“We’re facing a disease for which there’s no treatment,” said Dr. Kevin Tracey, a neurosurgeon who heads the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research at Northwell. “Think of what that means. We’re ramping up with preparations to have the hospitals filled up with people in every bed. Some of them dying of a disease, surrounded by doctors and nurses who don’t know what to do … [Read more...] about Research Trials
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Hope During the Pandemic
From March to June of 2020 there were many days when it was difficult to have hope that things were going to get better. For many of us we listened to daily news briefings from the President, the Governor, and local elected officials. During those news briefings you hoped to hear good news and that the number of cases and deaths due to COVID-19 were decreasing. Around the … [Read more...] about Hope During the Pandemic
Michael Dowling – What Real Leadership Looks Like During a Pandemic
Irish America Publisher Niall O'Dowd reviews Irish-born CEO Michael Dowling's new book about Leading Through a Pandemic. The coronavirus, the greatest public health crisis in United States history, will spawn a thousand books, TV programs, and even movies. However, I doubt any will be as revealing and relevant as “Leading Through a Pandemic” which is written by … [Read more...] about Michael Dowling – What Real Leadership Looks Like During a Pandemic
What We Must Learn Learn From COVID-19
By Niall O'Dowd, Publisher When catastrophic change comes it leaves us disbelieving at first and very slow to accept. Such is the way with COVID-19. The warning signs were all there, bird flu and SARS, two forerunners could easily have been contagious killer viruses but we dodged two bullets. The world promptly turned its head away. But like the … [Read more...] about What We Must Learn Learn From COVID-19
The U.S. could learn from Ireland how to handle COVID-19
By Niall O'Dowd, Publisher Ireland appears to have done a remarkable job holding infection and death numbers down from the coronavirus.. As of Thursday, this week they had under 100 fatalities and 3,900 infections. The experts had suggested the Irish would have 15,000 infected by the end of March with death numbers as high as 500. What have … [Read more...] about The U.S. could learn from Ireland how to handle COVID-19