SPH Research in White House Briefing & the News
ALBANY, N.Y. (August 27, 2021) - Working with UAlbany School of Public Health, the New York State Department of Health recently released data on the effectiveness of vaccines in the fight against COVID-19 — showing that vaccinations remain the best way for New Yorkers to protect themselves, families and communities from COVID-19 and its most severe outcomes such as hospitalization.
This work was featured in the August 18, 2021 White House briefing and has been included in over 350 news stories. The research also falls in the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric, an online source that gives insight into how often – and where – scholarly outputs are discussed around the world.
A selection of news coverage includes:
The Washington Post: Vaccines show declining effectiveness against infection overall but strong protection against hospitalization amid delta variant
Spectrum News 1: New York DOH study finds vaccinations prevent COVID-19 hospitalizations in most cases
New York Upstate: Covid vaccines keep New Yorkers out of hospitals, but protection against infection wanes: study
WWLP: What’s been learned from new COVID vaccine research?
The Reporter: Vaccine Effectiveness Declines Overall, Remains Strong in Preventing Hospitalization
Rollcall: Biden plots vaccine booster shots