Category: Policy

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.

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster Has Coronavirus

His office said he is experiencing mild symptoms.

Feds Deploying More Than 400,000 Coronavirus Antibody Treatment Courses To States

The government started distributing Eli Lilly and Regeneron Pharmaceutical’s antibody treatments in November.

How health insurance affects patients: That means the transgender community too

Coming into Columbia University as a pre-med first-year student, I expected to be studying anatomy, biology, psychology, and many other subjects. I would have never thought that I would encounter gender and sexuality studies. Interestingly, this led to…

Boris Johnson Calls Emergency Meeting Over New Covid-19 Strain As Growing Number Of Countries Ban U.K. Travel

Many countries, including Canada, Russia, Italy, India and Hong Kong, have cut off travel ties with the U.K. in an attempt to contain a new rapidly-spreading Covid-19 variant.

Why Department of Homeland Security leadership is vital for battling the COVID-19 pandemic

A successful transition from the Trump administration will be essential as America braces itself for record-breaking hospitalizations and mortality due to SARS-CoV-2. Beyond the COVID-19 Task Force of the Biden Administration, new Department of Homelan…