3 Questions: How Covid-19 tests work and why they’re in short supply
MIT scientists Omar Abudayyeh and Jonathan Gootenberg explain the current state of Covid-19 testing, and how a CRISPR tool may help solve the supply problem.
MIT scientists Omar Abudayyeh and Jonathan Gootenberg explain the current state of Covid-19 testing, and how a CRISPR tool may help solve the supply problem.
Nuclear scientists and biomedical researchers team up to investigate whether treatment with gamma radiation could make N95 masks more reusable.
Physician and MIT economist provides insights into health care during the pandemic, and how electronic or “telehealth” service has become the new form of care.
Jill Crittenden and colleagues in a new consortium provides guidance for health care workers on decontamination and reuse of N95 face masks.
Study of 1918 flu pandemic shows U.S. cities that responded more aggressively in health terms also had better economic rebounds.
A team from MIT has designed disposable face shields that can be mass produced quickly to address hospitals’ needs nationwide.
Labs across campus respond to a call; MIT sends thousands of items directly to area hospitals in need.
Professor Martin Culpepper provides caution on the use of 3D printing to make masks and other PPE for individuals on the front lines of the Covid-19 crisis.
With help from artificial intelligence, researchers identify hidden power of vitamin A and ordinary chewing gum glaze.
Study shows removing liability concerns slightly increases C-section procedures during childbirth.
Dimagi’s data-collection platform has helped improve health care for hundreds of millions of people around the world.
Through on-site projects in developing countries and internships in the business world, Kendyll Hicks explores the political and economic drivers of global health.
The MIT Humanitarian Supply Chain lab led a blended supply chain management course with Addis Ababa University.
CCI and Takeda collaborate on a theoretical approach leveraging networks of people and machines in support of individuals experiencing depression.
Some basic metrics do effectively diagnose care quality, according to MIT economists.