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What Poetry Means for Doctors and Patients During a Pandemic

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.

‘The Ultimate Quest’

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.

The color of COVID: Will vaccine trials reflect America’s diversity?

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.

COVID-19 vaccine developed at BIDMC in collaboration with Johnson & Johnson enters early-stage trials

Johnson & Johnson’s Coronavirus Vaccine Protec...

Kartik Sehgal, MD (Hematology-Oncology, BIDMC) co-led a report published in Nature Medicine that chronicled the many ways that COVID-19 goes beyond the lungs to affect the heart, brain, kidneys and endocrine system. The extrapulmonary manifestations of COVID-19 are incredibly varied, researchers say, with the heart and kidneys particularly vulnerable to damage

9 Things Experts Have Learned About Covid-19 So Far

In a virtual public briefing, Dan Barouch, MD, PhD (Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, BIDMC) and colleagues discussed how the human immune system responds to COVID-19, the challenges faced by high-risk communities, and vaccine development efforts.

Vaccines may arrive in record time, but the virus has been faster

Mike Gibson MS, MD (Cardiology, BIDMC) discusses various strategies to help reduce risks of cardiovascular events, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Risk Factors Causing Complications Due to COVID-19

A covid-19 vaccine can ensure better outcomes for communities of color. Let’s work to earn their trust.

Kathryn E. Stephenson, MD, MPH (Infectious Diseases, BIDMC) and colleagues warn of the grave consequences

Dan Barouch, MD, PhD (Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, BIDMC) discusses the development of a COVID-19 vaccine.

Dan Barouch, MD, PhD (Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, BIDMC) discusses the development of a COVID-19 vaccine.

Making The Vaccine: What Does It Take and When Will We Get It?

A decline in emergent hospitalizations was found at BIDMC during the early phase of COVID-19

In a study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine...

More than 75 doctors from several major hospitals across Massachusetts, including BIDMC, are urging Governor Baker to dedicate funding and resources to expand surveillance testing of COVID-19 as school districts prepare to reopen this fall.

Doctors to Governor Baker: Expanded COVID-19 surveillance testing ‘essential’ to reopening schools safely

Christopher Digesu, MD (Surgery, BIDMC) and Carrie Tibbles (Graduate Medical Education, BIDMC) discuss how medical residents were impacted by COVID-19, during training and through graduating in this unprecedented time.

Boston medical residents graduate during unprecedented time

Jerome Groopman, MD (Experimental Medicine, BIDMC) writes about the timing of research regarding COVID-19 and the importance of its quality.

The Long Game of Coronavirus Research

Study finds significant decline in emergent medical, surgical and obstetric hospitalizations during early phase of COVID-19 public health emergency at BIDMC

Decline in emergent medical, surgical and obstetric hospitalizations reported at BIDMC

First review of COVID-19 effects beyond the lungs

First review of COVID-19 effects beyond the lungs

Can You Get Covid-19 Again? It’s Very Unlikely, Experts Say

Can You Get Covid-19 Again? It’s Very Unlikely, Experts Say

Alexa B. Kimball, MD, MPH (President & CEO, Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians at BIDMC) discusses how the physician’s group has responded to COVID-19 and how they continue to prepare for the future.

Leading a physicians group through COVID-19 challenges: 6 questions with Harvard's Dr. Alexa Kimball

C. Michael Gibson, MD (Cardiology, BIDMC) discusses mutations of COVID-19 and how they may potentially change its impact.

Scientists: Coronavirus mutations could mean fewer deaths

Dan Barouch, MD, PhD (Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, BIDMC) discusses the development of a COVID-19 vaccine.

Timeline and duration of vaccine efficacy still uncertain: Virus expert

BIDMC appointed a research group within the Center for Healthcare Delivery Science to apply epidemiology, machine learning and causal inference to forecast where COVID-19 could surge next.

The predictive analytics tools hospitals are using to forecast COVID-19 case surges