When asked if there can be more than one COVID-19 vaccine, Dan Barouch, MD, PhD (Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, BIDMC) says we need multiple vaccines to be successful.
So When Exactly Will a COVID Vaccine Be Ready?
The battle against caregiver fatigue and burnout has become harder than ever during the COVID-19 pandemic. Alexa Kimball, MD, MPH (CEO, BIDMC) said despite the scope of the problem, there is plenty organizations can do to help healthcare workers and shared a number of strategies her team is taking to ease physician stress during the pandemic.
Uber Eats and Peloton subscriptions? Some creative ways Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians fights burnout
Health Leaders urge patients not to defer critical screenings and appointments as they did during and in the weeks after the spring surge of the virus. Richard Nesto, MD (CMO, BILH) says a hospital environment is, in many ways, safer than walking around town or going to a store. BILH’s special hours to reduce exposure in common areas are highlighted as some of the measures local health systems have taken.
Doctors have message for patients: Don’t skip non-urgent appointments
Dan Barouch, MD, PhD (Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, BIDMC) weighs in on how researchers arrived at the effectiveness rate of both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines and its significance bringing the pandemic under control. Barouch explains why these revolutionary vaccines offer so much promise in the battle against COVID-19.
BOSTON — The race to get a COVID vaccine across the finish line is in the final leg.
Delirium is often the first symptom of COVID-19 to appear in older people, a new study finds. Sharon Inouye, MD, MPH (Geriatric Medicine, BIDMC) says COVID can operate through multiple ways to affect the brain, and then, the usual stressors of being sick and hospitalized can contribute to delirium.
Delirium May Be Only Sign of Severe COVID in Elderly: Study
Public health leaders, including from BILH, urge Massachusetts residents to be cautious around Thanksgiving and encourage the public to not gather in large groups.
Mass. hospital officials warn against large holiday gatherings
The COVID outbreak forced changes big and small, some of which are here to stay – including the recent expansion of telehealth services. Thomas DelBanco, MD (Medicine, BIDMC) said the recent surge in doctor appointments via telehealth is decades overdue.
What will the new post-pandemic normal look like?
Dan Barouch, MD, PhD (Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, BIDMC) discusses COVID-19 vaccine development and the technology behind several leading candidates.
Pfizer and Moderna use mRNA in their COVID-19 vaccines. This never-before-used technology could transform how science fights diseases.
Roger Shapiro, MD (Infectious Diseases, BIDMC) discusses how treatment strategies for COVID-19 have evolved over the course of the pandemic.
Months of hospital experience, global research and drug trials are helping medical teams refine treatment
BILH experts answer the latest questions about COVID-19
Hear BILH experts answer COVID-19 questions...
As Americans seek out coronavirus tests more than ever, urgent care is quickly becoming the go-to health care destination for a growing share of the population. Ateev Mehrotra, MD, MPH (Medicine, BIDMC) argues that if the medical system was to be redrawn, he’d want primary care doctors spending time on the sicker population.
In many places, urgent care is the only way to get a coronavirus test quickly.
Kevin Tabb, MD (CEO & President, BILH) discusses how the system has been preparing for a second surge and is confident going into the winter now that teams have had experience with COVID-19 and time to stock up on protective gear, medical equipment, test kits, and therapeutics.
‘We still face some pretty significant challenges,’ said one hospital system head. Chief among them: people’s behavior over the holidays.
John Torous, MD (Digital Psychiatry, BIDMC) discusses how video consults offer an effective way to stay in close contact with mental-health professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic.
You may not want to go to the doctor. There are plenty of proactive steps you can take—without leaving the house.
In this op-ed, Kenneth Wener, MD (Infectious Diseases, LHMC) and Mary LaSalvia, MD (Infectious Diseases, BIDMC) join infectious disease leaders across Boston in encouraging local residents to follow Governor Baker’s newly updated COVID-19 guidelines.
They balance the public health benefits of keeping the population safe — and in school — with the need to maintain a strong economy to support all the residents of our state.
Dan Barouch, MD, PhD (Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, BIDMC) discusses the recently released interim analysis of Pfizer’s vaccine, and why it increases optimism for other vaccines in trial.
The data are preliminary, however, and it is not yet clear whether the vaccine protects against severe disease
A team of researchers, including John Torous, MD (Digital Psychiatry, BIDMC), used machine learning to analyze the text of more than 800,000 Reddit posts and identify changes in the tone and content of language that people used as the first wave of the pandemic progressed.
AI and Reddit are helping us track COVID-19's impact on mental health
Dan Barouch, MD, PhD (Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, BIDMC) discusses the recently released interim analysis of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate.
It may be a ‘triumph of science,’ but still a long way to go
