The president has been promoting the widespread use of hydroxychloroquine, stating that we have "nothing to lose." These comments are not backed up by science, which may disappoint the general public. Learn more here. Article by Jim Lavery
President Trump announced recently that he would be cutting funding to the World Health Organization. Dr. Art Caplan responds on Boston Public Radio. Learn more here. Article by Zoe Mathews
The syntagma CROvid-20 (or CroVID) is used in the current pandemic in Croatia. Dubrovnik was the first city in the world to introduce quarantine to control the spread of the Plague in 1377 and is the most important contribution of Croats to the medieval world health heritage. Our guests [...]
A prominent tourist city in Croatia called Dubrovnik is now barren because of the Coronavirus pandemic. The situation resembles a time when quarantine was put in place to stop the bubonic plague. Learn more here. Article by Reuters
The coronavirus poses a grave threat to health care workers that it has forced hospitals in New Jersey to rethink the lifesaving measures it takes with dying coronavirus patients. Learn more here. Article by Keith Sargeant
With extended social distancing guidelines, many Americans are feeling the effects of a lack of physical touch. Physical touch can impact people on an emotional and psychological level along with the physical level. Learn more here. Article by Megan McCluskey
COVID-19 has become a global disease, spreading to more than 200 countries around the world. Would this call for a global plan? Learn more here. Op-Ed by Simon Tisdall
New York City officials have hired jail inmates to bury the dead in its potter’s field on Hart Island, which sits off the east shore of the city. With the death toll reaching new grim records, the city added these trenches in case deaths pass the city's morgue capacity. Learn more here. Article by Lucas [...]
New York is leading the world in COVID-19 cases, which has about a third of total cases in the U.S. and has more cases than any other country in the world. However, there is some hope. Social distancing has been working and the number of inpatients in hospitals has been stabilized. Learn more here. [...]
COVID-19 cases are rising in the US, which has made the administration focus on treatment. However, the optimistic claims made by Trump may have been blown out of proportion. Learn more here. Article by Holly Fernandez Lynch, Alison Bateman-House, and Arthur L. Caplan
