When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, infectious disease specialists, immunologists, and other medical experts from the scientific community found themselves in the spotlight, asked to play an integral part in educating and explaining public health findings and...
At first glimpse, the three rooms with railed beds in Boston Medical Center’s Menino building in a small alcove off floor 7 West look like any other hospital treatment areas. But the curious observer might notice slight differences that set the space apart. A...
For global public health experts, it hasn’t been a matter of if a highly contagious pandemic would occur, but when. It is an event that Nahid Bhadelia, MD, former medical director of the Special Pathogens Unit at Boston Medical Center (BMC) and the founding director...
The novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, is a global pandemic. Medical experts and public health authorities are working nonstop to mitigate the impact the disease will have on our population, vulnerable communities, clinics, and the healthcare system as a whole. While...