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2023

 

The Evidence is Clear: Wearing a Mask Does Reduce the Spread of COVID-19 | Becky Upham | Everyday Health | November 1, 2023

Another Nipah outbreak in India: What do we know about this virus and how to stop it? | Kamala Thiagarajan, Ari Daniel | NPR KQED | September 15, 2023

Making the Air in the Office Cleaner | Devabhaktuni Srikrishna, Abraar Karan, Ranu S. Dhillon | Harvard Business Review | July 5, 2023

CEPI-funded project to enhance scientific understanding of deadly Nipah virus strains | CEPI | June 19, 2023

Balancing lives and livelihoods: How can South Asia prepare for the next pandemic? | Abu S Shonchoy, Moogdho M Mahzab, Towhid I Mahmood, Manhal Ali | The Business Standard (Bangladesh) | June 9, 2023

Lack of preparedness for the next pandemic is an emergency | Abraar Karan | BMJ | March 1, 2023

2022

 

Commentary: Polio is back — aided by global health failures that spread COVID and monkeypox | Abraar Khan and Bonnie A. Maldonado | Los Angeles Times: The Lowell Sun | August 28, 2022

Dr. Abraar Karan of Stanford discusses monkeypox and kids | KRON 4 TV | July 27, 2022

Genomic Sequencing Is Critical to Our Understanding of COVID | Abraar Karan, Benjamin Pinsky, Ingrid Katz, Sikhulile Moyo | Scientific American | July 13, 2023

Announcing the 2022 Global Health Seed Grant AwardeesA randomized trial to evaluate low-cost air filtration and ventilation interventions to reduce SARS COV 2 in households [Abraar Karan, Steve Luby; Vivian Levy; Priscilla Romero; Jorge Salinas; Lynn Hildemann] | Stanford Global Health | July 8, 2022

Premature “Normalcy” Could Backfire as U.S. COVID Death Toll Passes 1 Million & New Variants Spread | Democracy Now! | May 6, 2022

How long COVID-19 immunity lasts in fighting future infections | CBS Bay Area | May 4, 2022

Opinion: We’re not back to ‘normal.’ COVID fight must continue | Abraar Karan, Devabhaktuni Srikrishna, Ranu Dhillon | The Mercury News | April 30, 2022

Op-Ed: Don’t pretend we’re ‘back to normal.’ Fight for cleaner air to prevent COVID | Abraar Karan, Devabhaktuni Srikrishna, Ranu Dhillon | Los Angeles Times | April 24, 2022

Seriously, the Pandemic Isn’t Over: The BA.2 variant could soon cause another U.S. wave. Dr. Abraar Karan explains why we’re still vulnerable | Chas Danner | New York Intelligencer | March 22, 2022

Nipah survivors study to advance new vaccines against highly fatal threat | CEPI | March 15, 2022

COVID-19 Podcasts:  Abraar Karan | KRCW (Portland, Oregon) | January-April 2022

Learning from the COVID-19 pandemic: Avoiding the availability bias and developing healthcare resilience | Akhil Bansal and Stephen Luby | PLOS Global Public Health | February 10, 2022

Yes, You Need to Use a Better Mask | Catherine Roberts | January 18, 2022

2021

 

Will climate change-fueled drought spur more yellow fever outbreaks? | Sara Jerving | Devex | December 2, 2021

Possible explanation for yellow fever's return in Brazil: Drought | Rose Weldon | Healio | November 22, 2021

Why The World Should Be More Than A Bit Worried About India's Nipah Virus Outbreak | Kamala Thiagarajan | NPR KQED: Goats and Soda | September 12, 2021

Stanford study on the effectiveness of surgical masks against COVID-19 : KCBS Radio | Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies | September 7, 2021

Surgical masks work very well in preventing spread of COVID-19, biggest ever study finds | Nicole Karlis | Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies | September 5, 2021

Protecting health care workers in low-resourced Bangladesh | Lucas Oliver Oswald | Stanford Medicine: Scope | August 9, 2021

As Delta Variant Drives COVID-19 Uptick, Pfizer Pushes 3rd Shot in U.S. Despite Global Vaccination Lag | Democracy Now! | July 14, 2021

Of Viruses and Vectors | Deni Ellis Béchard | Stanford Magazine | May 2021

World leaders call for COVID-19 pandemic treaty, U.S. and China notably missing | KCBS Radio | March 30, 2021

2020

 

Bat-borne Nipah virus could help explain COVID-19 | Holly MacCormick | Stanford Medicine: Scope | December 4, 2020

Viral lessons: What a little-known virus could teach us about COVID-19 | Rob Jordan | Stanford News | November 11, 2020

Herd Immunity: Is It a More Compassionate Approach or Will It Lead to Death or Illness for Millions? | Democracy Now! | October 15, 2020

Rosenkranz Prize Winner Leads Effort to Protect Health-Care Workers from COVID-19 in Under-Resourced Countries | Beth Duff-Brown | Stanford Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies | August 22, 2020

Characteristics that Give Viruses Pandemic Potential | Anthony King | The Scientist | August 17, 2020 

Stanford professors respond to Cornell study showing ‘more infections from an online semester’ | Vivian Chang | The Stanford Daily | August 8, 2020 

Resuable Bags are Allowed Again. Here's Where | Paul Rogers | The Mercury News | July 17, 2020

COVID-19: The Impact in India (Recorded Webinar) | Stanford Medicine | June 29, 2020

COVID-19: The Impact in India | Stanford King Center on Global Development | June 25, 2020 

Over 115 health experts sign statement addressing safety of reusables during COVID-19 | (Health Expert Statement) | Greenpeace | June 22, 2017

A Short and Long-Term Look at the Global Effects of COVID-19—Steve Luby, MD—Professor of Medicine and Senior Fellow at the Stanford Woods Institute | Finding Genius Podcast | June 12, 2020 

Stanford postdoc hits pause on research to help Bangladesh face COVID-19 | Beth Duff-Brown | Stanford Medicine | May 15, 2020

Coronavirus: Is COVID-19 deadlier than we thought? | John Woolfolk | The Mercury News | May 14, 2020 

Low income countries need different lockdowns to prevent severe deprivation and hunger, say top economists and health experts | Emilie Yam | International Growth Centre (The London School of Economics) | May 4, 2020

Newshour @ 9: Coronavirus Update:  Professor Steve Luby is interviewed | Times Now News (India) | May 1, 2020 

N-TV (Bangladesh): Dr. Stephen Luby: Skype interview (1:53 - 2:21) | N-TV (Bangladesh) | April 25, 2020   [The piece is focused on alternatives to complete lockdown to contain COVID-19 spread in order to meet basic necessities of non-institutionalized and poorest members of the community]

11 ways to protect yourself from the coronavirus during essential travel | The Wealth Advisor | April 16, 2020 

Coronavirus: Can we avoid a second wave of infections? | John Woolfolk | Lake County Record-Bee | April 14, 2020 

Driving and walking are among the safest ways to travel during a pandemic. Here's how other modes of transportation rank. | Business Insider India | April 14, 2020

Grocers Seek Veto of Plastic Bag Tax, Saying Reusable Bags Pose Coronavirus Risk | Helen Zoe Veit | The Washington Post | April 8, 2020 

Nurses in Santa Clara County feel betrayed as they work the frontlines of the pandemic | Rachel Leven | San Jose Spotlight | April 7, 2020

COVID19: Can Masks Help with Reopening the Economy? | Maria Polyakova, Jason Andrews, Stephen Luby and Jeremy Goldhaber-Fiebert | Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies | April 5, 2020

Coronavirus: Do Reusable Grocery Bags Spread the Virus? An Are They Banned? | Paul Rogers | San Jose Mercury News | April 3, 2020

Map: Where in the Bay Area to get free school lunches during coronavirus closures: Stanford University students map where kids can get free food [Christopher LeBoa] | Leonardo Castañeda | The Mercury News | March 20, 2020

2019

 

20 years since discovery, still no drugs to fight Nipah, scientists warn of potential epidemic | Online Desk | The New Indian Express | December 9, 2019

Tracking the Nipah Virus | Carrie Arnold | Hopkins Bloomberg Public Health Magazine | September 20, 2019 

Understanding spread of a deadly disease | Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment | May 9, 2019 

Nipah - The Next Global Pandemic?  | Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment | March 7, 2019

CEPI awards contract worth up to US$ 31 million to The University of Tokyo to develop vaccine against Nipah virus | Mario Christodoulou | CEPI | February 25, 2019 

Leading the Battle Against a Potential Pandemic | Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment | February 25, 2019 

2018

 

Nipah Virus, Rare and Dangerous, Spreads in India | Emily Baumgaertner | The New York Times | June 4, 2018 

Experts Remain Cautious on Nipah Virus Outbreak | Molly Walker | MedPage Today | May 31, 2018 

This Rare, Infectious Disease Has Killed 14 People So Far​ | Jackie Marchildon | Global Citizen | May 31, 2018

Nipah virus could evolve to spread globally, Stanford researcher says | Amy Jeter Hansen | Stanford Medicine: Scope | May 30, 2018 

Here's What We Know About Nipah Virus, The Bat-Borne Disease Killing People In India | Caroline Kee | Buzzfeed News | May 30, 2018 

Nipah virus: Expert points at bats of Pteropus genus | Amiya Meethal | Deccan Chronicle | May 30, 2018 

5 Questions: Luby on virus with potential to cause global pandemic | Rob Jordan | Stanford Medicine | May 29, 2018 

What to Know About the Rare and Deadly Nipah Virus | Korin Miller | Self | May 29, 2018

Nipah Outbreak | Rob Jordan | Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment | May 25, 2018 

Nipah: A little-known virus that could become the next global pandemic | Rob Jordan | Stanford Earth | May 24, 2018

2016

 

Nipah Virus: Countering a Global Pandemic, Dr. Stephen Luby | University at Buffalo for Global Health Equity | September 28, 2016

Joint circulation of viral diseases in a bat population | Ecological Society of America (ESA) 2016 Meeting: Novel Ecosystems in the Anthropocene | August 9, 2016

Zoonotic Disease Spillover Lecture Given By Dr. John Openshaw | Clayton Laupus | Weill Cornell Medicine Center for Global Health | April 15, 2016 

Disease Detectives Find A Really Good Reason Not To Drink Date Palm Wine | WMOT Radio 89.5 | March 22, 2016

2013

 

Global community must do a better job of managing risk of Nipah virus, expert says | Holly MacCormick | Stanford Medicine: Scope | September 23, 2013

Bats Spread Deadly Virus, Stanford Scientist Warns | Claudia Cruz | Patch | September 10, 2013

Bats spreading deadly virus, Stanford scientist warns | Rob Jordan | Stanford News | September 6, 2013 

Managing the Risk of Pandemic Influenza Amidst Weak Government Institutions | Stephen Luby | Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies | January 10, 2013