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Everything You Need to Know About COVID-19 Tests

By gir0 | COVID-19 | 0 comment | 13 August, 2020 | 0

Widespread testing and tracing are crucial to managing the spread of COVID-19, but there are several different kinds of tests that each have a specific use. Learn more about which test may be best for you.

Non-White Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19 More Likely to Show Severe Disease in Chest X-Rays

By mghresearch | COVID-19, Population Health & Outcomes | 0 comment | 5 August, 2020 | 0

Severity in chest x-rays increase the likelihood of admission to the intensive care unit, intubation and death.

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Mass General Clinician-Researchers Share Firsthand Experiences with COVID-19 Surge

By mghresearch | COVID-19, Infectious Disease | 0 comment | 31 July, 2020 | 0

Mass General investigators who are co-affiliated with the Broad Institute discuss patient care and the hospital’s response to COVID-19.

Five Things to Know About the Ragon Institute

By gir0 | COVID-19, HIV & AIDS, Infectious Disease | 0 comment | 28 July, 2020 | 0

The Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard is a leading institution in infectious disease and immunology research, here are five things to know.

Survey Shows A Worrisome Rise in Mental Health Issues Related to the COVID-19 Pandemic

By mghresearch | Anxiety, COVID-19, Depression, Psychiatry | 0 comment | 22 July, 2020 | 0

A nationwide study co-led by Mass General researchers found high levels of worry, frustration, boredom and anxiety.

Five Things to Know About COVID-19 and Intimate Partner Violence

By gir0 | COVID-19, Psychiatry | 0 comment | 16 July, 2020 | 0

When a person is infected with COVID-19, the first thing a physician will advise is to self-isolate and stay home. But what if home isn’t safe?

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Five Things to Know: Reducing the Traumatizing Effects of “Air Hunger” in Mechanically Ventilated Patients

By mghresearch | COVID-19, Medicine | 0 comment | 2 July, 2020 | 0

How medical treatment for air hunger can reduce the distressing feeling of needing more air than you are able to take in.

An image of the emergeny room at Massachusetts General Hospital

Mass General Emergency Room Physician Details the Toll of Racial Disparities in COVID-19 Crisis

By mghresearch | Clinical Care Research, COVID-19, Emergency Medicine, Medicine | 0 comment | 29 June, 2020 | 0

For Mass General’s Alistair Martin, MD, MPP, working as a Black emergency room doctor during the COVID-19 pandemic has felt like “walking on a tightrope during a hurricane.”

Lessons from the Backcountry in Finding a Potential COVID-19 Treatment

By gir0 | COVID-19, Emergency Medicine | 1 comment | 24 June, 2020 | 0

Brian Strickland, MD, traveled to Nepal to conduct research on high altitude pulmonary edema, but was recalled to help treat patients with similar respiratory issues due to COVID-19.

Contact Tracing Relies on Individual Trust to Advance the Public Good

By mghresearch | COVID-19, Global Health, Infectious Disease | 4 comments | 11 June, 2020 | 0

A global health expert from Mass General details the contact tracing process and how it could help limit the spread of COVID-19.

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