
Pranay Sinha
Cognoscenti contributor
Pranay Sinha is an infectious diseases fellow at Boston University School of Medicine, where he helps care for patients with complicated infections and takes part in global health research. He is also a writer and author of “In the Space Between Moments: Finding Joy and Meaning in Medicine.”
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People are asking the wrong question about masks
To mask or not to mask is not the question, write doctors Pranay Sinha and Scott Heysell. When to mask is what we should really be asking.

After A Year Of Treating COVID Patients, I Still Feel Helpless To Save The People I Love
Day after day, my family and friends in India reach out for guidance, writes Dr. Pranay Sinha. I haven’t slept properly in weeks because of distressed texts and calls at...

The U.S. Is Well Suited To Fight Coronavirus, But Only If We Fund Science
As coronavirus threatens to become a pandemic, writes Dr. Pranay Sinha, the Trump administration is dismantling America’s global health infrastructure.

My Patient Could Have Been A Mass Shooter
During a routine appointment my patient told me he planned to buy an AR-15 and attack his local police station, writes Dr. Pranay Sinha.

The Problem With Fragmented Medical Records: I Can't Treat My Patients
Patients languish in pain, waiting for treatment, while their doctors hunt down test results from other hospitals. But Boston can fix this problem, writes Dr. Pranay Sinha.
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