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April 8, 2022Mask mandate may not be necessary for now, say experts
The Tribune — April 8, 2022. “The issue is of compliance fatigue,” Ramanan Laxminarayan, director of Washington’s Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy.
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April 7, 2022Mask mandate may not be necessary for now, say experts on India’s COVID situation
The New Indian Express — April 7, 2022. “The issue is of compliance fatigue,” Ramanan Laxminarayan, director of Washington’s Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy.
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March 23, 2022CDDEP researchers reveal birth weight’s impact on cognitive development during childhood.
CDDEP researchers show that low-birth-weight infants experience lower test scores compared with normal birth weight infants. Health policies designed to improve birth weight could improve human capital in resource-poor settings.
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March 14, 2022Investigational RSV Vaccine in Pregnancy Tied to Fewer Abx Scripts for Babies
MedPage Today — March 14, 2022. “With decreases in bacterial pneumonia following the introduction of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, a vaccine against RSV represents one of our best investments to lower the burden of respiratory infections in children.” Dr. Ramanan Laxminarayan, PhD, of the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy.
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March 9, 2022CDDEP researchers reveal some antimicrobial prescribing among infants may be prevented with effective maternal vaccines.
CDDEP researchers reveal maternal immunization against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) would decrease lower respiratory tract infections in young infants and mitigate antimicrobial prescribing.
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March 5, 2022Hong Kong bet on zero-Covid. Now it’s facing a ‘preventable disaster’
CNN — March 5, 2022. “It’s the narrative that China will always be free of Covid that will be problematic for China going forward. A theory based on this idea that you can keep Covid out of your population forever just defies any sort of logic.” Dr. Ramanan Laxminarayan, the founder and director of the […]
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March 5, 2022Hybrid Immunity Kept Omicron Deaths Low in Countries Where Millions Aren’t Fully Vaccinated
Wall Street Journal — March 5, 2022. “Hybrid immunity, which is some combination of having exposure to infection and immunization, has been high in [South and Southeast Asia],” said Ramanan Laxminarayan, director of the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy, a public-health research organization based in Washington, D.C., and New Delhi.
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March 5, 2022Fourth COVID Wave in June: What Experts Have to Say on IIT Kanpur Study Predictions?
India.com — March 5, 2022. “In epidemiologist Ramanan Laxminarayan’s view, there will likely be new, smaller waves of the pandemic but the basis for the IIT Kanpur prediction is not clear. Emergence of new variants, continuation of vaccination coverage and eventually, a booster policy will determine when and how COVID-19 will re-emerge, Laxminarayan, director of […]
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February 28, 2022When Antibiotics Stop Working
Foreign Affairs — February 28, 2022. “Countries have paid heavily for not preparing adequately for the current pandemic. They should not repeat that mistake for this creeping pandemic that will only grow more intractable if not addressed.”
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