SPHHS researchers Nicholas Reich, Andrew Lover, and Raji Balasubramanian (Biostatistics and Epidemiology), Richard Peltier and Laura Vandenberg (Environmental Health Sciences), and Elizabeth Evans and Anna Mullaney (Health Promotion and Policy) comment in multiple news stories about the potential impact and spread of the coronavirus and response to the pandemic; the potential dangers of repeated decontamination and re-use of N95 masks by healthcare workers; the results of a study of oral hormone therapy; the health impacts of plastics; guidelines for big data governance and opioid use disorder; and intimate partner violence.

Updated December 18, 2020:

• Oral hormone therapy shown to significantly alter metabolome of menopausal women - Raji Balasubramanian, Biostatistics and Epidemiology (Hindustan Times, 12/17/20)

• On intimate partner violence - Anna Mullaney, PhD student, Health Promotion and Policy (Greenfield Recorder, 12/17/20)

• UMass model projects rising COVID-19 cases in Massachusetts to level off in January - Nicholas Reich, Biostatistics and Epidemiology (Boston.com, 12/16/20)

• UMass model sees cases continuing to climb into early January - Nicholas Reich, Biostatistics and Epidemiology (Boston Globe, 12/15/20)

• Mass. reports 3,720 new confirmed coronavirus cases, 55 new deaths - Nicholas Reich, Biostatistics and Epidemiology (Boston Globe, 12/15/20)

• Plastics pose threat to human health, report shows - Laura Vandenberg, Environmental Health Sciences (Health Medicine Network, 12/15/20)

• The number of people with the virus who died in the U.S. passes 300,000 - Nicholas Reich, Biostatistics and Epidemiology (New York Times, 12/14/20)

• U.S. Covid Deaths Match April Peak With Hospitals Still Filling - Nicholas Reich, Biostatistics and Epidemiology (Bloomberg, 12/7/20)

• US COVID-19 deaths match April peak with hospitals still filling - Nicholas Reich, Biostatistics and Epidemiology (Boston Globe, 12/7/20)

• As pandemic intensifies, statistical models project thousands more COVID-19 deaths in Connecticut - Nicholas Reich, Biostatistics and Epidemiology (Hartford Courant, 12/7/20)

• 'It's dangerous': Is the decontamination of N95 masks hurting health care workers? - Richard Peltier, Environmental Health Sciences (NBC "Today", 12/5/20)

• WGBH Radio Boston - Andrew Lover, Biostatistics and Epidemiology (WGBH Radio Boston, 12/4/20)

• Graphics: COVID-19 is bad now. According to many projections, it’s going to get worse - Nicholas Reich, Biostatistics and Epidemiology (Boston Globe, 12/4/20)

• Besides COVID, Can Face Masks Help Protect You From This? - Richard Peltier, Environmental Health Sciences (The Fresh Toast, 12/2/20)

• 3 Big Data Governance Strategies to Combat the Opioid Epidemic - Elizabeth Evans, Health Promotion and Policy (HealthITAnalytics, 12/2/20)

• Study: Big Data Saves Lives, And Patient Safeguards Are Needed - Elizabeth Evans, Health Promotion and Policy (Inside Big Data, 12/1/20)

• Covid Hospitalizations Hit Record as Holiday Obscures Case Data - Nicholas Reich, Biostatistics and Epidemiology (Bloomberg Quint, 12/1/20)