Category: Policy

How Safe Is Pfizer’s Covid-19 Vaccine? Here’s What You Should Know About Reports Of Allergic Reactions In Britain

Two people reported severe allergic reactions to Pfizer and BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine when it was rolled out in the U.K.

The case for decarceration

“There are only two groups of people on this earth who know when and where they will die,” Steve disclosed to me, peering carefully over the rims of his glasses. “They’re the people in hospitals and people with life in prison.” The discomfort of his wo…

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.