2021 Bostonians of the Year
Meet the pioneering scientist, the trailblazing mayor, and other standouts whose drive, ingenuity, and compassion are getting vaccines in arms and giving us a shot at a just future for […]
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MHTCCongrats to Dr. Barouch for receiving the 2021 Ray Stata Award
Dr. Barouch spoke about his vaccine work at the 2021 Mass High Tech Council (MHTC). As part of this annual event, he was awarded the Ray Stata Leadership and Innovation […]
Highly Mutated COVID Strain Can’t Evade Immunity as Feared
/in News“If there wasn’t so much hype about BA.2.86, that would actually be the focus of the paper,” Dan Barouch, MD, PhD, told the news outlet, referring to the FL.1.5.1 strain. Barouch is […]
New Covid-19 Variant Might Not Be That Bad. More Boosters Are Coming Soon.
/in NewsNew data released in recent days by a number of research labs, however, have suggested that existing immune defenses might hold up just fine against BA. 2.86. An academic laboratory […]
New data on BA.2.86: What to know
/in News“Two independent labs have basically shown that BA.2.86 essentially is not a further immune escape compared with current variants,” Dan Barouch, MD, PhD, director of the center for virology and […]
New study led by Boston scientists finds latest COVID-19 variant is less of a threat than feared
/in News“The combination of the large number of mutations and that it seemed to have emerged in many countries around the world at the same time raised the specter that it […]
New Pirola Covid Variant Shows Value of Booster Shots
/in NewsA team led by Dan Barouch, director of the Center for Virology and Vaccine Research at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, examined plasma samples from 66 people with a mix […]
Covid Continues to Rise, but Experts Remain Optimistic
/in News“What I think we’re seeing is the virus continuing to evolve, and then leading to waves of infection, hopefully mostly mild in severity,” said Dr. Dan Barouch, head of the […]
Explainer: Do I need to worry about COVID again?
/in NewsExperiments testing versions of the virus in two U.S. independent laboratories suggest that is unlikely, said Dr. Dan Barouch, director of the Center for Virology and Vaccine Research at Beth […]
FDA clears new Covid boosters: 5 things to know
/in NewsDr. Dan Barouch, director of the Center for Virology and Vaccine Research at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, said recent lab studies have shown people who had been infected by an XBB […]
FDA signs off on updated Covid-19 vaccines that target circulating variants
/in NewsAs for Covid-19, “at the present time, we are seeing an uptick in infection rates as well as hospitalizations, however, the absolute rates of severe disease, hospitalizations, and death are […]
CVVR Division Director, Dr. Dan Barouch, on NBC News
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