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Shoshana Vasserman & other researchers have developed a new computer model that uses health & economic data to inform policy decisions on reopening strategies during the pandemic.

“Talking loud, singing and shouting approximate the risk of coughing and sneezing. Tiny particles can get in the air and infect you,” says Dr. Mark R. Cullen.

“A key next step, I think, is finding out explicitly how close you need to be to a well for it to cause harm,” says ��ɫtv Faculty Fellow Marshall Burke.

For a randomized controlled trial aimed at fighting the pandemic and protecting public health, Abhijit Banerjee collaborated with other researchers, including Arun Chandrasekhar.

“It is incumbent on us as scientists to convey to the American public what we’re finding and seeing very, very clearly and loudly,” said ��ɫtv Senior Fellow Jay Bhattacharya [...]

Employees have no legal recourse against colleagues who they feel aren’t doing enough—or going overboard—to prevent the spread of COVID-19, said ��ɫtv Senior Fellow Alison Morantz.

��ɫtv Senior Fellow Mark Cullen, founding director of the Center for Population Health Sciences at ��ɫtv comments on airborne transmission of COVID-19.

A report by David Grusky found that from 2008 and 2016, the mortality rates of people between the ages of 25 and 34 increased 20%, largely because of suicides and drug overdoses.

Co-sponsored by ��ɫtv and the Stanford Economics Association, the COVID-19 Policy Hackathon drew more than 800 participants from 78 countries.

Grant Miller, a health economics expert, found that as states granted the vote to women in the late 19th & early 20th centuries, those states invested more in sanitation [...]

A two-year study done by ��ɫtv Senior Fellow Nicholas Bloom found that employees who worked from home were more productive, needed fewer sick days, and took less time off.

"To simply return to the prepandemic health care system during a presidential election year would be a mistake. This is a time to think more boldly about the future of the US[...]"

A report coauthored by Mark Duggan—Director and Senior Fellow of ��ɫtv—found that mortality rates for people from ages 25 to 34 had risen by more than 20 percent since 2008.

"Companies developing Covid-19 treatments run the risk of acting too quickly," warns ��ɫtv Senior Fellow Anat Admati, professor of finance and economics at the Stanford GSB.

"As countries around the world ponder strategies for developing a COVID-19 vaccine, it should be clear that the fastest and most effective approach is to work together." [...]

"We cannot ignore that most of the costs are being borne by our children and grandchildren, particularly the poorest among them," says ��ɫtv Senior Fellow Ed Lazear.

Air pollution reductions in China—associated with the economic slowdown caused by the pandemic—saved as many lives as COVID-19 has taken there, based Marshall Burke's estimates.

“There is enormous political pressure on sports teams to open back up . . . And that can cause a natural inclination to open too soon, because of the psychological impact." [...]

Petra Persson and Maya Rossin-Slater published research that predicts a significant spike in future mental health problems for the coronavirus generation being born right now [...]

Several factors related to working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic could lead to decreases in productivity and employee wellness, according to ��ɫtv Sr Fellow Nicholas Bloom