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Our Biopharma Industry Is A Critical National Security Asset, And Disarming It Before The Next Pandemic Is Folly
The most recent Covid-19 variant Omicron is a stark reminder that the threat posed by the next global virus presents a clear national security risk to the American people that should sharpen our collective focus on the strategic import of investing in …
White House Communications Microtargeting Aims To Further Reduce Vaccine Hesitant Population
The Biden White House has embraced microtargeting as a cutting-edge communication tactic in its ongoing effort to decrease the number of Americans who have yet to get vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus.
Can Big Box Retailers Convince Hesitant Americans To Get The Covid-19 Vaccine?
Data suggests that many Americans remain reluctant to sign up for the shot (or two) that promises a return to life as we used to know it. We need to broaden the influencers to appeal to group affiliations and consider unorthodox incentives based upon …
Covid-19 Vaccine Confidence Is Trending Upwards On Social Media
Social media analytics suggest that there is a higher degree of confidence in Covid-19 vaccines than has been determined using traditional polling methods, and that a substantial majority of Americans are inclined to take the vaccine when it becomes av…
Reopening Society, Chinese Style
Large portions of mainland China have been reopening beginning in April and continuing this month for work, shopping and school. There are marked contrasts with the way in which China monitors its citizens and the way in which America has begun to reopen.
Africa Will Need Thousands Of Inexpensive Ventilators To Treat COVID-19 Patients And We Can Help Them
Africa has not yet had a major outbreak of Covid-19, but it is probably on the way.
First Do No Harm: We Need More Ventilators . . . And We Especially Need Mechanized Manual Ventilators
We don’t have enough ventilators in this country to help Covid-19 victims breathe, especially in coronavirus hot spots. We need to ramp up production, consider innovative ways of converting CPAP machines, and develop a mechanized manual ventilator that…
Is The COVID-19 Public Health Crisis The Telemedicine Moment?
Americans have been slow to embrace telemedicine, but the imperative of social distancing may spur widespread adoption.
FDA Leverages Private Sector Technology-Based Tools In Its Embrace Of Real World Evidence
The FDA is expanding its private sector collaborations to advance its understanding of real world data and evidence. Does this mean that it will begin to approve new drugs and expand labeling on the basis of physician and patient experience, rather tha…
The Alluring Mirage Of Digital Health
We should employ and leverage information technology tools. But digital health is not a panacea, and we should not place much faith on government edicts, data analytics and logarithms as a substitute for the hard work and hard choices necessary to impr…
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