Steven Phillips

Phillips M.D.,M.P.H., Vice President Science and Strategy, COVID Collaborative and Fellow of the American College of Epidemiology

Recent Articles

Long COVID Research Needs a New Approach

A pair of public health experts argue that the current approach to Long COVID research is failing, and offer a radical new paradigm.

By Steven Phillips and Michelle Williams

COVID-19 Pandemic Will Be Over When Americans Think It Is

How will we know when the COVID-19 pandemic is over in the U.S.? Steven Phillips on how we have to think differently about risk today

By Steven Phillips

This Is the Phase of the Pandemic Where Life Returns To Normal

At the supermarket, work, schools, restaurants, sports events, and airports we are witnessing a remarkable change. Masks are rarely seen. People are hugging, crowding, traveling. The latest Google COVID Community Mobility Report shows that most...

By Steven Phillips

The Key Policy We Need to End the Pandemic Is Being Ignored

The goal is clearly articulated in President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address: Test to Treat. He challenged America to “get back to work and fill our great downtowns again.” He was no longer...

By Steven Phillips and Michael Mina

It's Time to Rethink Your COVID-19 Risk Tolerance

The U.S. is taking a crash course in learning to “live with the virus.” Policymakers and health experts agree that we have migrated to a less-disruptive COVID-19 endemic phase. This has produced extensive commentary on...

By Steven Phillips

We Urgently Need a New National COVID-19 Response Plan

The recent Chicago public school crisis, collapse of Broadway theater in New York City, ongoing changes in NBA and NFL screening protocols for players, and extreme scarcity of rapid tests throughout the nation all serve...

By Steven Phillips

Why 2022 Is the Year We Learn to Live With COVID-19

Hopes of eliminating COVID-19 in the U.S. through vaccine-generated herd immunity are now dashed. Instead, with the rapid spread of the highly infectious Omicron variant, we need to focus on 2022 as the year that...

By Steven Phillips

America Needs an Operation Warp Speed for Rapid COVID Testing

The Delta variant has caused a resurgence in COVID-19 cases and deaths, threatening earlier gains made by the Biden Administration in tackling the pandemic. President Biden on Thursday laid out an ambitious comprehensive six-point COVID...

By Michael Mina and Steven Phillips
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