COVID-19

[ultimate_heading main_heading=”COVID-19 Research” main_heading_color=”#ffffff” main_heading_font_size=”desktop:50px;”][/ultimate_heading]
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[ultimate_heading main_heading=”A Few Fast Facts About Coronavirus” main_heading_font_size=”desktop:34px;” main_heading_line_height=”desktop:44px;” sub_heading_font_size=”desktop:22px;” sub_heading_line_height=”desktop:34px;” main_heading_margin=”margin-bottom:40px;”]Mass General researchers and clinicians and their colleagues from the Greater Boston area are working everyday to understand more about coronavirus and how to treat it. Here are a few things we have learned so far.[/ultimate_heading]
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The Difference Between N95s, Surgical Masks and Cloth Masks

What is an N95 mask and how is it different from a surgical mask? Is a cloth mask safe? George Alba, MD, a clinician-researcher in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, helps explain the specifics and best practices according to CDC guidelines.

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What Makes This Coronavirus So Unique? A Look at the Virology of SARS-CoV-2

At a recent Grand Rounds presentation at Massachusetts General Hospital, Galit Alter, PhD, an investigator at the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard, discussed what scientists have learned so far about the virology of SARS-CoV-2, and what makes it different from diseases we have seen before.

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What Do We Know About SARS-CoV-2 Reinfection So Far?

Based on what scientists have learned from other coronaviruses such as the common cold, reports of reinfection of SARS-CoV-2 are not surprising.

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[ultimate_heading main_heading=”Recent COVID-19 Posts” main_heading_font_size=”desktop:50px;” main_heading_margin=”margin-bottom:50px;”][/ultimate_heading]
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