There are no two ways about it: The health care system in the United States and Canada is failing. Few want to talk about a dirty little secret, but the facts are clear. Health care costs are rising at an unsustainable rate, and millions of Americans a…
Americans living in non-expansion states should consider themselves lucky. Expanding Medicaid would only expand the entitlement’s inefficiencies and poor health outcomes.
Though Pfizer’s Covid-19 antiviral pill can reduce risk of hospitalization or death by 89%, it hasn’t been widely used.
On December 27, 2017, as the result of a medication error, 75-year-old Charlene Murphey died tragically at Nashville’s Vanderbilt University Medical Center. The nurse who administered the medication, RaDonda Vaught, was criminally convicted for the mis…
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, Lorna Breen, MD, a New York City emergency room doctor, committed suicide following weeks of incredible stress she endured at work. Nearly two years later, the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act was sign…
As the momentum to mitigate food insecurity continues to unfold, we need a stronger emphasis on ensuring better food sanitation and safety in economically disadvantaged and under-resourced communities. For example, the closing of 400 Dollar General St…
Federal employees who want to dispute the Biden Administration’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate should turn to a specially designated board rather than filing a lawsuit, an appeals court ruled Tuesday.
The Supreme Court decided not to grant an injunction that would have temporarily prevented the Air Force from discharging an officer who refused Covid-19 vaccination on religious grounds.
Dr. Anand Parekh, chief medical advisor for the Bipartisan Policy Center, discusses what political leaders need to do in order to guide the country through the next few months of the Covid pandemic.
A very serious byproduct of Covid-19 is the loss of trust in public health agencies. The future consequences could be deadly.
