Category: Policy

Where are the nurses in the Transition COVID-19 Advisory Board?

In November, President-elect Joseph Biden announced a panel of thirteen health experts as part of his Transition COVID-19 Advisory Board. The board boasts of a distinguished cohort of public health officials, scientists, and physicians. However, in rea…

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf Has Coronavirus, Says He Does Not Have Symptoms

Wolf urged constituents to follow public health guidelines.

Here Are All The World Leaders Who Say They’ll Get Vaccinated For Covid-19 Publicly To Boost Confidence

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.

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 …