Ashish Jha

White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha shared an update on President Joe Biden after his positive COVID-19 diagnosis.

White House COVID-19 coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha warned Wednesday that without additional funding from Congress, the virus would cause “unnecessary loss of life” in the fall and winter, when the U.S. runs out of treatments and tests.

Incoming White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha talks about the new omicron sub-variant BA.2 and whether the U.S. will see the kind of surge that Europe and Asia are experiencing.

President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 coordinator Jeff Zients and his deputy Natalie Quillian are leaving the administration next month

As we begin to learn to live with COVID-19, public health experts are discussing what’s next. “As case numbers fall and hospital capacity improves meaningfully, we should relax public health restrictions, including mask mandates and indoor gathering limits,” argued Brown University’s Dr. Ashish Jha. “This is an area where reasonable people will very much disagree,” said Dr. Shira Doron...

Medical professionals are addressing the question of when we should move away from COVID-19 restrictions.

Dr. Peter Hotez explains why it will be important for kids ages 5 to 11 to get the Covid vaccine.

Dr. Manisha Gandhi explains the impact of Covid-19 on pregnant women and what she’s seen while treating pregnant women who have Covid-19.

CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky addresses U.S. booster shot supply and a vaccine for children between the ages of 5 and 11.

Former FDA Commissioner Dr. Mark McClellan explains why he thinks it’s realistic that younger children will be able to get the Covid vaccine by Halloween.

Dr. Ashish Jha explains why he thinks employer vaccination mandates for employees are so helpful in the fight against Covid.

Dr. Ashish Jha, dean of Brown University’s Public School of Health, laid out four tools to tame the coronavirus pandemic. Jha broke it down in a thread on Twitter this weekend, noting that, “We have all the tools we need to end this pandemic.” The four tools Jha outlined are vaccines, rapid tests, improving indoor air and masks, and...

Dr. Peter Hotez explains why the spread of the delta coronavirus variant has forced the threshold to achieve herd immunity much higher in the U.S.

The dean of Brown University’s School of Public Health warns about the Covid-19 death toll in the U.S. as a result of the delta variant.

Three-time Olympian Dominique Dawes delivers her insights into the women’s gymnastic team’s second-place qualifying performance behind Russia.

Dr. Ashish Jha explains why he thinks people are underestimating how bad the Covid surge is going to get as a result of the delta variant.

Many people are worried that the rise of the delta variant of the coronavirus, which is more contagious than the earlier variants and has become the dominant strain in the U.S., as well as in Massachusetts. Among the questions people have been wondering is whether they need to wear masks inside again indoors, even if they’ve been vaccinated. The...

Dr. Ashish Jha explains why he’s following the scientific evidence when it comes to a Covid booster shot.

The latest CDC data shows that the Delta variant is now the dominant coronavirus strain in the U.S.

Federal authorization to use Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 12 to 15, which is expected to come soon, will not only help get more of the general population protected, but will also help improve prospects for fully reopening high schools in the fall, coronavirus expert Dr. Ashish Jha said Tuesday. “Right now, we have about 44% of Americans who…