Public Health
Disease Outbreaks Happen All the Time, But...
COVID-19 reminds us that failure to prepare can lead to disaster
"The Coronavirus Outbreak"
Public Health
What Recovery From COVID-19 Looks Like
Outcomes vary greatly depending on age and other factors, a pulmonologist explains
Public Health
A New Web Tool Can Help You Figure Out if Those Symptoms Might Be COVID-19
It’s not meant to diagnose, but it can flag signs and risk factors that indicate the possibility of serious disease
Climate Change
The Coronavirus and Climate Action
Confronting global warming will take a completely different approach from confronting the pandemic
Public Health
Why Daily Death Tolls Are So Important in Understanding the Coronavirus Pandemic
COVID-19’s lethality provides a grim opportunity to track its spread
Public Health
FEMA Report Warned of Pandemic Vulnerability Months before COVID-19
Posted in late July, the document foresaw many current impacts, including overwhelmed hospitals and disruptions in essential services
Public Health
What Immunity to COVID-19 Really Means
The presence of antibodies to the SARS-CoV-2 virus could provide some protection, but scientists need more data
Public Health
Thousands of Coronavirus Tests Are Going Unused in U.S. Labs
The lack of a national strategy has stymied the efforts of academic labs that underwent huge efforts to retool for COVID-19 testing
Public Health
If the World Fails to Protect the Economy, COVID-19 will Damage Health Long into the Future
Economic crashes have dire consequences for public health, and we must prepare
Public Health
How to Think about COVID-19 like an M.D.
Harvard medical students created a free curriculum to give their peers and others a physician’s-eye view of the pandemic
Public Health
Why Measles Deaths Are Surging—and Coronavirus Could Make it Worse
Measles has killed thousands in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and 23 countries have suspended vaccination campaigns
Public Health
Cancer Patients Face Treatment Delays and Uncertainty as Coronavirus Overwhelms Hospitals
Health care providers are delaying “nonessential” surgeries—and that could hurt some patients
Public Health
Are Smokers or Vapers More at Risk for COVID-19? Here’s What We know
Investigating the potential danger to those who use tobacco products or e-cigarettes calls for a look at the lungs
Public Health
Not Just Ventilators: Staff Trained to Run Them Are in Short Supply
Each patient on a breathing machine requires multiple doctors and nurses to care for that person
Public Health
Coronavirus Misinformation Is Its Own Deadly Condition
Pulitzer-winning Laurie Garrett, author of The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance, talks about the dangers of politicians offering coronavirus misinformation...
Policy
What the COVID-19 Pandemic Means for Black Americans
The bias built into the health system means they will have worse outcomes on average if they get sick
Public Health
Harnessing Social Media for the COVID-19 Pandemic
Campaigns such as #See10Do10 can make a sometimes frivolous way of communicating socially useful
Public Health
New Coronavirus Drug Shows Promise in Animal Tests
Slated for human trials, EIDD-2801 could become the first pill for COVID-19
Policy
Yes, Liquor Stores Are Essential Businesses
Keeping them open can help people with alcohol use disorder avoid withdrawal symptoms, including tremors, hallucinations and seizures
Policy
The Pandemic Shows Why the U.S. Must Invest in Public Research
This moment of crisis calls for the nation to rediscover its powers of discovery
