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 …
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.
Politicians are reportedly considering border closures, travel limitations and mandatory testing for those travelling internationally.
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…
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…
Nearly 25% of all confirmed Covid-19 cases have been in the United States, more than any other nation in the world.
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…
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…
The deal doubles the nation’s Pfizer vaccine doses.
During this Covid-frightening year, other things have been unfolding on the healthcare front that could make our lives better in the future.
