Will political leaders and public health officials use Covid-19 variants to unnecessarily control our lives, hinder commerce and harm our health?
Category: Policy
Here Are Some Remaining Holes In U.S. Pandemic Preparedness
Infectious disease expert Dr. Mark Kortepeter discusses the need for a better U.S. system to screen for travel-related illnesses and the pathogens stored in laboratory freezers, among other measures.
Fund this: Policies can fill medical funding gaps for all
Ellen DeGeneres is ending her popular TV talk show next year after 19 seasons. The need for the type of celebrity and crowdsourcing donations she is known for to assuage an individual’s health care needs to end as well. This accepted norm is gaslightin…
New York City Mayor De Blasio Issues The Nation’s Broadest Private Employer Vaccine Mandate On His Way Out Of Office
Public health law experts Lawrence Gostin, Alexandra Finch, Sarah Wetter and Eric A. Friedman discuss the shortcomings of New York City’s new vaccine mandate, which will likely face challenges in court, and what needs to happen to give the mandate its …
We have an obligation to keep firearms out of the hands of children
We are saddened by another school shooting in America. Four lives were cut short, and one young man who was obviously crying out for help clearly did not get it. There are so many pieces to this puzzle to examine. So many areas where we can improve. As…
Latest Medicaid Data Show A Deeply Broken Program
A bank that misplaced over one-fifth of its deposits would be shut down almost immediately. So would a hospital that bungled one in five operations, or a private health insurer that mishandled one-fifth of its claims. But apparently, the bar is a lot l…
Biden Administration To Expand Vaccine Education For Medicare, Medicaid As Omicron Hits U.S.
Chiquita Brooks-LaSure told the Forbes Healthcare Summit she will send a message about the importance of boosters to the 63 million people in the Medicare program.
Grow, share, eat: We have the opportunity to subvert the dominant supply chain
You might not be able to afford the usual Christmas roast this year. According to the USDA, beef prices in the U.S. are up nearly 10 percent this year over last. And it’s not just in the U.S. Distribution and other supply chain problems have led…
Market Reaction To New Covid-19 Variant: Three Things You Need To Know
Alarm bells are ringing about another variant of Covid-19. Will politicians make things worse?
Almost half of health care workers are not doctors and nurses Health policies must address their burnout too.
Vaccination rates are climbing, and COVID-19 cases are decreasing. While this is surely a relief to most of us, many health care workers are bracing themselves for a significant post-pandemic fallout. Far from getting a much-needed reprieve from an emo…
