Many people are hesitant to take the new vaccines, which have been developed at record-breaking speed and, in some cases, with a previously unused technology.
Category: Policy
Yet another injury to our doctors and our health care system
I recently experienced, up close and personal, yet another injury to our doctors and our health care system. I have an undiagnosed, undiagnosable, autoimmune disease. I am rarely, if ever, without any physical symptoms. I have learned about them and ho…
U.K. Regulator Warns People With ‘Significant’ Allergies To Avoid Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine
The U.K. began widespread vaccination Tuesday after becoming the first western country to authorize the vaccine.
United Arab Emirates Claims China’s Sinopharm Vaccine Is 100% Effective At Preventing Moderate And Severe Covid-19
Health officials cite an interim analysis of late-stage clinical trials but provided no data from the study.
Pfizer Board Member Gottlieb Confirms Trump Administration Rejected ‘Multiple’ Offers For More Vaccine Doses
The U.S. will have to wait until summer 2021 to acquire additional doses of the vaccine.
New York Will Shut Down By Region If Data Shows Hospital Capacity Could Reach 90%
Indoor dining will close or be reduced if the hospitalization rate has not stabilized in five days.
A Tale Of Two Healthcare Systems
COVID has come roaring back. In the United States, over 1,000 hospitals are critically short-staffed; about three-quarters of all hospital beds are full. But North of the border, in Canada, it doesn’t take a pandemic to overwhelm the healthcare system….
If you take a pill, you are at risk: a personal reflection on health information dissemination in Black communities
As a medical and public health student quarantined at home with two physician parents and a new college graduate sibling, we can speak about the COVID-19 pandemic research, guidelines, and epidemiology around the dinner with relative ease. Everyone in …
Biden Has No Plans For Nationwide Shutdown, Covid-19 Advisory Board Member Says
Schools should remain open unless there is an outbreak.
Saving Money And Saving Lives With Dr. Keith Smith
Dr. Keith Smith discusses the miracle of the Surgery Center of Oklahoma, where prices for surgeries are not only posted online but are a fraction of those charged at other hospitals—and where patient outcomes are excellent.
