Long-term care facilities, or nursing homes, are responsible for delivering safe care to their elderly residents. Typically, residents have neither the physical ability nor mental capacity to live independently. Residents rely on the nursing homes themselves to prevent undue exposure…
While it is well accepted that medical-grade masks, such as the N-95 and N-99 masks, are effective in providing a barrier to COVID-19 droplet and aerosolization dispersal, many in the general public are relying on cloth-based coverings as a strategy…
COVID-19 has resulted in an explosion in the use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to protect healthcare personnel, patients, and others. The CDC categorizes the capacity to respond to an increase in demand for PPE into three groups: conventional capacity…
As the intensity and frequency of protests surrounding the death of George Floyd grow, what effect will result with the COVID-19 pandemic? Although no numbers are currently available, some insight may be obtained by examining data from states where restrictions…
There are an estimated 34.2 million tobacco smokers in the United States. The negative effects of smoking remains well documented. Product liability cases against tobacco companies have also exposed how tobacco manufacturers knew of the harmful effects related to smoking…
Article by Dr. John Naranja, MD, JD. In a previous blog, we reviewed the atypical symptoms of COVID-19 in the elderly. Today, we will review what we know about COVID-19 in children. Children (individuals less than 18 years) make up…
As our friends and followers are probably well-informed already, COVID-19 has created a medical crisis in the state of Massachusetts, across the country, and around the world. We saw another devastating weekend with hundreds of new fatalities attributed to the…
Today, State lawmakers are scheduled to evaluate best practices for remote learning to students during the pandemic. As many of us know first-hand, our State and its citizens are facing an education crisis. With schools across the state of Massachusetts…
Symptoms of COVID-19 infection typically appear from 2 to 14 days after exposure. Fever, dry cough and shortness of breath are the well-publicized symptoms related to COVID-19 infection. A more detailed look, however, may help us understand the spectrum of…
According to the Pew Research Center, approximately 60 million Hispanic-Latino Americans reside in the United States. This accounted for 18% of the total U.S. population in 2017. There are approximately 48 million African-American-Black individuals who reside in the United…
