Medical professionals in high-risk environments regularly wear N95 and KN95 masks while at work, according to the CDC. Although those types of masks are available to shop online, they’re hard to come across from authorized brands and doctors also argue these high-grade masks are unnecessary if you’re not in a […]
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In Minority Communities, Doctors Are Changing Minds About Vaccination
Like many Black and rural Americans, Denese Rankin, a 55-year-old retired bookkeeper and receptionist in Castleberry, Ala., did not want the Covid-19 vaccine. Ms. Rankin worried about side effects — she had seen stories on social media about people developing Bell’s palsy, for example, after they were vaccinated. She thought […]
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‘End of Alzheimer’s’ Doctor’s Pricey Memory Loss Program Draws Questions
Andrew Brookes/Getty By Linda Marsa, Kaiser Health News When her husband was diagnosed with early-stage Alzheimer’s disease in 2015, Elizabeth Pan was devastated by the lack of options to slow his inevitable decline. But she was encouraged when she discovered the work of a UCLA neurologist, Dr. Dale Bredesen, who […]
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Black And Brown Doctors (Like Me) Are Not OK Right Now
The first time I saw the media portray doctors who were women of color was on “Grey’s Anatomy.” I’ve been watching the show since it started, but a recent episode hit differently. It made me realize how this pandemic has affected me and all my colleagues who identify as underrepresented […]
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New York Doctors Know How Bad the Pandemic Can Get
On Tuesday night, one of my co-residents did 17 emergency intubations. Upon running to respond to yet another intubation page, she was horrified to see that the patient was one of our supervising physicians. Today, one of our surgeons was intubated. Off duty in my Upper West Side apartment, I […]
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Thousands of doctors’ offices buckle under financial stress of COVID
Cormay Caine misses a full day of work and drives more than 130 miles round trip to take five of her children to their pediatrician. The Sartell, Minnesota, clinic where their doctor used to work closed in August. Caine is one of several parents who followed Dr. Heather Decker to […]
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‘We doctors usually thrive on stress, but the pandemic is leaving us on the verge of burnout’
A doctor I spoke to recently cried as she told me she had seen more deaths of patients in a month than in the rest of her career. Their lives ended with no loved ones by their side, in the new and brutal world of Covid-19. She felt devastated at […]
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During pandemic, Black families put trust in Black doctors
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Dr. Janice Bacon was exactly the person Kay McField hoped to talk to when she found herself spending most of her days in bed, feeling too depressed to get up as the coronavirus pandemic threatened those around her. As she watched those closest to her test […]
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During COVID-19, many doctors and patients are using telehealth to keep connected
Dr. Sarvam TerKonda of the Mayo Clinic Center for Connected Care consults with a patient. In 2019, Mayo Clinic’s campus in Florida was ramping up its virtual options for patients, and providers conducted about 100 appointments by video throughout the year. This spring, with people staying home as a result […]
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Are carebots ’empathetic’ enough to replace human doctors?
Research shows that doctors who offer empathic and positive messages can reduce a patient’s pain, improve their recovery after surgery, and lower the amount of morphine they need. But it doesn’t mean that telling a patient something simple, such as “this drug will make you feel better,” will have an […]