Pandemic – NYU GPH Journal of Public Health Disasters

May 29, 2025May 29, 2025

Aliya Jabri, Maya McClatchy, and Olivia Morris’s Qualtrics Report on COVID-19 Experiences and Future Public Health Threat Perceptions

People at an outdoor farmers' market wearing masks.

This study aimed to assess individuals’ perceptions of COVID-19 infection, compliance with public health recommendations and vaccination status based on survey responses. The study also examined concerns about future communicable diseases and trust in public health information sources. Key outcome variables included COVID-19 infection history, vaccination status, adherence to public health recommendations, concerns about long COVID, and perceptions of future health threats.

May 1, 2025May 1, 2025

Safa Shuaib, Diya Mehta, and Kimberly Tang’s Qualtrics Report on Pandemic Threats, Preparedness, and Response

This report aims to assess the perceived preparedness and risk of a small convenience sample of individuals. The conducted survey examined the relationship between the participants’ level of education and their experience with the disease, their attitudes towards vaccination, and their perception of individual and governmental responses to the pandemic. The findings from this study could provide helpful insight for building future public health campaigns and policies.

May 1, 2025May 1, 2025

Mark Alicea, Kylie Dickson, and Maya Moukarzel’s Qualtrics Report on COVID-19 and Community Adherence

This Qualtrics report aims to evaluate public attitudes towards and understanding of the COVID-10 pandemic. Using a cross-sectional survey method, this team analyzed emerging concerns of communicable diseases and vaccinations, confidence in the nation’s ability to combat another pandemic. The report found that there is a high correlation between vaccinated individuals and a lack of confidence in the government’s ability to prepare for future pandemics.

February 13, 2025February 16, 2025

After the Pandemic, Childhood Vaccination Rates Continue to Decline

On February 7, a child in Kentucky reportedly died from the flu, the state’s first pediatric flu death this season—according to the Kentucky Department for Public Health.

In January, officials in Gaines County, Texas, reported at least 10 cases of measles—eight of which were among school-aged children—driving worries of an escalating outbreak.

Late last year, Oregon experienced its largest measles outbreak in more than 30 years. The Oregon Health Authority reported 31 cases of measles across the state.

Resoundingly true across all these cases is the lack of vaccinations. These states, along with other countries around the world, experienced the impending consequences of declining childhood vaccination rates following the COVID-19 pandemic. While the United States does not top the list when it comes to the highest percentage of unvaccinated children, the decline of vaccinations despite its easy access and mass quantity has researchers and clinicians alike alarmed.

February 13, 2025February 13, 2025

Olivia Morris’ Precis on Artificial Intelligence: Pandemics

In this report, Morris discusses how artificial intelligence has been identified as a tool for preventing future pandemics. By accelerating research to understand disease evolution and vaccine development, AI could assist health officials in controlling emerging outbreaks. Morris argues that to successfully use AI in pandemic control, policymakers must push past gridlock and work with the research community to collectively work towards this goal.

February 7, 2025February 7, 2025

Revisiting the Past Five Years of COVID-19

In December 2019, several individuals in Wuhan, a city in China’s Hubei Province, experienced symptoms of an unusual viral pneumonia-like illness. Five years later, that illness, now etched into history as the Coronavirus (COVID-19), has taken over 20 million lives, cost trillions of dollars (disputed number), disrupted the education for 1.6 billion students, and directly impacted over 777 million people around the world. Yet, in a similar and brighter spotlight, the response to the pandemic included significant transformations in healthcare and record-breaking vaccine development and production rates, setting the world back on track toward a new normal.

December 9, 2024December 9, 2024

Natalia Ramon, Saba Changizi, and Deshara Thomas’ Community Adherence and COVID-19 Qualtrics Report

This report aims to examine the relationship between the demographics and defining characteristics of the participants, along with their experience with the COVID-19 pandemic, their attitudes towards vaccination, and their perception of individual and governmental responses to the pandemic. The findings from this study could provide helpful insight for building future public health campaigns and policies.

December 5, 2024December 5, 2024

Kristin Memoli, Ishita Nair, and Dagoberto Jameson Qualtrics Report on COVID-19 and Community Adherence

This Qualtrics report aims to assess public attitudes, behaviors, and perceptions related to COVID-19 vaccine recommendations and exposure prevention. Using a cross-sectional survey method, this team analyzed COVID-19 vaccination status, infection history, compliance with public health measures, risk perception, and trust in information sources to understand willingness to follow public health mandates and perceived levels of concern for future pandemics.

November 25, 2024November 25, 2024

Attacks Toward Healthcare Workers Emphasize Need for Protection

During the first three years of the COVID-19 pandemic, over 255 healthcare workers were attacked, 18 were killed, 147 were injured, and more than 80 healthcare facilities were severely damaged. These attacks stemmed from various factors, including disgruntled patients and their families, conflicts related to vaccinations, and relevant past patient history.