Press Releases, Interviews, and Quotes in Media Outlets

2024

• ‘Landmark in survey research’: How the COVID States Project analyzed the pandemic with objectivity. Northeastern Global News (USA). April 5, 2024.

2023

• Northeastern receives $17.5 million from CDC to launch infectious disease prediction center. Northeastern Global News (USA). September 19, 2023 
• Long COVID clinical trials a step in the right direction, but scale doesn’t match the need, Northeastern researchers Kristin Kostka and Mauricio Santillana say. Northeastern Global News (USA). August 2, 2023
• Is the US ready for another pandemic? Northeastern scientist testifies to the need for greater preparedness. Northeastern Global News (USA). March 27, 2023
• Coronavirus Today: Today’s COVID-19 forecast calls for … Los Angeles Times (USA). January 24, 2023
• Sistema de Inteligencia Artificial puede predecir brotes de Covid-19 con hasta seis semanas de anticipación. El Diario NY (USA). January 19, 2023
• Can ‘digital traces’ from internet searches and social media predict outbreaks of COVID-19? Northeastern Global News (USA). January 18, 2023
• Masks could return as health experts warn of wave of illness with new Covid variant spike. Express (USA), January 17, 2023
• New highly transmissible COVID-19 subvariant won’t swamp US hospitals, Northeastern experts predict. Northeastern Global News (USA). January 13, 2023  

2022

• How Many Republicans Died Because the GOP Turned Against Vaccines? The Atlantic, (USA), December 2022  
• Republicans had higher COVID-19 death rates in the first year of the Pandemic, new research says. News@Northeastern University (USA), December 2022
• Women could be at higher risk for Long-COVID, according to new research. News@Northeastern University (USA), November 2022
• Harvard Chan School scientist shares expertise on climate change’s impact on nutrition in new book from Greta Thunberg. Harvard T.H. Chan School news, (USA), November 2022
• Two Northeastern Professors to be featured in Greta Thunberg's new book. News@Northeastern University (USA), October 2022
• Your Google searches and Tweets might help forecast the next disease outbreak. News@Northeastern University (USA), March 2022
• People who are depressed may be more susceptible to misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines, Massachusetts General Hospital Press Release, January 2022
• Dynamics of outbreaks of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern. News Medical Life Sciences. United Kingdom, January 2022

2021

• Is Vaccine Misinformation Affecting our Health? The Harvard Gazette (USA), August, 2021
• People are more anti-vaccine if they get their covid news from Facebook than from Fox News, data shows, Washington Post OpEd (USA), July 2021
• These researchers are predicting COVID-19 trends weeks before standard surveillance, News@Northeastern University (USA), March, 2021 
• Tracking attitudes and behavior on COVID in all 50 states, week by week, Harvard Kennedy School (USA), February, 2021

2020

• COVID-19 impact from Thanksgiving travel and gatherings could be ‘precursor’ for upcoming holidays, The Boston Globe (USA), December 2020
• Winter Offers Perfect Conditions for Covid-19 Spread, Studies Show, The Wall Street Journal (USA), December 2020
• Regional consultation about closings underway as Covid rises; Order’s potential impact unclear, Cambridge Day (USA), November 2020
• Rising global temperatures tied to rising antibiotic resistance, Phys.org (USA), November 2020
• School district refocuses Covid-19 metrics, reaches out to diversify its decision-making, Cambridge Day (USA), November 2020
• As Pandemic Wears On, Massachusetts Residents Have Increased Risky Behaviors, Survey Finds, The Harvard Crimson (USA), November 2020
• Public Health School Researchers Document U.S. Government’s Failures to Slow Pandemic in New Study, The Harvard Crimson (USA), November 2020
• New course prepares professionals for a data-driven world Harvard Gazette (USA), October 2020
• Why COVID outbreaks look set to worsen this winter, Nature.com (USA), October 2020
• ‘Uncrushable’ beetle and COVID’s lack of seasonality, Nature.com (USA), October 2020
• COVID-19 Doesn’t Seem Seasonal, Study Says, WebMD  (USA), October 2020
• These nine swing states will see the biggest ‘blue shift’ as ballots are counted after the election, Washington Post (USA), October 2020
• COVID-19 may not be seasonal like the flu, study finds: 'Transmission has not slowed down during warm months, Yahoo! (USA), October 2020
• “It’s like we’re flying blind”: The US has a Covid-19 data problem. Vox.com (USA), August 2020
• National survey: Nearly two-thirds of Americans have to wait more than 2 days for coronavirus results. The Boston Globe, August 2020
• The US needs real-time data to fight the pandemic. We’re still not even close. Vox.com (USA), August 2020
• Researchers’ predictive algorithm to forecast coronavirus outbreaks taps clinicians’ searches in UpToDate. Wolters Kluwer (USA), July 2020 
• Can an Algorithm Predict the Pandemic’s Next Moves? New York Times (USA), July 2020
• Cancer patients are at greater risk for severe Covid-19, a study says. New York Times (USA), April, 2020
• Adults with cancer appear more vulnerable to COVID-19, Boston Children's Hospital Discoveries (USA) April 2020
• Why summer likely won’t save us from the coronavirus Vox.com (USA) April, 2020
• To Combat Coronavirus, Scientists Are Also Breaking Down Barriers Citylab (Bloomberg News, USA), April, 2020
• Mobile ‘location’ data could help guide COVID-19 social distancing measures. Boston Children's Hospital Discoveries (USA) April 2020
• Coronavirus: Facebook launches UK Covid-19 symptom survey. BBC News (UK), April, 2020
• La COVID-19, saisonnière comme la grippe? La Presse (Canada), April, 2020
• Podría venir una segunda ola de coronavirus si no se obedece el distanciamiento social, dice profesor de Harvard, CNN Español (Mexico), April, 2020
• Why It’s So Difficult to Stop the Spread of the Coronavirus, The Wall Street Journal (USA), March, 2020
• Mapping the Social Network of Coronavirus. New York Times (USA), March, 2020
• The 9 most important unanswered questions about Covid-19, Vox.com (USA) March, 2020
• Scientists warn we may need to live with social distancing for a year or more. Vox.com (USA) March, 2020
• Will the Coronavirus Outbreak Get Better This Summer? Maybe Not Healthline.com, March 2020
• Si no reaccionamos ya, muchos enfermarán de COVID-19: científico Mauricio Santillana, Blu Radio (Colombia), March, 2020
• Experto: Cuando el coronavirus llega a un país, la población es afectada rápidamente, CNN Español (Mexico), March, 2020
• Contágio Rápido e Silenciso: A Matemática do coronavírus. Folha de S. Paulo (Brazil), Jan, 2020

2019

• Scientists can track influenza in real time by monitoring social media, Scientific American, September 2019
• Real-time flu tracking, Nature, September 2019 (USA)
• 5 Q’s for Mauricio Santillana, Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School, Center for Data Innovation, March 2019 (USA)
• Un nouvel algorithme prédit les épidémies de grippe aux États-Unis... en partie grâce à Google, Sciences et Avenir, Jan 2019 (France)
• Novel AI tool can predict how flu spreads, India News, Jan 2019 (India)
• AI combined with EHR and other data improves influenza forecasting, HealthData Management, Jan 2019
• Using multiple data streams and artificial intelligence to ‘nowcast’ local flu outbreaks, Vector Science and Innovation Blog, Jan. 2019
• Harnessing multiple data streams and artificial intelligence to better predict flu, EurekaAlert!, Jan. 2019

2018

• Alumnus Mauricio Santillana '08, tracks disease and improves intensive care environments at Harvard Med, ICES, UT Austin, Nov. 2018
• A Warming Climate May Produce More Drug-Resistant Infections Scientific American, May 2018
• Scientists find link between increases in local temperature and antibiotic resistance Phys.org, May 2018
• Scientists find link between increases in local temperature and antibiotic resistance EurekAlert!, May 2018
• Scientists Find Link Between Increases in Local Temperature and Antibiotic Resistance Infection Control Today, May 2018
• Scientists find link between increases in local temperature and antibiotic resistance Long Room, May 2018
• Increase in local temperature correlates with higher degree of antibiotic resistance, finds study The Medical News, May 2018
• Global warming linked with rising antibiotic resistance UPI.com, May 2018
• Scientists Find Link Between Increases in Local Temperature and Antibiotic Resistance Laboratory Equipment, May 2018
• The Imperfect Science of Mapping the Flu, Citylab (Bloomberg News), January 2018

2017

• Lessons from the data: Applying machine learning for clinical decision support (Vector, Boston Children's Hospital, 2017)
• How Google searches are used to track infectious diseases (CNN Business, 2017)
• Google Searches can be Used to Track Dengue in Underdeveloped Countries (eHealthnews.eu, Europe, 2017)
• Tracking Disease: Digital Epidemiology offers new promise in predicting outbreaks (IEEE Pulse, USA, 2017)
• Kids have the flu, grown-ups are next (Athenahealth insight, USA, 2017)

2016

• Big Pharma Is Sponsoring A Flu Map On The Weather Channel (BuzzFeed News, USA, 2016)
• Google Flu Trends predictions inaccurate in Latin America (Healio, Infectious Disease News, USA, 2016)
• Traveling this summer? What to know about Zika virus (Miami Herald, USA, 2016)
• HealthData management, Science Daily, Politico, EurekAlert!, News Medical, MedCity News, Vector (BCH),Insights Samsung, UPI Health news. Prediction Algorithm Used to Predict Flu Cases in Real Time at Boston’s Children’s Hospital using Electronic Health Records (2016).

2015

•  Disease Sleuths Analyze Google Searches To Stop Infections (National Public Radio, NPR (USA), 2015)
•  Neuer Anlauf für die Grippeprognose (Deutschlandfunk (Germany), 2015)
•  La revanche du big data : Harvard plus forte que Google pour prédire la grippe (Rue89 (France), 2015)
•  On top of the flu (Harvard Gazette, 2015)
•  Google, estadística y ‘big data’ para cazar brotes de gripe (Sinc (Spain), 2015)
•  New flu tracker uses Google search data better than Google (Arstechnica, 2015)
•  Nowcasting—and Forecasting—Flu: Ensemble modeling could lead to better predictions (Harvard Medical School News, 2015)
•  Boston Children’s Hospital Used Data Synthesis to Make Real-Time Flu Predictions (Boston Magazine, 2015)
•  'Ensemble' modeling could lead to better flu forecasts, study finds (AAAS, 2015)
•  Using Social Media to Forecast The Flu (MedTech, 2015)
•  Twitter, EHR Big Data Help Track Flu with Predictive Analytics (Health IT Analytics, 2015)

2014

•  Google Flu Trends promises are overstated, researchers say (The Guardian (UK), 2014)
•  Researchers Suggest Fixes to Google Flu Trends Analytics (Health Data Management, 2014)
•  Studies Explore New Frontiers of the Impact of UpToDate (UpToDate, 2014)

TV and Radio Interviews

• TV interview with Canal 44 (Universidad de Guadalajara), February 11, 2021, "¿Cuándo terminará la pandemia?" (Video)
• Our work featured in National Public Radio (NPR), WBUR station on August 3rd, 2020 (Audio clip)
• Live TV interview with CNN (in Spanish), July 27th, 2020: "La crisis por covid-19 en EE.UU. está descontrolada, según profesor de Harvard" (Video)
• Live TV interview with Fox32 Chicago, July 20th, 2020: "Researcher develops algorithm to predict the pandemic's next moves" (Video)
• Live TV interview with CNN (in Spanish), July 6th, 2020: "Preocupa el avance del Coronavirus en E.E. U.U." (Video)
• Live TV interview with CNN (in Spanish), June 1st, 2020: "El rastro digital del covid-19 como herramienta sanitaria" (Video)
• Live TV interview with CNN (in Spanish), April 9th, 2020: "Podría venir una segunda ola de coronavirus si no se obedece el distanciamiento social, dice profesor de Harvard" ( Video1, Video 2  )
• Live TV interview with Telemundo (in Spanish), March 16th, 2020: "COVID-19 se propaga más rápido que el dengue o influenza | Un Nuevo Día" (Video)
• Live TV interview with CNN (in Spanish), March 6th, 2020: Experto: "Cuando el coronavirus llega a un país, la población es afectada rápidamente" (Video)
• Live TV interview with CNN (in Spanish), March 5th, 2020: "La alarma por el coronavirus, ¿es exagerada?" (Video)

Videos from presentations

• At the COVID-19 Lecture series at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mex SIAM, In Spanish, October, 2020 (Video)
• At the Geographic Perspectives on Infectious Diseases in Humans, Animals, and the Environment, June 2019 @2:28:30 (Video)
• At the The International Society for Neglected Tropical Diseases, January 2016 (Video)
• At the Harvard Institute for Applied and Computational Sciences, September 2014 (Video)