Area hospitals are overwhelmed with coronavirus patients.
Category: Policy
Debunking false arguments about COVID-19 racial disparities
Black Americans are dying at disproportionate rates from COVID-19. In Chicago, nearly 70% of deaths involve black individuals, who comprise only 30% of the population. At a closer look, these deaths were initially concentrated in just five neighborhood…
A Majority Of Americans Oppose The Trump Administration’s Demands To Reopen Schools
As coronavirus cases continue to surge, the administration continues to disagree with public health officials and educators about when and how schools should reopen.
Declaring racism as a public health crisis from the lens of two Latinx student doctors
“I often heard as a child that Mexicans were lazy and dirty. As a Mexican-American, I did not wear shorts for years despite the heat because I thought my knees looked dirty. Now I fully embrace my identity. However, as a medical student, I still feel t…
Working With Other Countries To Fight The Coronavirus Pandemic Protects America’s National Interests
Public health experts Eric A. Friedman, Chelsea Clinton and Lawrence O. Gostin argue the United States should abandon its ‘go it alone’ strategy and greatly increase its support for the Covid-19 response in low- and middle-income countries.
Uninsured medical students are at risk
During clinical training, medical students worry about caring for patients, learning how to do procedures, memorizing drug interactions, and documenting their work in the electronic medical record —they shouldn’t be worried about paying medical bills a…
Here’s How Behavioural Science Can Help Curb Skyrocketing Coronavirus Cases
Dr. Joshua Liao explains how public health officials can harness behavioral science to decrease the rising rate of Covid-19 transmission.
California Rolls Back Reopening, Closing Bars And Indoor Operations Of A Range Of Businesses
‘We’ve made this point on multiple occasions and that is we’re moving back into a modification mode of our original stay-at-home order,’ Newsom said at a press briefing, adding, ‘This continues to be a deadly disease.’
Abortion Pill Available By Mail During Pandemic, Court Rules
Women seeking abortions can now do so without physically seeing a doctor.
White House Plans To Release Its Own Guidelines For Schools Reopening, As Trump Retweets Claim That CDC Is ‘Lying’
“I think it’s all about the election and keeping the economy from coming back, which is about the election. I’m sick of it,” the tweet read.
