Samuel Scarpino in The Tower: Vaccination Update in the United States In the United States, 63 percent of adults have received the first dose of the vaccine, and 52 percent are…
Samuel Scarpino in The Atlantic: How the Pandemic Now Ends Read the full article here. Excerpt: In September 2020, just before COVID-19 began its wintry surge through the United States,…
Samuel Scarpino in News@Northeastern: When Can We Say That The Pandemic Is Over? It’s the question that has been on everyone’s mind since March 2020: When will the pandemic end? For some, the…
Samuel Scarpino in Forbes: Will Schools’ Requirement That Students Be Fully Vaccinated Against Covid Further Oppress Marginalized Students? As colleges and universities break for summer, many are also preparing to welcome students back in the fall and making…
Samuel Scarpino in Bloomberg: U.S. Arrival of Highly Contagious Variant Draws CDC Scrutiny Federal Health officials are ramping up their surveillance of the highly transmissible Covid-19 variant first identified in India as experts…
Samuel Scarpino in Bloomberg: Interview on COVID Variants in Baystate Business Bloomberg Baystate Business for Friday, June 11th, 2021 - Binni Patel, marketing and customer service manager for marketplace development at…
Samuel Scarpino in ABC News: Where COVID-19 Has and Hasn’t Spread Since States Reopened: Analysis Bars, gyms and restaurants. Those were just a few settings health experts warned could become hotbeds for COVID-19 spread as states began…
Samuel Scarpino Featured in The Huntington News: NU Professor Highlights Global COVID-19 Data in Online Interactive Dashboard COVID-19 has undeniably overtaken the world in the last year, but infectious disease specialists knew this would be the case.…
Samuel Scarpino Featured in The Boston Globe: Is Mass. Heading for a Third Coronavirus Surge? These Charts Show Why Experts are Worried Coronavirus case counts and other metrics are on the rise, sending worrisome signals about a possible third surge of the…
Samuel Scarpino Featured in Patch: Good News In MA’s Coronavirus Fight "Is it possible the coronavirus is beginning to loosen its deadly grip on Massachusetts?" That's the question The Boston Globe…
Samuel Scarpino Featured in NPR: Vaccine Refusal May Put Herd Immunity At Risk, Researchers Warn A recent NPR/Marist poll found that one in four Americans said they would refuse a coronavirus vaccine outright if offered. Another 5%…
Samuel Scarpino Featured in News@Northeastern: Why Kids Hold the Key to Herd Immunity To win the battle against the pandemic, kids will be vital. The fight against COVID-19 has long been focused on…