Dr. Vanessa Kerry, cofounder and CEO of Seed Global Health, discusses the need to place equity and fairness at the heart of the global health agenda.
Category: Policy
Do We Need A Covid-19 Booster Or A Third Dose? Only Time Will Tell
Infectious disease expert Dr. Mark Kortepeter explains the scientific and policy discussion that needs to take place before we understand how many Covid-19 vaccine doses will count as “fully vaccinated” in the future.
The necessity for the globalization of surgery and its barriers
For years, the surgical practice has been an essential medicine to treat many diseases, such as benign lesions or neoplasms, deliveries, cesarean sections, infections, obstructions, bleeds, and cardiovascular diseases. In many cases, the standard of ca…
Unvaccinated Need Not Apply — Job Ads Requiring Covid Jab Skyrocket
The number of LinkedIn job postings requiring vaccination have increased 20 times in the last two months, the platform told Forbes.
Trauma from my first anesthesia job
I still have a little mental trauma from my first anesthesia job. Well, actually, it’s really from the hospital. And it all occurred over a four-year period. The anesthesia group was awesome. The OR staff was like family. The patients and surgeri…
3 ways health care leadership can get nurses back at the bedside
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to push everyone, especially frontline health care workers, well beyond the brink. Nurses have been exposed to the most trying and difficult predicaments related to the coronavirus, and the stress has taken its toll. Dur…
Vaping vs. Tobacco Smoking: What The FDA Is Getting Wrong
The Food and Drug Administration is stepping up its deadly and misbegotten crusade against flavored e-cigarettes.
CDC Director Backs Pfizer Booster Shots For Seniors, Vulnerable—And High-Risk Workers
Dr. Rochelle Walensky recommended workers in high-risk settings to also be offered Pfizer Covid booster doses, despite the CDC advisers voting against this group getting the third shot.
If businesses can mandate vaccines, they should mandate affordable health care, too
Earlier this year, Houston Methodist gave its 26,000 hospital employees an ultimatum: Get vaccinated or get a new job. It was one of the nation’s first vaccine mandates. And it was a big, multilayered risk: with legal, financial and ethical consequence…
Will You Need A Booster Vaccine Against Covid-19?
Infectious disease expert Dr. Mark Kortepeter discusses what we know so far about Covid-19 vaccine booster shots and what information scientists need to make the decision.
