Study finds high COVID-19 risk among healthcare workers, especially those from minority backgrounds
Photo Cred: Osman Rana/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury, Katherine Shagoury At the peak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the United States and United Kingdom, frontline healthcare workers–particularly those from...
Read MoreStudy of COVID-19 vaccine supports advance to phase 3 human trials
Photo Cred: Edward Jenner/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Two doses of an experimental vaccine to prevent the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) induced robust immune responses and rapidly controlled the coronavirus in the...
Read MoreIntegrative solutions for worsening opioid crisis, rising impact of healthcare disparities
Photo Cred: Samad Ismayilov/Pexels By David Fogel, MD The integrative healthcare community knows our nation is suffering from a serious infectious disease. Like a human body with pre-existing chronic illness,...
Read MoreTrump administration orders hospitals to bypass CDC with COVID-19 data reports
Photo Cred: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention By Katherine Shagoury The Trump administration ordered hospitals on Tuesday to bypass the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...
Read MoreResearchers outline COVID-19 communication strategies for health professionals
Photo Cred: Tracy Le Blanc/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has introduced unique challenges for public health practitioners and health communicators that warrant an expansion of existing...
Read MoreResearch shows telehealth beneficial for rural hospitals treating COVID-19
Photo Cred: Edward Jenner/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Rural hospitals are more likely than urban facilities to have access to telehealth, a once-underused service that now is playing a key role...
Read MoreHarvard resource aims to clarify COVID-19 risk levels in real time
Photo Cred: Harvard University By Katherine Shagoury A panel of experts convened by the Harvard Global Health Institute and Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics launched last week Key Metrics...
Read MoreSurvey illustrates impact of limited and unpredictable supplies
Photo Cred: Polina Tankilevitch/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Healthcare epidemiologists report using unprecedented methods in response to the unique circumstances resulting from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, according to the results...
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