This past March, the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) published six ethical recommendations to guide the allocation of scarce medical resources during COVID-19. In their second recommendation, they stated that “critical COVID-19 interventions — t…
I can’t breathe. These words cut to the core of all humans, and shock anesthesiologists. We are trained to continuously listen to and think about breathing. We coach our patients: Take a deep breath! Yes! And another one! We watch our patients’ chests …
Two of the largest hospital operators in the Midwest — Advocate Aurora Health and Beaumont Health — are “exploring a potential partnership,” the companies disclosed.
U.S. President Donald Trump said, “They’ve come up with the AIDS vaccine.” There’s one major problem with that statement.
Before I walked hospital hallways as a medical student, I walked high school hallways as a science teacher in Houston’s 5th Ward. Each year, the most difficult time for me was graduation. The pride of watching my students, most African American, achie…
Five articles of impeachment were introduced against Gov. Tom Wolf on Tuesday.
Dr. Stephen Thomas, who helped develop vaccine candidates for diseases such as Ebola, Zika and MERS, discusses the challenges involved in accelerating development during a pandemic.
As the reopening process begins globally, the possibility of a “second wave” of infections is being questioned.
Until recently, I didn’t really understand the meaning behind the Black Lives Matter movement. I was one of those people who felt, “of course black lives matter, all lives matter.” I mean, that’s exactly why I became a doctor in the first place. To …
Dr. Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh, Vice-President of Sierra Leone and Dr. Vanessa Kerry, cofounder and CEO of Seed Global Health, discuss the potential for African countries to use their response to the Covid-19 pandemic to transform their healthcare systems.
