Monica Gandhi

Dr. Gandhi MD, MPH is Professor of Medicine; Associate Division Chief of the Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases, and Global Medicine; Director of the Ward 86 HIV Clinic at San Francisco General Hospital; and Director of the Center for AIDS Research at UCSF

Recent Articles

The Case for Cautious COVID Optimism This Winter

Several key factors mean that we're unlikely to face a major COVID-19 surge this winter, argue Drs. Michael Daignault and Monica Gandhi.

By Michael Daignault and Monica Gandhi

The CDC's Booster Recommendations May Not Provide Optimal Protection

The new Omicron-boosters are here but we should rethink the interval period to maximize their effectiveness

By Michael Daignault and Monica Gandhi

Rethinking COVID Restrictions For a World With Vaccines

The arrival of Omicron, the latest and most transmissible COVID-19 variant to date, underscores the tremendous need for updated COVID-19 policy in the U.S. We always knew it would be difficult to contain a highly transmissible respiratory virus...

By Monica Gandhi and Jeanne Noble

Why COVID-19 Case Counts Don't Mean What They Used To As Omicron Hits

America has begun the gradual process of accepting that COVID-19 is going to be endemic—meaning it will always be present in the population to some degree—due to inherent properties of the virus (animal reservoirs, high...

By Monica Gandhi and Leslie Bienen

There's Nothing Left to Debate on COVID-19 Vaccines for Kids

With emergency use authorization for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccine newly approved for children 5-11, many parents are asking the question—should we vaccinate our kids? To be fair, many parents may have already made up their...

By Jeff Vergales and Monica Gandhi

How Rich Countries Can Help India Fight COVID-19

The Biden Administration is debating whether COVID-19 vaccine patents should be temporarily waived, given the devastating humanitarian crisis unfolding in India from the virus. There are two key factors that should drive the Biden team...

By Monica Gandhi
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