Dr. Rodney Rohde, a virologist and clinical laboratory expert, explains how the Covid-19 pandemic can make antimicrobial resistance a bigger problem if health systems aren’t careful.
Category: healthcare
Paused AstraZeneca Trials Emphasize Need For Vaccine Transparency
AstraZeneca, and all the other companies under Food and Drug Administration purview, are developing vaccines for Covid-19. In the midst of current trials across the globe, they paused operation when a participant in the United Kingdom developed symptom…
Trump Administration Releases Wide-Ranging Plan For Free Covid-19 Vaccines
The president has repeatedly claimed that a vaccine could be ready before election day, but that isn’t likely to happen.
Michigan’s Cannabis Demand Outpaces Supply-High Life Farms Alleviates Shortage
Despite only coming online last December, Michigan’s recreational market is growing at a record pace and is on track to generate between $400 million to $475 million in sales in 2020 alone.
Trump’s ‘Herd Mentality’ Gaffe Creates Anguish On The Left, ‘Ambush’ Accusations On The Right
President Trump mixed up “herd immunity” with “herd mentality” during a Tuesday night ABC News town hall.
The Hidden Links Between Mindfulness And Happier Employees
Headspace president and COO CeCe Morken is having a moment, as her firm’s meditation app is a hit with companies. Here’s a quick check-in on the biggest mental health experiment we’ve ever seen.
Why Is There A Fixation On The African Continent’s Covid-19 Numbers?
Every week brings a new iteration of the newsbite showing how western media is so perplexed that the African continent is not doing as badly as they would have predicted, in the context of Covid-19.
How Have School Closures During Coronavirus Affected Period Poverty?
Schools are so much more than a place of learning for so many children and as they haven’t been able to access resources and advice charities warn that period poverty has got worse during Covid-19.
What Does The World Make Of America’s Response To Covid-19? [Infographic]
A new Pew Research Center survey across 13 nations has found that overwhelming majorities of the public think the U.S. responded to Covid-19 badly.
Trump Says With ‘A Herd Mentality’ Covid-19 Coronavirus Will Go Away
During an ABC News town hall in Pennsylvania with George Stephanopoulos, he continued to insist that the SARS-CoV2 will disappear, even without a vaccine.
