As patients avoided hospitals and doctors’ offices, conditions like cancer and heart disease went untreated. Health care providers now stress the importance of non-COVID-19 care as the pandemic stretches on.
Kevin Tabb, MD (CEO & President, BILH) participated in the “Fireside Chat” podcast with Gary Bisbee to discuss Beth Israel Lahey Health, the impact that COVID-19 has had on telehealth services, and leading a health system during a crisis.
Dan Barouch, MD, PhD (Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, BIDMC) discusses the COVID-19 outbreak in New Zealand and why cases are so hard to detect due to asymptomatic cases and spread.
But many scientists consider human challenge trials with the coronavirus unethical because there are no "rescue therapies" for those who fall ill.
John Torous, MD (Psychiatry, BIDMC) and colleagues report in Psychiatric Services that college students waiting for mental health services are often directed off-campus or to mobile apps for care.
Rafael Campo, MD (Medicine, BIDMC), who took over as poetry editor at The Journal of the American Medical Association a little over one year ago, discusses the role of poetry in medicine, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.
At a recent virtual public briefing, Dan Barouch, MD, PhD (Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, BIDMC) and colleagues discussed COVID-19 vaccine development efforts.
Kathryn Stephenson, MD, MPH (Infectious Diseases, BIDMC) discusses the importance of ensuring diversity in COVID-19 vaccine trials, and how the pressure to produce a vaccine quickly could sideline those efforts.
