Media Coverage (COVID-19)

ISB’s Jim Heath and Jennifer Hadlock contributed to a multi-authored paper that was highlighted for finding that people with a higher burden of long COVID symptoms tend to be less physically active and exhibit poorer measures of cardiovascular fitness.

Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal visited ISB, meeting with Nobel laureate Mary Brunkow and ISB leadership for a conversation on ISB’s research, including our work on Long COVID. The visit included a tour of ISB’s labs, followed by a brief program in which Rep. Jayapal read a Congressional Statement for the Record she submitted in honor of Mary’s Nobel Prize and formally presented it to her.

ISB’s Heath Lab discovered key insights into how T cells – the body’s frontline immune soldiers – respond to infections like COVID-19.

The Journalist’s Resource featured work by ISB researchers showing four predictive factors of long COVID. The Journalist’s Resource was created by Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy as an open-access online publication for journalists.

ISB President Dr. Jim Heath was interviewed by Seattle Met and discussed his novel work identifying four predictive factors of long COVID.

Seattle Times columnist Naomi Ishisaka spoke with ISB President Dr. Jim Heath about why long COVID is such a hard problem to solve.

ISB President Dr. Jim Heath spoke with reporter Sumathi Reddy about the four predictive factors of long COVID.

The New York Times’ Pam Belluck talks with ISB President Dr. Jim Heath about his research showing the four predictive factors of long COVID.