch
September 29, 2021
William C. Miller, MD, PhD, MPH
Epidemiology
Proposed bill takes aim at masking, testing, vaccine requirements across all Ohio schools, businesses
10TV
September 22, 2021
Micah Berman, JD
Health Services Management and Policy
VERIFY: Ohio's executive branch can issue emergency health order, but would likely go to the courts to decide
10TV
September 20, 2021
Micah Berman, JD
Health Services Management and Policy