About Bara Vaida

Bara Vaida (@barav) is AHCJ's core topic leader on infectious diseases. An independent journalist, she has written extensively about health policy and infectious diseases. Her work has appeared in outlets that include the National Journal, Agence France-Presse, Bloomberg News, McClatchy News Service, MSNBC, NPR, Politico and The Washington Post.

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With falling COVID-19 infection and mortality numbers as well as increasing vaccinations, pressure is growing to reopen businesses and schools to in-person learning.

But questions remain about COVID-19 transmission, the best ways to create safe indoor environments and how new variants of the virus may change public health advice on reopening businesses and schools.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization say that COVID-19’s primary transmission route is through respiratory droplets between close contacts and, in some circumstances, through the air in enclosed spaces without adequate ventilation. Continue reading →

About Bara Vaida

Bara Vaida (@barav) is AHCJ's core topic leader on infectious diseases. An independent journalist, she has written extensively about health policy and infectious diseases. Her work has appeared in outlets that include the National Journal, Agence France-Presse, Bloomberg News, McClatchy News Service, MSNBC, NPR, Politico and The Washington Post.

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Erin Bromage

As businesses and communities across the country reopen, many Americans continue to have questions about how they can interact safely with one another.

Conflicting advice from President Trump, the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about masks and asymptomatic transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has created confusion and made our work to get answers to questions about safety more challenging.

To get some clarity, AHCJ will hold a webcast at noon E.T. on Wednesday, June 17 featuring Erin Bromage, an associate professor of biology at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, who will share his knowledge about SARS-CoV-2 spreads. Continue reading →