In the words of Sarah Kliff, fax machines are “the cockroach of American medicine: hated by doctors and medical professionals but able to survive — even thrive — in a hostile environment.”
Category: healthcare
CDC Director Walensky Tweets ‘We Can’t Stop The Spread Of Covid-19,’ Here’s The Pushback
Folks on the Twittersphere wondered why interventions like face mask use and air purification weren’t being implemented more instead.
7 Covid-19 Realities To Consider In 2023
In May 2020, Dr. Rick Bright, former director of BARDA, warned Congress that, without ramped up coronavirus pandemic preparedness, we would face the darkest winter in modern history. His warnings were spot on, however there has been precious little fol…
The Top 10 Shortages Of 2022 Based On Google Searches
There’s certainly been no shortage of shortages in 2022 in fact, there’s been so many shortages that Google’s Year in Search 2022 web page included a “Shortages” category.
Poor Pollination Led To More Than 400,000 Excess Deaths Due To Lower Crop Yields
In a recent study published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, researchers found that sparse pollination lead to an estimated 427,000 deaths every year.
Cellular Therapy Shows Promise In Children With Relapsed Leukemia
The CAR T cell therapy targeted two different proteins on leukemia cells and 99% of children responded to the treatment.
Healthcare Workers Are Stressed About Money, New Survey Shows
Facing long hours and staffing shortages, healthcare workers are burned out. But a new survey shows that they’re also worried about their own finances.
FDA: Sesame To Become 9th Major Food Allergen On January 1, 2023
This sesame sea change was seeded when the Food Allergy Safety, Treatment, Education, and Research (FASTER) Act was signed into law on April 23, 2021.
Cravings For Drugs And Tasty Food Have Similar Brain Processes
In a recent study published in the journal Nature Neuroscience, researchers successfully used machine learning and identified a neuromaker or indicator that predicted how intense a food or drug craving was among people who are addicted to nicotine, coc…
U.K. Set To Miss 2030 Target To Become “smokefree”
The U.K. government is at least a decade behind target to have under 5% of U.K. adults smoking by 2030.
