As much as we would all love to ignore COVID, a new set of variants that scientists call “FLiRT” is here to remind us that the virus is still with us.

— Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH (@AshishKJha46) January 4, 2023 The XBB.1.5 subvariant was responsible for 40.5% of new COVID infections in the U.S. from Dec. 25 through Dec. 31, according to most ...

New COVID variant FLiRT may be more transmissible but unlikely to make us more sick A new set of variants that scientists are calling "FLiRT" is rising. NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Dr. Ashish ...

If you are vaccinated and boosted, your risk of dying from COVID-19 is “close to zero,” according to Dr. Ashish Jha. More on Boston.com.

In the earliest days of the pandemic, Dr. Ashish Jha emerged as an authoritative and trusted voice on the issue. He's now the White House COVID-19 response coordinator, but with the public health ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha about how the national public health emergency for coronavirus is coming to an end May 11.

We can’t have other reliable measures,” said Dr. Ashish Jha, dean of the School of Public Health at Brown University and former White House COVID-19 response coordinator in an interview with ...

Dr. Ashish Jha, Coordinator of the White House COVID-19 Response Team, speaks during the daily press briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, October 25, 2022.

Dr. Ashish Jha, who coordinated the White House’s coronavirus pandemic response for the last year, will leave the Biden administration and return to his previous post as dean of the School of ...

The U.S. should prepare for a spike in COVID cases this winter as more people gather indoors and infections already begin to rise in Europe, White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Ashish Jha says.