Health officials cite an interim analysis of late-stage clinical trials but provided no data from the study.
Category: Policy
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.
Fauci Apologizes For Criticizing U.K.’s Rapid Covid-19 Vaccine Approval As First Doses Arrive In The Country
Explaining why the U.S. still hasn’t approved the vaccine when the British have, Fauci said the American process simply takes longer.
The unintended consequences of population health algorithms
The results of a 2019 research article in the journal Science uncovered significant racial bias in commonly used population health algorithms used to identify and assign care to patients with complex, active health needs. Using a large clinical data se…
Pfizer CEO Is ‘Confident’ In Covid-19 Vaccine Rollout And Looking Beyond The Pandemic
At the 2020 Forbes Healthcare Summit, Albert Bourla is already looking beyond his company’s vaccine success and into a post-pandemic world.
