The data on COVID-19 doesn’t look good. A recent USA Today analysis showed that nearly 80% of the states reported more coronavirus cases than they had in the week before. Nine states set seven-day ...

Now that the Covid-19 public health emergency has ended, it’s awfully tempting to put the pandemic firmly behind us. But now is the time to look at what we have learned so that our public health ...

The COVID-19 pandemic created major communication barriers for individuals with hearing impairments, primarily due to face masks blocking lip movements. Researchers at the University of Tsukuba have ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

Written in collaboration with Jacqueline Silverstone. In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, loved ones were reaching out to one another for support. Communication among family members helped ...

The public health community did a remarkable job during the worst days of the COVID-19 pandemic, but there are aspects of our response that could’ve been better, starting first and foremost with ...

In early 2020, as they tried to fight covid-19 across two rural counties in North Carolina, the staff of Granville Vance Public Health was stymied, relying on outdated technology to track a ...

In a recent study published in Healthcare, researchers investigated the association between risk-communication format and perceived coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine-related risks. Study: ...

On May 20, 2021, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a virtual convening of public health and communications practitioners to examine the challenges, opportunities, and ...