UMSOM COVID-19 Media Coverage

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October 2022

Date	Story Topic
10/31	CVD's Dr. Kirsten Lyke discusses research about monoclonal antibodies to provide protection from malaria.
10/28	UMSOM's Dr. Jason Custer comments on the tripledemic of RSV, Covid and the flu causing a shortage of beds in children's hospitals.
10/21	CVD's Dr. Kathy Neuzil discusses mild side effects from the new bivalent covid boosters and what people should expect with future shots.
10/19	CVD's Dr. Jim Campbell clears up misconceptions concerning CDC's consideration of adding the COVID-19 vaccine to the childhood immunization schedule.
10/13	CVD's Dr. Andrea berry discusses bivalent COVID-19 boosters for children.
10/7	Dr. Jean Jeudy discusses a story showing an increased risk of myocarditis in boys who received COVID boosters.

September 2022

Date	Story Topic
9/20	UMSOM's Dr. Greg Schrank explains the new reality of the COVID pandemic and the continuing importance of boosters.
9/19	UMSOM's Dr. Greg Schrank discusses whether COVID pandemic is really over and importance of fall boosters.
9/9	UMSOM's Dr. Niharika Khanna discusses the importance of the new COVID boosters to protect against Omicron.
9/7	UMSOM's Dr. Dan Morgan is quoted on his editorial discussing study showing that attending scientific meeting in person with KN95 mask poses no additional COVID risk than attending meeting virtually.
9/6	UMSOM's Dr. Jean Jeudy sets the record straight on his study of myocarditis in athletes who were infected with COVID-19, that the heart issue was not caused by vaccines.
9/6	UMSOM's Dr. Matt Frieman discusses his new research on new ways COVID-19 virus is mutating and what this means for pandemic.	Daily Beast
9/1	UMSOM'S Dr. Niharika Khanna explains that community work funded by the federal government has resulted in progress in convincing new mothers that COVID-19 vaccines are safe for their babies.

August 2022

Date	Story Topic
9/6	UMSOM's Dr. Matthew Frieman says that SARS-CoV-2 is starting to mutate in the proteins other than the spike protein, which may mean longer infections.
8/19	CVD's Dr. Meagan Deming says that whether to get a COVID-19 booster now or to wait for the expected Omicron-specific boosters this fall depends on eligibility, your risk factors, and COVID-19 levels in your community.	Nature
8/17	CVD's Dr. Meagan Fitzpatrick explains that schools should be ready to pivot to increased COVID-19 mitigation strategies, as circumstances may change over the academic year.
8/17	IHV's Dr. Nadia Sam-Agudu discusses how pregnant women with COVID are more likely to end up in the ICU or die
8/17	UMSOM's Dr. Teodor Postolache comments on a new study suggesting brain fog remains for up to two years following COVID.
8/17	IHV's Dr. Nadia Sam-Agudu says not enough children in African countries are vaccinated against COVID even though they are at an increased risk
8/12	UMSOM's Dr. Niharika Khanna speaks on new CDC guidance that drops social distancing recommendations.
8/11	CVD's Dr. Matthew Laurens discusses the types of COVID-19 antibody tests available to check for past infection or immune response to vaccination.
8/10	UMSOM's Dr. Marianne Cloeren talks about the university's decision to drop the COVID-19 vaccination requirement for faculty, staff, and contractors.
8/9	IHV's Dr. Robert Gallo discusses what questions were addressed in the first conference on long COVID held a couple weeks ago at UMB.

July 2022

Date	Story Topic
7/30	UMSOM's Dr. Andrea Levine and Dr. David Marcozzi discuss COVID symptoms and long COVID with latest B5 variant.
7/27	CVD's Dr. Meagan Fitzpatrick discusses the importance of surveillance testing and masking in schools to help limit the spread of COVID-19.
7/22	IHV's Dr. Robert Gallo explains his experience with COVID at the first international conference on Long COVID
7/22	UMSOM's Dr. Greg Schrank comments on President Biden's COVID-19 diagnosis and treatment for those at higher risk.
7/21	CVD's Dr. Meagan Deming explains why booster COVID-19 vaccines are essential.
7/21	CVD's Dr. Matthew Laurens discusses the spread of the BA.5 subvariant of COVID-19.
7/19	CVD's Dr. Karen Kotloff says that the Novavax vaccine may help fulfill global needs for COVID-19 vaccinations.
7/14	CVD's Dr. Karen Kotloff explains the difference between the protein-based Novavax COVID-19 vaccine, which just received FDA Emergency Use Authorization, and the mRNA Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines.
7/14	CVD's Dr. Karen Kotloff describes a new protein-based vaccine made by Novavax that received FDA Emergency Use Authorization this week.	Pharmacy Times
7/14	CVD's Dr. Karen Kotloff comments on what the emergency authorization of a vaccine made by Maryland-based Novavax means for COVID-19 vaccine options.	Staten Island Advance
7/13	CVD's Karen Kotloff discusses FDA Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) of the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine.	Pharmacy Practice News
7/13	CVD's Dr. Wilbur Chen comments on influenza and COVID-19 patterns in the U.S. and Australia, where the respiratory viruses are currently colliding.
7/13	UMSOM's Dr. Greg Schrank comments on the latest omicron variant and plans to include in booster shots.	Baltimore Banner
7/13	CVD's Dr. Karen Kotloff explains the role that the Novavax vaccine, which just received emergency authorization from the FDA, could play among other COVID-19 vaccine options.	HCPLive
7/11	CVD Director Dr. Kathleen Neuzil discusses BA.5, a very transmissible COVID-19 subvariant that is now the dominant strain in the U.S. and Maryland.

June 2022

Date	Story Topic
7/13	UMSOM's Dr. Greg Schrank comments on the latest omicron variant and plans to include in booster shots.	Baltimore Banner
6/29	UMSOM's Dr. Sharon Hoover discusses what's next for mental health services in schools with crisis following COVID pandemic.	Christian Science Monitor
6/27	UMSOM's Dr. Geoffrey Rosenthal, Dr. Jean Jeudy, and Dr. Yvette Rooks discuss COVID Heart Registry in Big 10 athletes and recent research findings.
6/17	CVD's Dr. James Campbell explains why COVID-19 vaccines for children under age 5 are important at this phase of the pandemic.
6/20	UMSOM's Dr. Matt Frieman discusses new vaccine recommendatons for kids under age 5.
6/13	UMSOM's Dr. Matt Frieman Novavax comments on Novavax vaccine and FDA review.
6/10	UMSOM's Dr. Matt Frieman comments on the science of the Novavax vaccine and how it differs from the other vaccines that are already approved.
6/5	CVD's Dr. Kathleen Neuzil discusses the Novavax vaccine's path toward its application for FDA Emergency Use Authorization.
6/5	CVD's Dr. Kathleen Neuzil and Dr. Wilbur Chen explain how "challenge studies" work for research into influenza, Shigella, and more.
6/5	CVD's Dr. Kathleen Neuzil and Dr. Wilbur Chen discuss the contributions paid study volunteers make to medical research.	NBC Washington
6/5	CVD's Dr. Kathleen Neuzil and Wilbur Chen highlight the variety of research underway at UMSOM's Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health.

May 2022

Date	Story Topic
5/26	CVD's Dr. Kathleen Neuzil explains the role Novavax might eventually play among other COVID-19 vaccines.
5/25	CVD's Dr. James Campbell talks about the vaccines children in Maryland may have missed -- and it's more than just COVID-19 vaccines.
5/24	CVD's Dr. Kathleen Neuzil and Dr. Wilbur Chen discuss how study volunteers contribute to research at UMSOM's Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health.
5/23	CVD's Matt Laurens discusses Pfizer's announcement of vaccine efficacy data in children under 5.
5/20	CVD's Dr. Matt Laurens provides advice on COVID boosters for kids ages 5 to 11.
5/19	IHV's Dr. Robert Gallo discusses boosters and why people still need to get COVID vaccines.
5/17	UMSOM's Dr. Sharon Hoover discusses the youth mental health crisis triggered by the pandemic.	Minnesotta Public Radio
5/10	CVD's Dr. Matt Laurens discusses the latest wave of COVID and precautions to take to keep from gettng infected.
5/9	IHV's Dr. Nadia Sam-Agudu says that COVID is unlikely to be the last pandemic pathogen and likely the next one is already out there.
5/6	UMSOM's Dr. Emerson Wickwire provides tips on improving sleep as pandemic continues to increase insomnia.

April 2022

Date	Story Topic
4/24	UMSOM's Dr. Jill Bohnenkamp discusses rising violence in schools post-pandemic.
4/22	UMSOM's Dr. Scott Jerome discuss cardiac issues associated with long-haul COVID-19.
4/19	CVD's Dr. Kathy Neuzil weighs in on at-home COVID tests and rise in second wave of Omicron.
4/19	IHV's Nadia Sam-Agudu discusses how poorer countries are preparing for the next pandemic, since they did not have access to COVID vaccines	Quartz
4/15	UMSOM's Dr. Mutiat Onigbanjo discusses new screening recommendations for anxiety in kids due to increase in mental health problems associated with pandemic.
4/8	UMSOM's Dr. Andrea Levine discusses latest findings on long haul COVID.
4/4	UMSOM's Dr. Sharon Hoover discusses efforts to train teachers to address students' mental health needs following pandemic.
4/1	UMSOM's Dr. Greg Schrank provides advice on getting a second booster shot to protect against the latest variants.

March 2022

Date	Story Topic
3/23	CVD's Dr. James Campbell discusses Moderna's announcement about pediatric COVID-19 vaccine results.
3/22	UMSOM's Dr. David Marcozzi discusses N95s and KN95s during the COVID-19 pandemic.	Popular Science
3/22	CVD's Dr. Meagan Fitzpatrick talks about the value of in-school COVID-19 testing in schools.	The City
3/18	IHV's Robert Gallo turns 85 and works even harder due to the coronavirus pandemic.	Deutsche Presse-Agentur
3/16	UMSOM's Dr. Scott Jerome discusses heart complications as post Covid symptoms.
3/14	CVD's Dr. Matthew Laurens discusses how people should carry on now that pandemic restrictions are easing
3/13	UMSOM's Dr. Anu Kewalramani explains how to distinguish allergies from COVID-19 symptoms.	Eat this, not that!
3/10	CVD's Dr. James Campbell discusses how COVID-19 vaccines for children are continuing to prevent severe illness and death.
3/6	CVD's Dr. Meagan Fitzpatrick talks about the difficulties in assessing individual COVID-19 risk.
3/4	UMSOM's Dr. Jason Custer is interviewed on end to mask mandates in local schools.
3/4	IHV's Dr. Nadia Sam-Agudu and colleagues author an editorial explaining how as Americans are putting the pandemic behind them, developing countries are still being ravaged by the pandemic
3/2	UMSOM's Dr. Sharon Hoover discusses whether Maryland schools are meeting children's mental health needs following crisis caused by pandemic.

February 2022

Date	Story Topic
2/25	UMSOM's Dr. Matthew Frieman discusses his new study looking at new drugs to treat COVID
2/23	IHV's Dr. Robert Gallo says in this editorial that identifying the origin of COVID will not help policy decisions
2/23	UMSOM's Dr. Sharon Hoover provides perspective on the mental health crisis in children due to pandemic.
2/18	UMSOM's Dr. Sharon Hoover discusses new report highlighting mental health programs in schools during COVID pandemic.
2/16	UMSOM'S Dr. Omer Awan advocates for showing unvaccinated people images of Covid infected lungs in an opinion piece.
2/14	CVD Director Dr. Kathleen Neuzil discusses COVID vaccine development two years into the pandemic.
2/14	UMSOM's Dr. Matthew Frieman talks about his study that found new antiviral medications to be effective in human lung cells and mice with COVID
2/13	UMSOM's Dr. Andrea Levine discusses caring for patients after COVID infections, including some who have suffered more than a year.
2/12	UMSOM's Dr. James Falvey outlines difficulties seniors are having getting home health care during Covid pandemic.
2/11	CVD's Dr. Meagan Fitzpatrick discusses the role of high quality masks in mitigating COVID-19 risks.
2/9	UMSOM's Dr. Matthew Frieman discusses a new study that finds that an antiviral medicine combination was highly effective against COVID-19.	Business Standard
2/8	IHV's Dr. Robert Gallo discusses the idea behind using the oral polio vaccine to boost immunity against COVID
2/7	CVD Director Dr. Kathleen Neuzil discusses why it is important to vaccinate children under age 5 against COVID-19.
2/5	UMSOM's Dr. KC Coffey explains what it means when people test positive for COVID-19 on rapid tests after 10 days.
2/4	UMSOM's Dr. Omer Awan describes differences in lung CT scans among vaccinated individuals with Covid who are immunocompromised and those who are not.
2/4	IHV's Dr. Sarah Schmalzle and Eric Anderson discuss with Sheilah Kast on how the COVID pandemic has affected HIV treatment and care.
2/2	CVD's Dr. Meagan Deming discusses safety concerns for COVID-19 human challenge trials.	Nature
2/1	UMSOM's Dr. Sharon Hoover provides tips on what parents can do to help kids stressed out by Covid school quarantines.
2/1	UMSOM's Dr. Greg Schrank comments on new CDC data showing COVID death rates in unvaccinated vs. vaccinated.
2/1	UMSOM's Dr. Lynda Coughlan describes how COVID-19 vaccine development may affect vaccine development for other illnesses.	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States
2/1	CVD's Dr. Kirsten Lyke discusses the mix-and-match study results recently published in NEJM.	Idaho Press

January 2022

Date	Story Topic
1/30	UMSOM's Dr. Jacqueline Bork discusses dangers of giving antibiotics too freely for viral infections like COVID.
1/28	IHV's Dr. Mohammad Sajadi says a new study confirms his previous findings that SARS-CoV-2 infections spike during low temperature and humidity.
1/28	CVD's Dr. Meagan Fitzpatrick describes the impact of COVID-19 vaccines on hospitalizations.	Vox
1/28	CVD's Kirsten Lyke discusses the mix-and-match NEJM study.	News Medical Life Sciences
1/27	CVD's Dr. Kirsten Lyke discusses a new NEJM study that finds getting a booster that is a different brand than your previous vaccine is safe and effective.
1/27	UMSOM researchers, the NIH, and scientists at other schools looked at blood samples of people who earlier reviewed the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to assess protection against the Omicron variant over time.
1/27	CVD's Dr. Meagan Fitzpatrick discusses the impact of COVID vaccines on preventing hospitalizations and deaths.	Vox.com
1/26	CVD's Dr. Matthew Laurens fact checks false claims spreading online about the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System.	AFB Fact Check
1/26	CVD's Dr. Kirsten Lyke and Dr. Meagan Deming helped lead a new study, published in NEJM and funded by NIH. It found that COVID boosters different than you received in your primary vaccine(s) were safe and effective.
1/26	UMSOM's Dr. Elizabeth Clayborne discusses the nursing shortage throughout the country.
1/25	IHV's Dr. Shyam Kottilil says the new COVID drugs on the horizon have some hurdles that may limit their effectiveness and availability.
1/24	CVD's Dr. James Campbell discusses children's risk of severe illness and hospitalization due to COVID-19.
1/22	CVD's Dr. Meagan Fitzpatrick discusses how masks worn in schools can help limit the spread of COVID-19 in those settings.
1/21	UMSOM's Dr. Magali Fontaine comments on the low blood supply announced by the American Red Cross due to COVID.
1/21	UMSOM's Dr. Niharika Khanna discusses parental concerns about COVID vaccines.
1/19	UMSOM's Dr. Amit Chandra dicusses good practices for seeking emergency medical care when you have COVID symptoms.
1/18	UMSOM's Dr. Gregory Shrank discusses how hospitals are responding to the omicron surge.
1/12	UMSOM's Dr. Stella Hines discusses high-quality masks, such as N95s and KN95s.
1/11	UMSOM's Dr. Stella Hines explains the differences between N95s and KN95s and how they differ from other types of masks.
1/11	CVD's Dr. Meagan Fitzpatrick says that school testing for COVID-19 absolutely does help limit the spread of the virus within those schools.	The New York Times
1/10	IHV's Shyam Kottilil said that we need more COVID treatments that can be taken by mouth in this story on a new therapy being fast-tracked to the FDA
1/10	Researchers from UMSOM were involved in a study that found COVID-19 affects the entire body.	ABC10 San Diego News
1/08	UMSOM's Dr. Matthew Frieman discusses expectations for the omicron COVID-19 surge in cases and hospitalizations.
1/07	UMSOM's Dr. Matt Frieman explains that it is too early to know whether prior infection with the omicron variant results in lasting immunity against other infections.
1/06	CVD's Dr. Matthew Laurens discusses the possibility of getting both influenza and COVID-19 infections at the same time.
1/06	CVD Director Dr. Kathleen Neuzil discusses timing of getting COVID-19 boosters.
1/05	CVD's Dr. James Campbell talks about children returning to school during the Omicron surge.
1/04	CVD's Dr. Matthew Laurens debunks a false claim about the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.	PolitiFact
1/02	UMSOM's Dr. Elizabeth Clayborne talks about Pfizer's COVID-19 pill to treat COVID-19.