
The Fight against COVID-19 Threatens to Cause Collateral Health Damage
The pandemic is no excuse to abandon chronic disease management and prevention
Rachel Issaka, M.D., M.A.S., is an assistant professor of medicine in gastroenterology at the University of Washington and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. She is also a health services researcher whose work is focused on decreasing mortality from colorectal cancer, especially among medically underserved populations. Her work is supported by the National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute.
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