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Dr. Bitton’s social distancing counsel from “Not a Snow Day” included in this article on Thrive Global.

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.

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.

The guide was developed by Ariadne Labs and The Conversation Project with generous support from the Cambia Health Foundation BOSTON, April 9, 2020 – Ariadne Labs and The Conversation Project announced the joint development of a conversation guide to support people in discussing their goals and priorities for treatment should they become sick with COVID-19.… Continue reading Being Prepared in the Time of COVID-19: Guide helps patients and those close to them consider what matters most in treatment 

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

By initiating conversations early — before patients become ill — clinicians can help ensure that the values and priorities of the patient are central to COVID-19 treatment decisions. Communicating with patients about serious illness is difficult under the best of circumstances. The COVID-19 pandemic presents challenges that make these conversations even more difficult, but perhaps more important than ever,… Continue reading COVID-19 Conversations: Talking to Patients at High Risk

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.

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