9 Best Articles in 2021
The Washington Post
Young and middle-aged people, barely sick with covid-19, are dying from strokes
The Washington Post
6 min read · 612 saves · 2020-04-24 · Doctors sound alarm about patients in their 30s and 40s left debilitated or dead by strokes. Some didn’t even know they were infected by coronavirus.
The Atlantic
Hygiene Theater Is a Huge Waste of Time
The Atlantic
8 min read · 328 saves · 2020-07-27 · Companies are power scrubbing their way to a false sense of security.
MIT Technology Review
Google’s medical AI was super accurate in a lab. Real life was a different story.
MIT Technology Review
4 min read · 238 saves · 2020-04-27 · If AI is really going to make a difference to patients we need to know how it works when real humans get their hands on it, in real situations.
europeanpharmaceuticalreview.com
Novel HIV vaccine approach shows promise in “landmark” first-in-human trial
europeanpharmaceuticalreview.com
3 min read · 215 saves · Apr 3rd · A novel vaccine approach for the prevention of HIV has shown promise in Phase I trials
Harvard Business Review
What Covid-19 Has Done to Our Well-Being, in 12 Charts
Harvard Business Review
10 min read · 204 saves · Feb 10th · The pandemic has led to mental health declines, increased work demands, and feelings of loneliness. But the news isn’t all bad.
MIT Technology Review
The coronavirus pandemic is a game changer for mental health care
MIT Technology Review
3 min read · 175 saves · 2020-03-20 · Regulatory changes and anxiety heightened by isolation are leading to a boom in use of mental health apps and teletherapy—but are they good enough?
WIRED
This Algorithm Doesn't Replace Doctors—It Makes Them Better
WIRED
3 min read · 169 saves · 2020-07-17 · An artificial intelligence system has outperformed physicians when detecting skin lesions. The results are changing how one school trains dermatologists.
The New York Times
The Fullest Look Yet at the Racial Inequity of Coronavirus
The New York Times
~11 min read · 161 saves · 2020-07-05 · New federal data provides the most comprehensive view to date of how Black and Latino people have been likelier than their white peers to contract the virus and die from it.
Science Magazine
From ‘brain fog’ to heart damage, COVID-19’s lingering problems alarm scientists
Science Magazine
~19 min read · 154 saves · 2020-07-31 · Some COVID-19 survivors are still sick months later. Doctors want to learn why and what they can do
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europeanpharmaceuticalreview.com
Novel HIV vaccine approach shows promise in “landmark” first-in-human trial
europeanpharmaceuticalreview.com
3 min read · 215 saves · Apr 3rd · A novel vaccine approach for the prevention of HIV has shown promise in Phase I trials
The Atlantic
How mRNA Technology Could Change the World
The Atlantic
10 min read · 145 saves · Mar 29th · mRNA’s story likely will not end with COVID-19: Its potential stretches far beyond this pandemic.
WIRED
A Boy, His Brain, and a Decades-Long Medical Controversy
WIRED
3 min read · 108 saves · Mar 25th · No one could deny that Timothy was sick. But when doctors can’t agree on the cause of an illness, what happens to the patients trapped in limbo?
The Economist
Covid-19 vaccines have alerted the world to the power of RNA therapies
The Economist
~12 min read · 22 saves · Mar 26th · And the molecule has many more tricks up its sleeve
Forbes
The Future Of AI In Post-Covid Healthcare
Forbes
6 min read · 21 saves · Mar 23rd · Kira Radinsky, co-founder and Chairman of Diagnostic Robotics, is pioneering the use of AI in healthcare, making it more affordable and accessible.
STAT
For the first time in decades, vaccines are having a moment. Will it last?
STAT
6 min read · 18 saves · Mar 15th · Not since the rollout of polio vaccine in the mid-1950s have vaccines been seen in such a favorable light.
Harvard Business Review
3 Ways to Humanize the Virtual Health Care Experience
Harvard Business Review
5 min read · 17 saves · Mar 25th · Digital tools should help doctors and patients make strong first impressions, meaningfully connect, and instill mutual confidence.
Harvard University
Heart-healthy lifestyle linked to lower risk of future cancers
Harvard University
2 min read · 16 saves · Mar 16th · The risk of future cancers was lowest among participants in a community-based observational study who had a heart-healthy lifestyle.
TIME
These Moms Work as Doctors and Scientists. But They've Also Taken On Another Job: Fighting COVID-19 Misinformation…
TIME
~13 min read · 15 saves · Mar 24th · These doctor-scientist mothers have spent the little spare time they have providing information about a virus that few understood.
The Economist
Watching SARS-CoV-2 evolve is fascinating and frightening
The Economist
4 min read · 14 saves · Mar 26th · Variants of concern may require tweaked vaccines
