What is a very common side effect of cancer treatment that we almost never discuss? Financial toxicity. It is common, it is serious, and we must no longer ignore what it does to patients, their families, their well-being, and even their prognosis.
Category: pharma & healthcare
Quantitative Markers for Covid-19 Brain Injury
Recent studies investigating the blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of Covid-19 patients may provide an objective measure for the ongoing neurological symptoms that millions of people have experienced throughout the pandemic.
Dr. Paul Farmer’s Legacy Was To Transform The Field Of Global Public Health
Farmer left behind a “generational legacy” that forever changed the way we view global public health. He helped alter the top-down approach of healthcare assistance to one of localized aid, working with local governments and medical professionals to de…
Bluebird Bio Has Serious Cash Flow Concerns; Inability To Strike Reimbursement Deals In Europe Partly To Blame
Bluebird bio’s exit from Europe last year signals rough seas ahead for gene therapy developers, who are trying to gain market access for their products. Evidently, bluebird bio couldn’t strike deals with European payers for its EMA-approved gene therap…
Coronaviruses Can Recombine With Cellular And Heterologous Viruses To Create Unexpected Variants
Here we examine the possibility of SARS-CoV-2 recombining with heterologous viruses, potentially leading to new variants.
The Artful Dodger SARS-CoV-2: Evading Immunity By Inhibition Of Interferon
A new study documents the SARS-CoV-2 variants’ evolution to become resistant to interferons and helps to explain how the virus may become more evasive to innate and adaptive immunity.
Covid-19 Fallout: Ruinous Effects Of Politicization Of Public Health Agencies, Such As The CDC
Public health has been hijacked by politics, and it has occurred throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, during both the Trump and Biden Administrations. In order to renew the public’s trust in public health, it’s vital that agencies such as the CDC be as ap…
Will Smith’s Controversial Incident At The Oscars Draws Attention To Hair Loss In Women
The actor Will Smith caused quite a controversy at last month’s Oscars ceremony, when he struck the comedian Chris Rock on stage, in response to a joke Rock made about Smith’s wife’s shaved head. Inadvertently, Smith’s slap drew attention to alopecia i…
Hide And Seek: How Group 3 Innate Lymphoid Cells Help Cloak ACE2 Receptors From SARS-CoV-2
Covid-19 affects many organs throughout the body, including those of our gastrointestinal tract. Here, we describe how group 3 innate lymphoid cells (ILC3s) help protect our gut from SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Group 3 Innate Lymphoid Cells (ILC3s) And Trained Immunity: Faster And Stronger.
Covid-19 affects many organs throughout the body, including those of our gastrointestinal tract. This is part four of a series on the immune processes that protect our gut in the face of SARS-CoV-2 and other infections.
