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Hello,

Please find this weeks INFORMS news update. You can find this weeks press releases and media placements from 1/3-12/20. Please feel free to send me any new placements at asmith@informs.org. 


Kindly,

Ashley Smith

 

INFORMS in the News

 

Press Releases:

 

12/21: New Audio Available for Media Use: Transportation Logistics Expert Sheldon Jacobson on How to Address Variants for Air Travel in 2022

 

Media Placements:

 

COVID-19:

 

• What awaits us beyond omicron in 2022? (The Hill)

          January 3, 2022

          Sheldon Jacobson

 

• Places You're Most Likely to Catch Omicron (Eat This, Not That)

          January 1, 2022

          Sheldon Jacobson

 

• Sick Calls Amid COVID Surge Exacerbate Labor Shortage (NBC 10 Boston)

          December 31, 2021

          Anna Nagurney

 

• Places "Swarming" With COVID, Say Experts (Yahoo! News)

          December 31, 2021

          Sheldon Jacobson

 

• As omicron spreads, Michigan hospitals await more doses of life-saving treatment (The Detroit News)

          December 28, 2021

          Julie Swann

 

• First Omicron Death in U.S. Was Reinfection (WebMD)

          December 24, 2021

          Julie Swann

 

• Omicron Drives U.S. Virus Cases Past Delta's Peak (The New York Times)

          December 23, 2021

          Julie Swann

 

• COVID cases, hospitalizations up in Tennessee, Georgia (WDEF.com)

          December 23, 2021

          Julie Swann

 

• Sheldon Jacobson: NHL, other professional leagues imploding with covid-19 (TribLive)

          December 23, 2021

          Sheldon Jacobson

 

• < Omicron will cause more infections but lower hospital rates, analysis shows (NPR)

           December 22, 2021

           Julie Swann

 

• COVID-19: Insurance (The Seattle Times)

          December 22, 2021

          Sheldon Jacobson

 

• A COVID spike is expected after the holidays. What you can do right now to prepare. (Yahoo!)

          December 21, 2021

          Julie Swann

 

• Omicron variant to set record-high daily case numbers in NC, Dr. Cohen says (CBS17)

          December 20, 2021

          Julie Swann

 

• Will Mask Mandates Help Stop Omicron Spread? What We Know (Healthline)

          December 20, 2021

          Julie Swann

 

• Cheap, at-home COVID-19 testing is the quick fix we need (The Washington Times)

          December 20, 2021

          Tinglong Dai

 

• Omicron variant to set record-high daily case numbers in NC, Dr. Cohen says (Newsbreak)

          December 20, 2021

          Julie Swann

 

• The unvaccinated and their impact on the health care system (The Hill)

          December 20, 2021

          Sheldon Jacobson

 

• 'Overwhelmed': Omicron has potential to break COVID-19 records in NC, study suggests (The News & Observer)

          December 20, 2021

          Julie Swann

 

Supply Chain:

 

• 'It's Going to Be Around Forever': What We Heard This Year (Medpage Today)

          January 2, 2022

          Tinglong Dai

 

• Amazon is proof of a major weakness in ESG ratings (Head Topics)

          December 31, 2021

          Tinglong Dai

 

• Biden's COVID home test plan faces supply chain hurdles (Marketplace)

          December 21, 2021

          Julie Swann

 

• Never Mind Toys, It's Time To Ask Santa for Crutches and Catheters (The Good Men Project)

          December 20, 2021

          Tinglong Dai

 

Transportation:

 

• Trapped referees to Urban Meyer's dance to police shootings: top 2021 Columbus issues that made you think (Yahoo! News)

          December 29, 2021

          Sheldon Jacobson

 

• Health experts urge air travelers to take precautions to avoid Omicron (CNN Business)

          December 29, 2021

          Sheldon Jacobson

 

• Trapped referees to Urban Meyer's dance to police shootings: top 2021 Columbus issues that made you think (The Columbus Dispatch)

          December 29, 2021

          Sheldon Jacobson

 

• Science shows safest plane seating to limit COVID-19 spread (UPI)

          December 28, 2021

          Sheldon Jacobson

 

• What's the Safest Airplane Seat to Cut COVID Risk? (Medicine Net)

          December 27, 2021

          Sheldon Jacobson

 

• Air travel under attack by omicron (The Hill)

          December 27, 2021

          Sheldon Jacobson

 

• Science Shows Safest Plane Seating to Cut COVID Spread (Health Day)

          December 27, 2021

          Sheldon Jacobson

 

• Rethinking your travel plans? If you go, experts have 4 pieces of advice (CNBC)

          December 21, 2021

          Sheldon Jacobson

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Ashley Smith
Public Relations Specialist
INFORMS
Catonsville MD
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