Category: Policy

Harris Cancels Travel After 2 Campaign Workers Contract Covid-19

Biden and Harris were not considered close contacts, the campaign said.

Harris Cancels Travel After 2 Campaign Workers Contract Covid-19

Biden and Harris were not considered close contacts, the campaign said.

Nobody should ever be forced to make a medical decision on the basis of congressional hearings

On October 12th, 2020, I underwent a LEEP procedure to remove the distal portion of my cervix. In the wake of COVID-19, with PPE and willing staff in short supply to complete Pap smears in clinic, a colleague and I were trialing self-swab HPV testing &…

Barron Trump Tested Positive For Covid-19 Along With President, First Lady

The first lady did not disclose the exact date Barron got sick.

Germany Will Pay $662 Million To Holocaust Survivors Struggling Because Of The Pandemic

The funds add to the $4.3 million distributed in the spring to agencies that care for survivors.

Billionaire Ray Dalio’s Foundation Funds $50 Million ‘Health Justice’ Center To Curb Health Disparities Affecting Minorities

Dalio Philanthropies is partnering with NewYork-Presbyterian to launch a new center for health justice.

Senator Shares Story Of Wife’s Abortion To Underline Stakes Of Supreme Court Nomination For Women’s Health

Peters is the first sitting senator to share a personal experience with abortion, according to Elle.

Putting A Mirror Up To Obamacare

The Supreme Court has repeatedly declared Obamacare constitutionally sound, and it’s unlikely that a new justice will change that. As health policy, though, the failures of the law continue to compound. The Supreme Court isn’t Obamacare’s biggest probl…

Health care from the trenches: Change must come from us

A patient came to see me with terrible shoulder pain, which I suspected was caused by an acute rotator cuff tear. As any good orthopedic surgeon would, I ordered an MRI. My radiology tech, however, was not permitted by Medicare to perform the study. No…

Health care from the trenches: Change must come from us

A patient came to see me with terrible shoulder pain, which I suspected was caused by an acute rotator cuff tear. As any good orthopedic surgeon would, I ordered an MRI. My radiology tech, however, was not permitted by Medicare to perform the study. No…