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.
Category: Policy
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…
Trump Administration Reaches Deal For 100 Million Additional Doses Of Pfizer’s Vaccine
The deal doubles the nation’s Pfizer vaccine doses.
Four Healthcare Trends To Look Forward To In 2021
During this Covid-frightening year, other things have been unfolding on the healthcare front that could make our lives better in the future.
Report: Trump Administration Nears Deal For Additional Pfizer Vaccine Doses
The government had the opportunity to secure 600 million doses under an agreement signed in July.
