The WHO says the initiative “stands to make a difference” and CEOs from BHP, Clifford Chance, Deloitte, HSBC, Salesforce and Unilever have all pledged to improve workplace mental health.
Category: Policy
How President Biden’s quest for a public option mirrors LBJ’s passage of Medicare and Medicaid
The health care circumstances of President Biden’s ascent to the Oval Office are unprecedented. He is inheriting responsibility for the American response to a pandemic that has taken more than 400,000 American lives and will take office just months aft…
Australia Blocks Travel As New Zealand Confirms Its First New Covid-19 Case In Months
Authorities believe the 56-year-old woman was infected with the virus while staying at a quarantine facility.
‘Fat But Healthy?’ New Research Suggests Fitness Doesn’t Cancel Obesity’s Negative Health Effect
While being active is beneficial to heart health it cannot overcome the negative effects of excess body weight, researchers found in a new study.
Microsteps Toward Thriving With Arianna Huffington
Here’s how adopting a series of small, easy-to-do steps to improve your life can break the discouraging pattern of New Year’s resolutions made and broken.
How To Fix The Covid-19 Vaccine Rollout
Here’s how Biden should deal with the scandalous ways in which Washington and state governments are worsening the Covid-19 crisis.
Fauci Praises World Health Organization’s Pandemic Leadership, Says U.S. Will Rejoin
The decision is a departure from the Trump Administration’s efforts to leave the organization for being too “China-centric.”
State sanctioned executions in the age of COVID-19
When the federal government executed Corey Johnson at the United States Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana, on the 14th of January, 2021, he was COVID-19 positive. He was executed while suffering from a highly contagious respiratory illness that is k…
Let The Failures Of Government Vaccine Distribution Be A Warning
The government’s botched rollout of the coronavirus vaccine stands out as Exhibit A in the argument against more government control over our health care.
A real-life example of irrational health care spending
This week at work, I had a patient in the hospital who had been through a pretty challenging illness, and he was going to have to be discharged to a skilled nursing facility (SNF) to rehab for a few weeks. Sadly, SNFs in my area do not currently allow …
