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Dimensions of time: Starting medical school in the COVID-19 era

July 15, 2020 Coronavirus,  COVID-19,  Education,  Medical Education

I didn’t learn how to tell time until age nine. I had somehow missed the important lesson on how to read the hands on a

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Policywise

Feeding children during the COVID-19 pandemic

July 14, 2020 Caregivers,  Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy,  children,  COVID-19,  Dr. Alexis Wood,  Eating,  Feeding,  Food

I helped write the American Heart Association’s Scientific Statement about how caregivers can create a food environment which fosters good health in young children. And

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Virtual mentoring of future medical students during COVID-19

July 7, 2020 Coronavirus,  COVID-19,  Medical Education

The COVID-19 pandemic has isolated us and has caused incredible grief. With the suspension of clinical rotations this spring, I wanted to give medical students,

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Policywise

Equity in COVID-19: Who will have access to life-saving treatment?

June 26, 2020 Baylor College of Medicine International Pediatric AIDS Initiative,  Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy,  Coronavirus,  COVID-19,  Health Disparities,  health equity,  public health

Is treatment available? Can I afford it? These questions are universally asked by many people — from the 65-year-old Medicare recipient at the local pharmacy

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Racism: Not a pandemic, but a chronic disease

June 12, 2020 African American,  Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy,  Coronavirus,  COVID-19,  Haley Jackson Manley,  Racism

It’s more than just semantics that irks me when people talk about racism as a pandemic. A pandemic implies an outbreak. A disease that is

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Policywise

Rationing of healthcare before, during and after COVID-19

June 5, 2020 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy,  COVID-19,  Dr. Hadley Stevens Smith,  Rationing

Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, it became evident the United States would face difficult resource allocation decisions. Projected shortages of ventilators and beds in hospital

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Policywise

Hungry to help: Food insecurity and COVID-19

May 26, 2020 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy,  Coronavirus,  COVID-19,  Food Bank,  Food insecurity,  SNAP

In our hiatus from clinics, Baylor College of Medicine students have kept busy. Some have perfected hobbies, including baking, gardening, and golfing. Others have advanced

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Policywise

How the humanities can connect us during a pandemic

May 15, 2020 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy,  Coronavirus,  COVID-19,  Dr. Andrew Childress,  Humanities,  Narrative Medicine,  Pandemic

Humans are no strangers to sudden outbreaks of deadly diseases. Yellow fever, smallpox, cholera, influenza, the list goes on. In times of crisis, we naturally

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From The Labs

Tobacco smoking increases lung entry points for COVID-19 virus

May 7, 2020 ACE2,  COVID-19,  lung tissue,  Research,  Tobacco smoking

Tobacco smoking is a risk factor for serious conditions and now researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, the University of South Carolina and other institutions

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An argument for reusable PPE

May 7, 2020 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy,  Coronavirus,  COVID-19,  PPE,  Reusable,  Supplies

“Do you want to come in?” the resident physician asked me as she held out one of the many blue plastic gowns. “No thank you,

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Blood vessels (magenta) intertwined with metastatic medulloblastoma tumor cells (green) nestled within the protective layers that surround the mouse spinal cord. From the Labs: a closer look at metastatic medulloblastoma

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