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Boston Globe: To Fight Coronavirus, America Needs Leaders Who are First Followers

Safe Surgery Fellow Jason Pradarelli, MD, and Brigham & Women’s Department of Surgery chair Gerard Doherty, MD, write about leadership qualities required to address COVID-19.

Harvard Law School Bill of Health: The Ethical Argument Against Allowing Birth Partners in All New York Hospitals

Neel Shah, MD, MPP and Louise King, MD, JD examine the challenge of determining whether birth partners should be allowed in labor and delivery rooms during COVID-19 through an ethics lens.

BMJ Wellbeing: Some advice on working in PPE

Mary Brindle talks about the struggles of working in PPE and the importance of communication when you can’t see colleagues’ faces on The BMJ Podcast.

Tackling the COVID-19 Human Resource Emergency

An outline of important principles that may help organizations guide the formulation of human resource contingency plans should a surge of critically ill patients occur in your specific institution.

Bracing for the Surge

If we can expand our empathic repertoire to include those on another part of the COVID-19 journey, we may better navigate the coming days of physical distance and vulnerability, hope and horror, guilt and gratitude. By Nomi C. Levy-Carrick, MD, MPhil As we brace for what might be the most intensive weeks of the COVID-19… Continue reading Bracing for the Surge

Oprah Magazine: My Husband Refuses to Take Social Distancing as Seriously As I Do

Asaf Bitton, MD, MPH, speaks with Oprah Magazine about how to properly practice social distancing.

Harvard Business Review: Fighting Coronavirus with Big Data

Neel Shah and his wife, Julie Shah, discuss how data and computation are opportunities to combat coronavirus and may help get us back to normalcy.

Harvard Business Review: A Covid-19 Vaccine Will Need Equitable, Global Distribution

Rebecca Weintraub authored a piece in Harvard Business Review on why a COVID-19 vaccine, once available, will need equitable and global distribution.

WBUR: Doctor Who Pioneered Handwashing In Hospitals On Defeating COVID-19

Ariadne Labs founder Atul Gawande speaks with WBUR’s Robin Young to discuss COVID-19, how to flatten the curve, and above all, how to protect healthcare workers.