Posts Tagged ‘public health’
Colleagues Across the Nation Show Their Support for Dr. Rochelle Walensky
After news broke that Mass General’s Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH, was tapped for CDC director, friends and colleagues voiced their support on Twitter.
Read MoreHow Developing More Accessible Patient Education Tools Could Reduce Disparities in Breast Cancer Screening and Care
Randy C. Miles, MD, MPH, and Constance Lehman, MD, PhD, recently investigated the readability of patient education content on breast density and found many resources do not meet the AMA recommendation of a sixth grade reading level.
Read MoreTen Myths You May Have Heard About Wearing Masks
Certain questions and theories about face mask safety and efficacy continue to circulate, which can make it hard to tell the difference between fact and fiction. To set the record straight, we spoke with George Alba, MD, a researcher and pulmonary and critical care specialist at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Read MoreMass General ER Doctor Aims to Promote Health Through Voter Registration
Mass General emergency medicine specialist Alister Martin, MD, MPP, created VotER to help patients with voter registration in health care settings.
Read MoreNon-White Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19 More Likely to Show Severe Disease in Chest X-Rays
Severity in chest x-rays increase the likelihood of admission to the intensive care unit, intubation and death.
Read MoreContact Tracing Relies on Individual Trust to Advance the Public Good
A global health expert from Mass General details the contact tracing process and how it could help limit the spread of COVID-19.
Read MoreHow Serology Testing Will Improve our Understanding of COVID-19
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.
Read MoreRagon Institute Researchers Discuss Progress on Serology Testing and Safe Return to Work
At a recent virtual town hall led by Bruce Walker, MD, researchers discussed what they have learned so far about COVID-19 antibodies and their vision for how to return to work.
Read MoreA Nurse’s Perspective: COVID-19 and Homeless Populations
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.
Read MoreThe 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?
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