Dr. Joshua Liao discusses how people can approach the decision to get vaccinated and avoid some common biases that may distort perceptions of vaccine safety and efficacy.
Category: Policy
Medicine is failing rural Americans
In recent years, the divide between rural and urban areas of the United States has become more pronounced, with sharply divergent views on both social and economic policies. The results of this latest election show starkly that the divide persists, and…
The ethics of rationing care during COVID
I recently read an opinion by a physician regarding the decision as to which COVID patient would receive care and which would not when hospitals became too full to care for every patient. He suggested that no one need be denied care if some structural …
The Covid-19 Pandemic And The Case For Healthcare As A Fundamental Freedom
Dr. Vanessa Kerry, cofounder and CEO of Seed Global Health, explains why the U. S. should take a rights-based approached to healthcare as a pillar of society on the anniversary of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s famous “Four Freedoms” speech.
U.K. Citizens ‘Should Not Be Traveling’: Ministers Prepare Border Restrictions As Britain Enters Another Lockdown
Politicians are reportedly considering border closures, travel limitations and mandatory testing for those travelling internationally.
Translating social justice into meaningful change for underrepresented minorities in academic medicine
As communities of color continue to be disproportionately decimated by COVID-19 and the brutal impact of racism and other longstanding systemic inequalities, academic medicine finds itself at a critical inflection point in defining its role in addressi…
Price Transparency: A Gift To Americans In The New Year
On January 1, a new rule from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services went into effect requiring hospitals to publish the prices they negotiate with insurers for various medical procedures. This rule will inject some sorely needed transparency i…
United States Passes 20 Million Covid-19 Cases As Deaths Remain Near Record High
Nearly 25% of all confirmed Covid-19 cases have been in the United States, more than any other nation in the world.
Health care organizations: Clean up your house first, then you can tackle racism in patient care
The new American Medical Association policy recognizing racism as a public health threat and providing an anti-racist approach to equitable care will have no effectiveness unless health care organizations get their own houses in order and actively do a…
A call schedule to fix the Supreme Court
Though pushed to the back-burner by the never-ending orange election drama, the Supreme Court, with its significant conservative majority earned against the run of play, (to borrow a metaphor from sport) is one decision away from potential political ir…
