
Pandemic Center at Brown School of Public Health
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Working to reduce vulnerabilities and increase resilience to pandemics and the harms they pose to health, peace, security, and prosperity.
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Amid a growing #measles outbreak, clear public health messaging is critical. RFK Jr. is using doublespeak to try to reach both pro- and anti-vaccine audiences. āIt was fascinating to see how people saw this moment different.ā ā Craig Spencer MD MPH More here š

Our director Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH will be speaking at Rhode Island Department of Health 's Bridging the Gap conference on May 22. Focused on brining together experts to address healthcare-associated infections & transform patient outcomes across the state. More info here: hai25.eventbrite.com


This week on A Moment in Health with Dr. Ashish Jha our director Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH answered the question on how we can rebuild trust in public health. Dr. Nuzzo's advice: š« Community engagement š Listening š Understanding people's values

Join us today for our webinar: Quo Vadis World Health Organization (WHO)? Hosted by our senior advisor Wilmot James, the discussion will feature panelists Dr. Nahid Bhadelia of Center on Emerging Infectious Diseases (CEID), and Dr. Mitchell Wolfe of CSIS. Register now: brown.zoom.us/webinar/registā¦


"We just donāt know why there havenāt been cases." ā Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH Experts warn that #birdflu infections might be going undetected among farmworkers which seems to be pushed by under-testing, fear from farmworkers, and federal cuts from the current admin. Read more ⤵ļø

For New York Times Opinion I joined a dozen colleagues to offer concrete ways to save health and science at a time of immense change and uncertainty. With timely and important perspectives from Reshma Ramachandran, Maia Szalavitz, Dr. Josh Green, and many others. nytimes.com/2025/05/19/opiā¦


From Hopkins BloombergPublic Health: #NIH cuts put US science research, careers, & progress at risk. Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH shares scientists have to do a lot of work to address public perceptions, but āI will never bet against the US scientific community.ā More: magazine.publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/scientistā¦

Currently #COVID-19 is at its lowest point since the pandemic began, but another summer surge could be on the way. The virus has not settled into a predictable seasonal pattern. āThere are still a lot of questions we donāt have answers toā says Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH More here ⤵ļø

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has published an oped by a team of next-gen biosecurity leaders, including our own Biosecurity Game Changers. The article emphasizes that todayās local & global leaders must create space for the next generation to help shape decisions now. Read here ⤵ļø

From Apoorva Mandavilli at The New York Times: The US has canceled a $600M contract with #Moderna for a #birdflu vaccine Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH stresses we canāt let politics derail mRNA vaccine progress and "stand in the way of ensuring everyone who wants a pandemic vaccine can get oneā More ⤵ļø

Current #birdflu doesnāt pose a pandemic threat but, investment now could be key when that changes. Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH says the rhetoric around #mRNA leans more on politics than science. āIt just feels more like taking advantage of people's fears more than anything.ā More here š


Last week, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. canceled a $766M government contract to develop a new #birdflu vaccine, but Dean Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH told the The Bulwark that claims mRNA vaccines have been under-tested are āabsurd.ā thebulwark.com/p/rkf-jr-kenneā¦


āWe are on track to have, perhaps, one of the worst #measles years that we've had in the last 25 years since we eliminated measlesā ā Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH Nuzzo and other experts answers questions about how the respiratory virus spreads in the article for The Washington Post More ⤵ļø



Trump adminās cancellation of #mRNA vaccine contracts weakens US defense This ā[is] gutting our deterrence from biological threatsā says Beth Cameron and it signals weāre changing our posture on pandemic preparedness "...and that is not good for the American peopleā More ⤵ļø