“Take it or leave it” is not negotiation but coercion. Physicians have been subject to this tactic for much too long. As an ophthalmologist in clinical practice for nearly four decades, I experienced too often what a recent author on KevinMD described …
Vaccine holdouts in Austria will soon face a $4,000 fine, while unvaccinated people in Germany, Slovakia and Czechia are barred from public services, events and restaurants.
An existential crisis On August 9, the 2021 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report made public what many had feared. Global temperature warming to 1.5 C is all but inevitable by 2040 — even by the most optimistic scena…
The FDA’s perpetual tardiness is a product of its culture. Agency officials don’t get in trouble if a drug or medical device that could save lives never makes it to market. But if an approved product injures or kills someone, then the agency could take…
Research shows inadequate health insurance accounts for nearly 67 percent of all bankruptcies. This statistic is staggering, and illustrates a difficult reality for the many American families navigating today’s insurance market. Not only can medi…
Austria joined a handful of other countries Friday when it announced plans to require all adults to get vaccinated against Covid-19.
The country has already placed millions of unvaccinated people into lockdown as it struggles to contain record levels of Covid-19.
Around 70% of healthcare workers in U.S. hospitals were fully vaccinated against Covid-19 as of September 15, according to the CDC study, with higher rates found among workers in children’s hospitals and urban areas.
The new nominee to head the FDA begs the question: What is the White House inhaling when it comes to tobacco policy?
The death of son Beau Biden from cancer spurred an effort by then U.S. Vice President Joe Biden to organize a “National Cancer Moonshot Initiative” to support research to “end cancer as we know it.”
