Tag Archives: Pandemic

Spiti Valley Closed For 2020: Spiti Tourism Society in Himachal Pradesh Announces That It is Shut for Tourism This Year Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

With more than 5 million cases of novel coronavirus, India is battling hard to curb the further spread. Necessary steps are being taken across the country and frontline warriors in service round the clock. While the battle is on, Himachal Pradesh’s Spiti Valley has taken a stringent step to prevent its localities from contracting the… Read More »

Digital Health Gaps in the Pandemic Through the Eyes of Younger Physicians

One universal experience health systems around the globe have witnessed in the first months of the coronavirus pandemic has been the dramatic pivot to telehealth and virtual care platforms. The latest report from Philips Future Health Index series attests to that, and to clinicians’ general recognition that telehealth has been crucial in the early phase… Read More »

Pfizer lays out COVID-19 vaccine commercial strategy for pandemic and beyond

With its trials and pricing set, Pfizer has pulled back the curtain on the long-range commercial strategy for its COVID-19 vaccine. During its earnings call Tuesday, execs laid out two phases, pandemic and seasonal, with some combination of the two likely to play out over the next several years. The current pandemic phase, expected to continue… Read More »

Lessons from a pandemic

The initial surge of COVID-19 patients in Boston-area hospitals has passed, but the memories of caring for them will forever remain with physicians involved in that care. We asked seven physician-scientists from the Broad Institute, who are also Harvard Medical School instructors, to talk about what they learned from their time helping COVID-19 patients, and… Read More »