Kate Grabowski
Infectious diseases epidemiologist/scientist at Johns Hopkins University. Proud RHSP/RCCS collaborator. Wife. Mom. Nature lover. Views are my own!
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Real-time Assessment of Community Transmission findings
The Real-time Assessment of Community Transmission (REACT) programme is the largest, most significant piece of research looking at how the virus is s...
🔥 Your COVID Roundup, Week #15
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The latest @JHSPH_NCRC newsletter is out. Check out our recent reviews of the hottest #COVID19 research relevant to pandemic #publichealth response.
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‘The Biggest Monster’ Is Spreading. And It’s Not the Coronavirus.
Tuberculosis kills 1.5 million people each year. Lockdowns and supply-chain disruptions threaten progress against the disease as well as H.I.V. and malaria.
How to End this Pandemic
A potential method for controlling the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is by widespread use of frequent, rapid at-home diagnostic tests.
Undergraduate instruction, activities move online for fall
Students urged to stay home due to resurgence of COVID-19; JHU increasing financial aid and other supports to offset pandemic's burden
A comprehensive genomics solution for HIV surveillance and clinical monitoring in low income settings
Viral genetic sequencing can be used to monitor the spread of HIV drug resistance, identify appropriate antiretroviral regimes, and characterize transmission dynamics. Despite decreasing costs, next-generation sequencing (NGS) is still prohibitively...
risk of COVID-19 transmission in train passengers: an epidemiological and modelling study
AbstractBackground. Train is a common mode of public transport across the globe; however, the risk of COVID-19 transmission among individual train passengers r
SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence among parturient women in Philadelphia
Limited data are available for pregnant women affected by SARS-CoV-2. Serological tests are critically important for determining SARS-CoV-2 exposures within both individuals and populations. We validated a SARS-CoV-2 spike receptor binding domain...
The results are in. Hydroxychloroquine doesn’t cure COVID-19. - COVID-101
Doctors have done several studies to see if hydroxychloroquine treats or prevents COVID-19. It doesn’t. And it might cause other health problems.
🔥 Your COVID Roundup, Week #13
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Kate Grabowski
Having trouble staying up to speed with all the #COVID19 literature relevant to public health? Sign up for the @JHSPH_NCRC newsletter. See below for our latest take on all the hottest research. @JohnsHopkinsEPI @JohnsHopkinsSPH @JohnsHopkins
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Measuring and Maximizing Impact of COVID-19 Contact Tracing
Offered by Johns Hopkins University. This course aims to provide managers and developers of contact tracing programs guidance on the most important indicators of performance of a contact tracing program, and a tool that can be used to project the...
COVID-19 Cases and Deaths in Federal and State Prisons | NCRC
This study used one of the most robust datasets created through aggregation of publicly available data to investigate the rate of COVID-19 cases and mortality among people currently incarcerated across the United States, including state-level prison...
Public Health On Call: 121 - Checking in with Dr. Justin Lessler and What We Now Know—And Still Don’t—About COVID-19
This week, we’re checking in with guests we interviewed earlier in the pandemic. Today, Dr. Josh Sharfstein gets an update from infectious disease epidemiologist Dr. Justin Lessler who was one of our very first podcast guests. Back in March, there...
Serial interval of SARS-CoV-2 was shortened over time by nonpharmaceutical interventions
Studies of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) have reported varying estimates of epidemiological parameters including serial interval distributions, i.e., the time between illness onset in successive cases in a transmission chain, and reproduction...
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Serial interval declined from 7.8 to 2.6 days in China with non-pharmaceutical interventions. WOW. Take note modelers.
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Man who tested positive for COVID-19 in P.E.I. jailed for allegedly not self-isolating | The Guardian
A man who tested positive for COVID-19 in P.E.I. has been in jail since Friday after allegedly not self-isolating and putting the public at risk.
Javan Mizero Nsangira is facing multiple charges, including two counts of committing a nuisance by
🔥 Your COVID Roundup, Week #12
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Check out the latest weekly @JHSPH_NCRC newsletter! Thanks to @theoriginalbrk for putting this together and our amazing team for all the reviews!
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The Dudes Who Won’t Wear Masks
Face coverings are a powerful tool, but health authorities can’t simply ignore the reasons some people refuse to use them.
How to Identify Flawed Research Before It Becomes Dangerous
Scientists and journalists need to establish a service to review research that’s publicized before it is peer reviewed.
Luzerne County judge tests positive for coronavirus | Times Leader
A Luzerne County judge apparently attended a bar association golf outing while awaiting results of a coronavirus test, which turned out to be positive.
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Kate Grabowski
Local judge (from my hometown in PA) takes #covid19 test. Instead of quarantining, goes to work and attends a golf function where he shakes hands and doesn't wear a mask. What were his test results? Positive.
Come on America!
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