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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.

How Serology Testing Will Improve our Understanding of COVID-19

By gir0 | COVID-19, Infectious Disease, Population Health & Outcomes | 0 comment | 26 May, 2020 | 0

At a recent virtual town hall, David Louis, MD, chief of Pathology at Mass General, spoke about two types of serology tests our researchers are working on, what they show and why they are valuable.

A Nurse’s Perspective: COVID-19 and Homeless Populations

By gir0 | COVID-19, Infectious Disease, Nursing Research, Population Health & Outcomes | 0 comment | 6 May, 2020 | 0

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.

The Difference Between N95s, Surgical Masks and Cloth Masks

By gir0 | COVID-19, Infectious Disease, Medicine, Population Health & Outcomes | 7 comments | 29 April, 2020 | 0

What is an N95 mask and how is it different from a surgical mask? Is a cloth mask safe?

A Team Effort to Tackle the Daunting Challenges of COVID-19

By mghresearch | Clinical Care Research, Communicating Science, COVID-19, Infectious Disease, Medicine, Population Health & Outcomes | 0 comment | 20 March, 2020 | 0

Members of the newly formed Greater Boston Consortium for Pathogen Readiness are collaborating in unprecedented ways to fight the pandemic.

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Reducing the Devastating and Disproportionate Impact of Untreated Health Issues Among the Homeless

By mghresearch | Infectious Disease, Medicine, Nursing Research, Population Health & Outcomes | 0 comment | 2 March, 2020 | 0

A Mass General nurse researcher is working to better connect homeless individuals to crucial primary care services.

Illuminating Hidden Trauma: The Prevalence of Traumatic Brain Injury in Cases of Intimate Partner Violence

By tkamis | Imaging & Radiology, Population Health & Outcomes | 0 comment | 16 July, 2019 | 0

Eve Valera, PhD, uses neuroimaging to illuminate the hidden trauma of TBI while studying the impact of TBI on female IPV survivors.

Five Things To Know: How Where You Live Can Affect Your Heart Health

By mghresearch | Cardiology, Five Things to Know, Medicine, Population Health & Outcomes, Series | 0 comment | 2 July, 2019 | 0

Does living in a low-income or high-crime neighborhood have a measurable effect on your heart health?

Why Climate Change Could Be Our Greatest Public Health Threat and Our Greatest Opportunity

By mghresearch | Global Health, Population Health & Outcomes | 0 comment | 13 June, 2019 | 0

By shifting the discussion from polar bears to pollen, Mass General researcher Renee Salas is working to raise awareness of the local impacts of climate change.

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Could This Short Question Help Women at Risk for Intimate Partner Violence?

By mghresearch | Population Health & Outcomes | 0 comment | 14 May, 2019 | 0

Mass General researchers were able to identify women at risk for intimate partner violence by adding a screening question to mammography intake forms.

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