Dr. Mark Dworkin told the Wall Street Journal rising hospitalization rates foretell increases in fatalities in the weeks to come as a new COVID-19 variant alters the pandemic.
The old gymnasium in the SPHPI building has been renovated into a large learning space that will provide flexibility for course meetings during future public health challenges.
New research led by SPH's Lisa Powell found sweetened beverage sales recovered after the repeal of a tax in effect for four months in Cook County, Illinois.
Dr. Mark Dworkin provided analysis for the Wall Street Journal on the state of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States as the calendar turned from 2020 to 2021.
A new project led by Dr. Andrew Trotter, MPH '10, is building machine learning applications to model and predict clinical staging and severity of illness among COVID-19 patients.
Dr. Ron Hershow credited improved nursing home practices and increase in the availability of testing as driving the declining proportion of nursing home deaths in Illinois.
Researchers from SPH and the UIC College of Medicine found in barriers to social distancing was a more significant factor than air quality or use of public transportation.
Dr. Mark Dworkin told the Wall Street Journal the primary factor driving COVID surges across the Midwest is public compliance with public health guidelines.
