COBTH in the News

"I think often, what we've learned from this very confusing pandemic is that different cities experience waves at slightly different times," said Dr. Rick Malley of Boston Children's Hospital. "We need to be cautious and prepared for the possibility that we might also see a significant rise in hospitalizations in children."

FDA's temporary changes to laboratory-developed test regulation early in the pandemic can provide a blueprint for ongoing regulatory oversight of the field, a study by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has found.

The study started with a hunch from Stephen Elledge, Ph.D., professor of genetics Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Howard Hughes researcher.

A team based at Novo Nordisk, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Brigham and Women’s Hospital has developed a capsule that can be taken orally and which injects a drug treatment when it reaches the stomach.

Brown became president of MGH last week, taking the helm with recent and vivid memories of treating suffering patients and toiling beside other doctors and nurses through the unrelenting pressure of the pandemic.

Dr. Patrick Aquino, chair of the psychiatry division at Lahey Hospital said Massachusetts is grappling with an "acute shortage of psychiatrists" at the same time that the COVID-19 pandemic has brought on "an ever-increasing need for mental health treatment."