When I graduated from college my dad asked me how much time I had missed over my four years at BC. A lot. I have since gone back and looked it over. The amount of time probably came out to several months worth of missed days – not just school, but all the other great...
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Trikafta has given me freedom, it has unlocked my future and has given me health that I haven’t experienced since I was a college freshman. In the days after dosing, I was out of the house, able to work, able to travel, and able to go back to school. But you know all that. If...
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You can definitely put me into the worried and stressed categories when we’re talking about COVID-19. Things are happening crazy fast. At times it feels like the global medical infrastructure to fight this thing is buckling beneath the pressure, but then a moment later a new paper is published citing the efficacy of some repurposed...
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Yesterday I got an email from my CF center in New York City saying telehealth services are beginning to role out for patients who don’t want to come to the clinic. The clinic hadn’t yet recommended against coming in for visits, but it certainly felt that may one day be a possibility in the very...
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Last week I naively asked, “Will we fall victim to healthcare rationing?” This week it seems like that’s the question global experts are asking, too. The thing that scares me most about the coronavirus outbreak is the potential for an indefinite period of time where every day health services could be out of reach. Yes,...
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Coronavirus came to an off campus party at the Tuck School of Business. Yup – I thought rural New Hampshire would be a safe bet during this pandemic, but it turns out I was wrong. Some of the ethical questions I blogged about a few days are feeling far more real today. Long story short,...
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Novel coronavirus, the virus responsible for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is on the verge of becoming a global pandemic if it isn’t already. As we stand on the precipice of what could be one of the largest global public health sagas of our lifetimes, I think it’s worth talking about COVID-19 from the “at risk...
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