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Traveling Back in Time — Life Lessons From the Amish

Technology and other modern-day conveniences have become so engrained in our daily lives that most people would be hard-pressed to live without them. This isn’t the case for the Amish, who are still living life much the way it was 300 years ago. Their way of living, which can prohibit ownership of computers and may… Read More: Traveling Back in Time — Life Lessons From the Amish »

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: Lessons from a pandemic »

Response To Nation’s 1st Coronavirus Case Draws On Lessons From Measles Outbreak

This story also ran on NPR. This story can be republished for free (details). When the first U.S. case of a new coronavirus spreading throughout China was confirmed last week in Washington state, public health workers were well prepared to respond, building on lessons learned during the outbreak of measles that sickened 87 people in… Read More: Response To Nation’s 1st Coronavirus Case Draws On Lessons From… »