Written by: Blaine Caslin Edited by: Esther Melamed While the vaccine rollout is bringing a glimmer of hope for the pandemic, many people are still getting hospitalized for COVID-19 and needing to be treated in the intensive care unit (ICU). Doctors and scientists are continuing to develop new clinical guidelines and models of care to save the lives of COVID-19 patients and to reduce the prevalence of chronic health problems in survivors. A recent study published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine examined acute brain dysfunction in severely affected COVID-19 patients in the ICU in …
A New Year of COVID
Written by: Sam Bazzi Edited by: Esther Melamed At any other time, celebrating the advent of January 1st is a ritual that allows us to reflect on the past 12 months, find hope for the upcoming year, and make resolutions to improve our lives. Unfortunately, SARS-CoV-2 did not get the memo about the new year and its deadly second wave is still reverberating around the country and the world, making the annual transition feel rather arbitrary as we remain in lockdown. Nevertheless it is important to do our best to maintain our new year ritual and the feelings of renewal it would normally …