The head of the Biotechnology Innovation Organization, or BIO, shares fascinating insights on battling Covid-19, exciting advances being made on other diseases and much else.
Category: Policy
Taiwan’s Success Battling Covid-19 Has It Ready To Plan A Reopening Of Its Borders
Taiwan is working on a way to reopen borders for limited international travel through a system that would require confirmation that travelers had received a vaccine, tested negative for Covid-19 prior to their journey among other conditions.
It is not enough to say we are anti-racist. We must address glaring disparities in treatment.
Sometimes structural racism surfaces in a way that even those of us who would like to be “color-blind” cannot help but see. In the spring of 2020, the video-recorded death of George Floyd (who was Black) at the hands of a law enforcement officer (who w…
CDC Projects Nearly 25% Increase In U.S. Covid-19 Deaths In Next Three Weeks
Up to 92,000 Americans could die from Covid-19 by Feb 6, the CDC predicts.
The Pharma Industry Expects Covid-19 To Be Around For The Long Haul
Pfizer, Moderna and other companies are banking on regular Covid-19 vaccinations as an important business line for years to come.
This looks a lot different from the trenches: from consulting to the COVID ward
As a young and optimistic business school graduate, I recall when the consulting firm I worked for was retained to evaluate “USA Hospital and Medical Clinics” (pseudonym). “USA” had grown quickly and was struggling to manage the recent expansion. We in…
Google Launches $3 Million Fund To Tackle Covid-19 Vaccine Misinformation
Google says it wants to help particular groups of people that are being targeted with false and misleading information about Covid-19 vaccines.
Pfizer, BioNTech Boost Vaccine Production Goal To 2 Billion Doses In 2021
The companies also expect to apply their mRNA vaccine technology to other diseases, such as flu.
Democracy and the health of a nation
I am a Philadelphian. I was born in a hospital within a few blocks of Independence Hall, where the Constitution was written, and of Thomas Jefferson’s lodging, where the Declaration of Independence was drafted. Whether it was elementary school trips to…
Why states need to develop rural health outreach programs
Disparities in rural health care have been well established with respect to socioeconomic status, race, and geography. COVID-19 brought these disparities to the surface within most rural communities in the United States, highlighting the limited access…
