Joseph Lewnard
Assistant professor of epidemiology @UCBerkeleySPH interested in infectious diseases, vaccines, and opera
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Schedule of speakers:
9/24/20: Bonnielin Swenor, Director of the Johns Hopkins Disability Health Research Center and Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
10/1/20: Jarvis Chen, Research...
National Academy of Medicine Elects 100 New Members - National Academy of Medicine
The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) today announced the election of 90 regular members and 10 international members during its annual meeting. Election to the Academy is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine...
SARS-CoV-2 sequencing reveals rapid transmission from college student clusters resulting in morbidity and deaths in vulnerable populations
College reopening decisions during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic represent a trade-off between competing risks to students, faculty and staff, and college finances. Additionally, risks taken in reopening colleges can impose significant burdens on...
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The stakes of reopening
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Covid-19 Live Updates: Johnson & Johnson Halts Its Vaccine Trial
The pharmaceutical company paused the late-stage clinical trial of its coronavirus vaccine because of a sick volunteer.
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Speechless. I will out myself as having reviewed some of the papers by this group of modelers at various journals. My comment was, and remains, that they do not provide an appropriate scientific basis for policymaking. This will harm many people.
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Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 Transmission in Different Settings, Brunei
We report the transmission dynamics of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) across different settings in Brunei. An initial c...
SARS-CoV-2 Cluster in Nursery, Poland
We report a cluster of surprisingly high spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) associated with a single nursery in P...
Estimated Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies Among Adults in Orange County, California
Background: Clinic-based estimates of SARS-CoV-2 may considerably underestimate the total number of infections. Access to testing in the US has been heterogeneous and symptoms vary widely in infected persons. Public health surveillance efforts and...
The Direct and Indirect Impact of SARS-CoV-2 Infections on... : The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
, a tertiary-care referral hospital, between 29 March and 1 July were screened for SARS-CoV-2. We reviewed clinical data, including chest X-rays and laboratory reports, and conducted SARS-CoV-2 genome sequencing. Patients were followed-up for 27–75...
Jennifer Doudna wins 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Doudna shares the prize with Emmanuelle Charpentier of France
Assistant Professor -Emerging Infectious Diseases and Antimicrobial Resistance - School of Public Health
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
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Very exciting search at @UCBerkeleySPH for a colleague leading global, field-based studies in infectious diseases, with interests ranging from vaccines to phylogenetics to AMR. You could not ask for a better place to work or live. Share widely and apply!
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Assistant Professor -Climate Change and Air Pollution- School of Public Health
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific
Read open access articles from The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific, illuminating clinical practice and health policy in the Western Pacific region
Kids And Superspreaders Are Driving COVID-19 Cases In India, Huge Study Finds
Nearly 700,000 people in India were tested for the coronavirus as part of a massive contact-tracing study. The results served up some real surprises.
Huge Study of Coronavirus Cases in India Offers Some Surprises to Scientists
The rate of death went down in patients over 65. Researchers also found that children of all ages became infected and spread the virus to others.
Epidemiology and transmission dynamics of COVID-19 in two Indian states
Although most COVID-19 cases have occurred in low-resource countries, little is known about the epidemiology of the disease in such contexts. Data from the Indian states of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh provide a detailed view into SARS-CoV-2...
Lewnard group at the University of California, Berkeley
Joseph Lewnard
Lazy Sunday, making a new lab website. Many sections to be updated, but really enjoying Github pages. Take a look!
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COVID-19 herd immunity in the Brazilian Amazon
The herd immunity threshold is the proportion of a population that must be immune to an infectious disease, either by natural infection or vaccination such that, in the absence of additional preventative measures, new cases decline and the effective...
Nasopharyngeal SARS-CoV2 viral loads in young children do not differ significantly from those in older children and adults
The role of children in the spread of the SARS-CoV2 coronavirus has become a matter of urgent debate as societies in the US and abroad consider how to safely reopen schools. Small studies have suggested higher viral loads in young children. Here we...
He fought wildfires while imprisoned. California reported him to Ice for deportation
Kao Saelee told the Guardian his sister was waiting outside the prison to pick him up on his release date, but guards transferred him to US immigration