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Category: Policy
Gun and health care workplace violence: Dr. Lindley Dodson’s tragic death
As a pediatric emergency physician in Chicago, I am no stranger to the effects of gun violence in our patient population and society. But what do we do when gun violence is turned on our own community as physicians? Recently a beloved pediatrician in …
South Africa Abandons Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 Vaccine In Favor Of Unapproved Johnson & Johnson Shot
The significant policy change is based on a small study that has not undergone peer review and did not evaluate the vaccine’s protection against severe disease, a key metric of success.
Voting and vaccination are 2 sides of the same coin
In the past year, the United States has faced compounding challenges as it struggled to control the COVID-19 pandemic and grappled with significant civil unrest. The American pandemic response has been primarily determined by the guidance—or lack there…
Why health care fails to deliver better value in patient care
There is a strong push for health care to move towards greater value-based care (VBC) arrangements. The prospect of VBC holds the opportunity to re-create partnerships designed to increase health care sustainability by strategically improving processes…
South Africa Halts AstraZeneca Covid-19 Vaccine After Study Shows ‘Minimal Protection’ Against Local Variant
The study did not evaluate the shot’s effect on preventing severe illness, a key measure of success.
Policy Experts Propose A Bipartisan Path To Covid-19 Pandemic Relief, After Divided Senate Vote
Dr. Anand Parekh, chief medical advisor for the Bipartisan Policy Center, argues that bipartisan political and public health leadership are key to managing the pandemic and moving the country forward.
Undoing Short-Term Health Plans Is Bad Policy
Short-term plans are an important part of the country’s healthcare infrastructure. Limiting access to them will deny affordable coverage to hundreds of thousands of Americans, including those that desperately need it while they’re temporarily out of wo…
CDC—No Longer Constrained By Trump—Issues Order That Makes Not Wearing A Mask On Public Transportation A Federal Crime
No longer restricted by the Trump administration’s approach toward mask-wearing, the CDC has issued a far-reaching mandate.
Can the Maternal CARE Act fail moms?
In 2018, then-Senator Kamala Harris introduced the Maternal CARE (Care Access and Reducing Emergencies) Act and added the Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2020. Collectively, both pieces of legislation would create a task force to study sobering …
