Dr. Mark Kortepeter, a physician and biodefense expert who formerly worked at the U.S. Army “hot zone” research lab, explains the math behind how Covid-19 death tolls are overtaking deadlier viruses.
Category: Policy
Our patients matter, but at what cost to our families?
oIs it possible to have it all? Can you have a job that you love, helping people and using your brain and hands all at the same time; plus, a family, with a spouse and children, that you are always there for? Is it possible to have a balance between …
Mourning The Many Foibles Of Medicare And Medicaid At 55
Today, Medicare and Medicaid mark their 55th birthdays, a day that should remind us of the damage that ill-conceived healthcare reforms can inflict. Little did President Lyndon Johnson know when he signed the programs into law that he’d be setting the …
Cutting Drug Prices? What You Need To Know
The move to slap price controls on prescription drugs will be a disaster, wrecking our cutting-edge pharmaceutical companies and foisting a sicker future on us.
India’s Covid-19 Fallout Collides With A Shaky Economy
The second-most populous nation has its work cut out to deal with a surge in domestic infections and global turmoil.
How Infectious Diseases Like Covid-19 Get Their Names—And Why It’s Important To Use Them Correctly
Infectious disease expert Dr. Dave Wessner explains how infectious diseases get their names, and why using those names properly is an important aspect of fighting them.
Is now the time for single payer?
With the news that nearly $6 million Americans have lost their employer-sponsored health due to COVID, it is finally time to ask ourselves: is the “American Model” of health care working? The “American Model” is a system of fragmentation: one in which …
Facebook Takes Down Viral Video Making False Claim That ‘Hydroxychloroquine Cures Covid’
Facebook, YouTube and Twitter have deleted a viral video titled “America’s Frontline Doctors” that attracted millions of views with dubious claims about hydroxychloroquine.
Birx Visits Tennessee, Pushes For Mandatory Masks
91% of the state’s counties are above the threshold for acceptable virus transmission level.
Spain’s Coronavirus Cases Rise To Worrying Levels After Weeks Of Staying Low
Other European nations, such as Germany and France, are also seeing their numbers rise after lifting some of their toughest restrictions.
