2021

The twin crises of climate change and pandemics require a global investment in health care workersHealth care workers: catalysts for improvement, not costs to the system – Boston Globe

How COVID-19 exposed crevices in Uganda’s health workforceHeaded to watch or run in the 2021 Boston Marathon? Here’s what doctors say you should know about your risk of COVID-19 – BMJ Global Health

Health care workers: catalysts for improvement, not costs to the system – Stat

Headed to watch or run in the 2021 Boston Marathon? Here’s what doctors say you should know about your risk of COVID-19 – Boston.com

As We Get Even Closer To Covid-19 Vaccines For Young Kids, We Cannot Forget The Rest Of The World – Forbes

Mass. doctor on new pill that could help treat COVID-19 patients – WCVB

Medical interventions can help to prevent, cure, and treat disease, but there are limits: the end of life – PAHO

Ethics And Economics Go Against Booster Shots, Harvard Medical School Expert Says – GBH

We’re a world away from universal healthcare — for now – The Hill

Three Weeks After Deadly Earthquake, Haiti Struggles To Recover – GBH

Churches have been ‘ground zero’ for COVID-19 outbreaks. Why do they get an exemption from Boston’s new mask mandate? – Boston.com

COVID-19 Has Ravaged The Global Healthcare Workforce. We Need To Invest In Their Future – Forbes

Mass General’s COVID-19 testing pods saved money, boosted test capacity, study finds – Becker’s Hospital Review

Pfizer and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines do not appear to pose serious risk during pregnancy, research shows – Fintech Zoom

Vaccine inequity: Inside the cutthroat race to secure doses – Associated Press

Questions and answers on the COVID-19 vaccine – Boston Globe

Public Health Experts Push for Global Approach to Vaccinations – GBH

India’s COVID-19 Crisis: Variants, Vaccines and Surges – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health / Reuters

Greater Boston Full Show: 04/26/21 (features Dr. Louise Ivers) – GBH

India’s COVID-19 surge is a flashback, and a warning, to many in Massachusetts – Boston Globe

Dr. Vanessa Kerry On The Need To Ensure Global Vaccine Equity – GBH

Can Current COVID Vaccines Get Us to Herd Immunity? Harvard Doctor Says Yes – NBC Boston

The People’s Vaccine With Gina Cummings and Dr. Vanessa Kerry – Alyssa Milano: Sorry Not Sorry

Boston doctors send letter to Biden administration urging action on global COVID-19 vaccine inequities – Boston.com 

What is driving the decline in life expectancy in the U.S., and what can be done about it? – Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies 

Mass General Confronts Vaccine Racial Inequity Rooted in History – Bloomberg 

Here’s what’s frustrating a Boston infectious disease doctor about the COVID-19 vaccine rollout in Mass. – Boston.com 

2020

Mass General Nurses Treat Coronavirus Patients In Navajo Nation – WGBH/All Things Considered 

The collateral damage of the coronavirus – Boston Globe

MGH, Current Health Team Up to Reduce C-Section Deaths in Uganda – HIT Consultant

Ugandan medics deploy AI to stop women dying after childbirth – Thomson Reuters Foundation

MGH Doctor Back In Haiti On 10 Year Anniversary Of Earthquake – WGBH

Remembering the Haiti earthquake: 10 years later – Hotline

2019

MGH staff deployed to aid hurricane relief efforts – Hotline

Former FSU star Myron Rolle, now a doctor, part of global disaster response team in Bahamas – USA Today/Tallahassee Democrat

Myron Rolle Plans To Assist Hurricane Dorian Relief Effort – Bahamas Tribune

Make kindness a priority in politics – CNN

Americares Field Report: Caring for Typhoon Survivors in the Pacific

2018

Disease and Famine as Weapons of War in Yemen – NEJM

What’s The Responsibility Of Doctors When It Comes To Yemen? – NPR

Companion “ship” – Hotline

Hacking Public Health – Public Health Post

Opioid Challenge Applies Creative Thinking to a Crisis Situation

How the Architecture of Hospitals Affects Health Outcomes – Harvard Business Review

Project to reduce ratio of maternal mortality in India – Times of India

Experts Weigh In On The Damage Family Separation Inflicts On Kids – WGBH

Mortality in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria – The New England Journal of Medicine

The Evolution of Global Health Experience: What Physicians Should — and Shouldn’t — Expect from Projects Abroad

Palliative Care Training for Work in an Austere Environment after a Natural DisasterMGH event looks at firearms from public health angle – Boston Herald

Challenge on to curb gun violence – Innovators Magazine

Putting Humans at the Center of Health Care Innovation – Harvard Business Review

Global C-Section Rates on the Rise – Medpage Today

Innovation key to achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – Innovators Magazine

Medical Response Teams Outline Situations Faced in Puerto Rico – State House News Service

Sharing collective experiences and expertise in Ukraine – MGH News

2017

Closing the gender gap in medtech – Innovators Magazine

MGH team in Puerto Rico faces hurdles in aid effort – Boston Herald