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Non-White Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19 More Likely to Show Severe Disease in Chest X-Rays

By mghresearch | COVID-19, Population Health & Outcomes | 0 comment | 5 August, 2020 | 0

Severity in chest x-rays increase the likelihood of admission to the intensive care unit, intubation and death.

How Serology Testing Will Improve our Understanding of COVID-19

By Gloria Rosado | COVID-19, Infectious Disease, Population Health & Outcomes | 1 comment | 26 May, 2020 | 0

At a recent virtual town hall, David Louis, MD, chief of Pathology at Mass General, spoke about two types of serology tests for SARS-CoV-2, what they show and why they are valuable.

A Nurse’s Perspective: COVID-19 and Homeless Populations

By Gloria Rosado | COVID-19, Infectious Disease, Nursing Research, Population Health & Outcomes | 0 comment | 6 May, 2020 | 0

Kirsten Dickins, PhD, AM, MSN, FNP-C, a nursing research fellow at Mass General’s Munn Center for Nursing Research shares her perspective on the impact of COVID-19 on homeless individuals.

The Difference Between N95s, Surgical Masks and Cloth Masks

By Gloria Rosado | COVID-19, Infectious Disease, Medicine, Population Health & Outcomes | 10 comments | 29 April, 2020 | 0

What is an N95 mask and how is it different from a surgical mask? Is a cloth mask safe?

A Team Effort to Tackle the Daunting Challenges of COVID-19

By mghresearch | Clinical Care Research, Communicating Science, COVID-19, Infectious Disease, Medicine, Population Health & Outcomes | 0 comment | 20 March, 2020 | 0

Members of the newly formed Greater Boston Consortium for Pathogen Readiness are collaborating in unprecedented ways to fight the pandemic.

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Reducing the Devastating and Disproportionate Impact of Untreated Health Issues Among the Homeless

By mghresearch | Infectious Disease, Medicine, Nursing Research, Population Health & Outcomes | 0 comment | 2 March, 2020 | 0

A Mass General nurse researcher is working to better connect homeless individuals to crucial primary care services.

Illuminating Hidden Trauma: The Prevalence of Traumatic Brain Injury in Cases of Intimate Partner Violence

By Gloria Rosado | Imaging & Radiology, Population Health & Outcomes | 0 comment | 16 July, 2019 | 0

Eve Valera, PhD, uses neuroimaging to illuminate the hidden trauma of TBI while studying the impact of TBI on female IPV survivors.

Five Things To Know: How Where You Live Can Affect Your Heart Health

By mghresearch | Cardiology, Five Things to Know, Medicine, Population Health & Outcomes, Series | 0 comment | 2 July, 2019 | 0

Does living in a low-income or high-crime neighborhood have a measurable effect on your heart health?

Why Climate Change Could Be Our Greatest Public Health Threat and Our Greatest Opportunity

By mghresearch | Global Health, Population Health & Outcomes | 0 comment | 13 June, 2019 | 0

By shifting the discussion from polar bears to pollen, Mass General researcher Renee Salas is working to raise awareness of the local impacts of climate change.

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Could This Short Question Help Women at Risk for Intimate Partner Violence?

By mghresearch | Population Health & Outcomes | 0 comment | 14 May, 2019 | 0

Mass General researchers were able to identify women at risk for intimate partner violence by adding a screening question to mammography intake forms.

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