There has been a lot of talk about hydroxychloroquine, the medication that Trump is fixated on recommending for COVID-19. The Atlantic published an interesting article about what we know about this Malaria drug. Learn more here. Article by James Hamblin
Mona Chalabi addresses the US and its crises of health and education. She analyzes the US with other countries to examine the qualifications of a "developed" country. Would the US response to COVID-19 have been better addressed if they have fixed urgent problems of health and education? Learn more here. Article by Mona Chalabi
In mid-March, President Trump spoke to the nation about the US's approach to Coronavirus. Dr. Saskia Popescu evaluates how the US is handling the COVID-19 crisis from a public health perspective. Learn more here. Article by Matt Field
Due to the profound dilemmas that physicians are facing during the COVID-19 crisis, they could be held legally liable for their actions. On Friday, New York Governor Cuomo signed legislation to grant immunity for health care providers when making decisions to provide care for patients during the pandemic. Learn more here. Article by Robert Klitzman
There have not been any national guidelines for allocating scarce health care resources, such as hospital intensive care beds and ventilators in the midst of a pandemic. However, there have been some states that have plans on decision-making in times of crisis. Many experts offer some recommendations. Learn more here. Article by Kevin McCoy and Dennis Wagner
Recently, New York City has become an epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic. Hospitals are running short of Personal Protective Devices (PPEs) and ventilators. Doctors will need to “choose” who shall receive this support. The webinar uses an interactive approach about the various frameworks to justify the allocation of scarce life-saving resources, including “Ventilators [...]
New York has become the epicenter of the Coronavirus in the United States. Many physicians understand they may have to ration care. As of April 1, the hospitals in NYC have not run out of ventilators, but they know when cases rise even more, physicians will struggle to treat patients equally as resources will be [...]
Netflix dropped a new documentary series called "Pandemic: How to Prevent an Outbreak" right before the COVID-19 outbreak was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by the World Health Organization. The series follows many heroes like scientists, doctors, and disaster experts. Dr. Syra Madad, a featured speaker in our upcoming webinar "Learning from [...]
Dr. Henry Silverman responded to the March 26 front-page article Hospitals debate do-not-resuscitate orders over fears for staffers’ health,” in his letter published in the Washington Post on March 30.
