COVID-19 Coverage

How do COVID-19 vaccines keep us out of the hospital?

The latest wave of the coronavirus crisis has been dubbed a pandemic of the unvaccinated. Despite breakthrough infections occurring in vaccinated people, the majority of COVID-19 patients in the hospital are unvaccinated. Northeastern pharmaceutical experts explain why.
- by Eva Botkin-Kowacki September 24, 2021
Are Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates legal?

The presidential vaccination directives would have been a “slam dunk” if they were issued a year ago, says Northeastern’s public health law expert, Wendy Parmet. But the way the Supreme Court and other courts have ruled against federal mandates lately, “I’m not quite so sure,” she adds.
- by Peter Ramjug September 16, 2021
The pandemic made the CPS class of 2021 double down and remain focused

“We have officially deconstructed the societal illusion that tells us that disruption undoubtedly brings failure,” said Ebony Small, the student commencement speaker, at Friday’s master’s degree ceremony.
- by Peter Ramjug September 13, 2021
What would it take to vaccinate the world against COVID-19?

In a world of 7.9 billion people, some 5.57 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered globally. But in low-income countries, only 1.9% of the population has received even one dose. At the root of that vaccine inequity, say Northeastern experts, is an issue of who is calling the metaphorical shots and why.
- by Eva Botkin-Kowacki September 8, 2021
Hunger reimagined: The story of food insecurity as told through sculpture

Walking along the narrow path by the koi pond on the east side of the Curry Student Center this week, you might stop and wonder: What in the world is that metallic table that looks like it’s been plopped beside water? It’s a data sculpture designed to bring attention to the issue of food insecurity in Massachusetts.
- by Tanner Stening September 7, 2021
How the dark shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic is changing our brains

For many people, a year and a half feeling stressed out has worn on us. And the emotional long-haul of the pandemic could have lingering effects within your mind and body. “When you’re living with that kind of uncertainty, that is going to change the way your brain is going to work,” says Rebecca Shansky, associate professor of psychology at Northeastern.
- by Eva Botkin-Kowacki August 27, 2021

Faculty Spotlight

Alessandro Vespignani

Sternberg Distinguished Professor of Physics, Computer Science and Health Sciences

Contact: a.vespignani@northeastern.edu

Faculty Spotlight

David Lazer

Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Computer and Information Sciences

Contact: d.lazer@northeastern.edu; 617.329.1010

COVID-19 Coverage

How do COVID-19 vaccines keep us out of the hospital?

Are Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates legal?

The pandemic made the CPS class of 2021 double down and remain focused

What would it take to vaccinate the world against COVID-19?

Hunger reimagined: The story of food insecurity as told through sculpture

How the dark shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic is changing our brains

COVID-19 Faculty Expertise

Alessandro Vespignani

David Lazer

Northeastern COVID-19 Research in the Media

Inside Northeastern's COVID Testing Center

Biden’s global summit Covid-19 targets are woefully inadequate and must be corrected

Amid proposals for travel vaccine mandates, is there a right to unfettered travel in the US?

Hasbro Children’s joins national study on long-term effects on COVID-19 in children

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