COBTH in the News

“Previous reports suggest that poor nutrition is a common feature among groups disproportionately affected by the pandemic, but data on the association between diet and COVID-19 risk and severity are lacking,” says lead author Jordi Merino, a research associate at MGH.

Developed and scientifically validated at Boston Children’s Hospital in partnership with faculty at the Florida Center for Reading Research, EarlyBird brings together all the relevant predictors of reading in one easy-to-administer assessment.

The study, being run is in partnership with the Community Access, Recruitment and Engagement (CARE) Research Center at Massachusetts General Hospital, is recruiting volunteers.

Dr. Rick Malley, an infectious disease physician at Boston Children's Hospital, says that, so far, we have not seen an increase in COVID cases among children in Massachusetts. He joined WBUR's Morning Edition to discuss.

Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett of Boston Medical Center is not alarmed, because she says the breakthrough increase is only a reflection of the overall increase in COVID-19 cases.

Dr. Shira Doron, the hospital epidemiology at Tufts Medical Center says cases in pregnant women are up throughout the country.