Austria, which has one of the highest rates of Covid-19 infection in the world and one of the worst vaccination rates in Western Europe, joins a handful of nations introducing restrictions for the unvaccinated.
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The climate crisis as viewed by an emergency physician
I remember the cacophony of tiny chirps outside of my childhood home made by frogs that lived in the ice grass. I remember this sound in particular because of the beauty in their voice and because in what seemed like the blink of an eye, they stopped. …
Lockdown And Restrictions Resurface In Europe As Continent Battles Another Covid Surge
In an attempt to contain soaring infections, Austria is reportedly contemplating a lockdown for only unvaccinated people, the Netherlands could bring back a partial lockdown and Czechia plans to test every schoolchild for the virus.
Direct primary care is an answer to volume-based insurance reimbursement models
An excerpt from Medical Answers Now!: How Direct Primary Care Guarantees Fast Access to Your Doctor. Health care costs are out of control and volume-based insurance reimbursement models are felt to be contributing to the problem. Medicare and most majo…
Direct primary care is an answer to volume-based insurance reimbursement models
An excerpt from Medical Answers Now!: How Direct Primary Care Guarantees Fast Access to Your Doctor. Health care costs are out of control and volume-based insurance reimbursement models are felt to be contributing to the problem. Medicare and most majo…
Is Biden’s Vaccine Mandate For Workers Unconstitutional?
A federal appeals court has temporarily blocked President Biden’s sweeping vaccine mandate. The Supreme Court will ultimately rule it unconstitutional—and rightly so.
U.S. Bureaucrats Are An Impediment To Pandemic Recovery
Throughout the pandemic, bureaucratic sclerosis has proven the American regulatory apparatus to be an impediment to fighting COVID-19—not to mention future public health threats.
Politics Aside, The Biden Administration’s Vaccine Mandates Are Lawful
Public health law experts Lawrence Gostin, Alexandra Finch and James Hodge explain why the Biden Administration’s vaccine mandates will survive legal scrutiny – and why their politicization makes for a rocky road ahead.
Tesla’s India Fans Are Eager To Buy Elon Musk’s Cars, But Politics Is Getting In The Way
The company is at a standoff with the Modi government, which wants Musk to commit to building electric vehicles locally before waiving steep tariffs.
As FDA Considers Easing Medication Abortion Restrictions, New Study Finds Patients Prefer Flexibility
With the FDA poised to provide an update on its substantive review of medication abortion restrictions, new research shows patients want easier access to these drugs.
