Media Interviews and Appearances

In my work at different places and organizations, I’ve done a media appearance or two. Here is a sampling…

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• How ready is Philadelphia for the coronavirus – The Philadelphia Inquirer
• ¿Qué tan preparada está Filadelfia para un brote de coronavirus? – Univision.com
• Vaccine hesitancy: Most difficult fight we have ahead of us is political – The Hill
• As Samoa fights a deadly measles crisis, unvaccinated people are told to mark homes with red flags – The Washington Post
• Is Measles Here To Stay? – NPR
• Fight over vaccine exemptions hits state legislatures – The Hill
• Night shift can challenge workers’ health – York Daily Record
• A coronavirus conversation guide for loved ones who don’t quite get it yet – Remezcla
• Needle exchange program proposed for Seven Corners – Annandale Blog
• Thanks to those who vaccinate – Letter to the Editor of the Carroll County Times
• Flu epidemic is over in Maryland – WBAL, Baltimore
• Flu appears to be ebbing in Maryland – Baltimore Sun
• Can you get measles if you were vaccinated? – VICE News
• Public health workers using new means to track, predict flu: Staying ahead of influenza outbreaks – The Nation’s Health
• Flu trackers encourage patients to blog about it – The Daily Herald
• ‘The Vaccine War’: What You Should Know After You Watch PBS Frontline’s Special – Forbes.com
• Coronavirus Flourishes Among Latinos In Wealthy Areas Of Northern Virginia – WAMU, Washington, DC
• Ask An Epidemiologist Your Coronavirus Questions – Lifehacker.com
• ¿Por qué las vacunas contra el coronavirus se ponen en el brazo y no en otras partes del cuerpo? – BBC Mundo
• Could you get the vaccine injected in your butt? – Slate.com
• COVID truthers aren’t new: Anti-vaccination conspiracy theories go back hundreds of years – Salon.com
• How modern medicine was made, part 2: The power of vaccination – Medical Economics
• Gov. Ron DeSantis falsely claims bivalent booster vaccine increases chances of COVID-19 infection – Politifact
• Does Getting Boosted Make You More Susceptible to Covid? – Karie Couric Media
• Only The Emergency Has Ended – The Atlantic
• Ask an Epidemiologist: Dr. Rene Najera on Vaccines, Masks, and Trusted Covid Info Sources – The Thinking Person’s Guide to Autism

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• Infectious, Part 1: Scabs, Pus and Puritans – WBUR, Boston
• Dr. René Najera habla de nuevos síntomas del coronavirus – WLZW, Washington, DC
• What does all the coronavirus data mean? – WTOP, Washington, DC
• History As It Happens: Vaccine mandates — and resistance — are the norm – The Washington Times, Washington, DC
• Anti-Vaccination Activists Join Stay-At-Home Order Protesters – WAMU, American University, Washington, DC

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