CDC data suggest that the BA.2 may currently account for nearly a quarter of all new Covid-19 cases in the U.S., up from about a tenth the week prior.
Category: pharma
The Story Behind Pfizer’s Covid-19 Vaccine – CEO Bourla’s ‘Moonshot’
For those who followed every step of the race to find a vaccine to end the Covid-19 pandemic, you might think that there wasn’t much more to learn. However, there is much to be gained by reading Albert Bourla’s account of Pfizer’s efforts to do what se…
Telehealth Accounts For One In Three Mental Health Visits Two Years Into Pandemic
Telehealth accounts for more than one-third of outpatient mental health or substance abuse services two years after COVID-19 began to surge across the U.S., a new analysis from the Kaiser Family Foundation and Epic Research shows.
What’s Really Driving Drug Costs?
Despite the wonders accomplished by the biopharmaceutical industry in providing us vaccines and therapeutants to get us out of the coronavirus pandemic, this industry – perhaps the most important in the U.S. – continues to be under attack for the cost …
Breaking The Rules Of Healthcare: Following The Science
Doctors who adhere to scientifically derived guidelines make better decisions than those who follow their guts. But this doesn’t mean that every patient should receive the exact same medical care every time.
Heidi Montag Is Eating Raw Organ Meat For Fertility, Here Are The Dangers
The star of the MTV’s reality show The Hills has been seen eating raw bison heart, raw liver, and raw bull’s testicles.
New Covid-19 Coronavirus Wave In Europe May Have Already Begun, Data Suggests
With the BA.2 Omicron “Stealth variant” spreading and Covid-19 precautions being lifted, conditions may be ripe for yet another Covid-19 upswing in the U.S. as well.
New ‘Deltacron’ Covid-19 Coronavirus Variant Is A Recombinant Of Delta And Omicron
The Institut Pasteur in France has now shared “solid evidence for a Delta-Omicron recombinant virus.”
From Hubris To Humility, How To Avoid Future Covid-19 Mistakes And Get To The “Next Normal”
In the face of grave challenges like Covid-19, humility works better than hubris. As information savvy and technologically advanced as we humans are, we can’t know everything. And the rejoinder to this dilemma is we must improve our current healthcare …
Health Insurer Anthem To Rebrand Company As ‘Elevance Health’
The large health insurer Anthem intends to become Elevance Health, Inc. in a major rebranding designed to focus the company on “whole health” of customers and patients.
