‘We’ve made this point on multiple occasions and that is we’re moving back into a modification mode of our original stay-at-home order,’ Newsom said at a press briefing, adding, ‘This continues to be a deadly disease.’
Category: Policy
Abortion Pill Available By Mail During Pandemic, Court Rules
Women seeking abortions can now do so without physically seeing a doctor.
White House Plans To Release Its Own Guidelines For Schools Reopening, As Trump Retweets Claim That CDC Is ‘Lying’
“I think it’s all about the election and keeping the economy from coming back, which is about the election. I’m sick of it,” the tweet read.
The uncertainty of an international medical graduate during the COVID-19 pandemic
A quarter of the physician workforce in the United States consists of international medical graduates (IMGs). This year 4,222 non-U.S. citizens matched in first-year residency positions. I am an IMG from Guatemala, where I completed medical school. In …
Health care should be apolitical, but it isn’t
Diseases do not have political or religious beliefs. They are equal opportunity haters. Yes, some diseases will have an affinity for a particular gender, race, age group, but never will they affect your body based on your political ideologies. However,…
Immigrant physicians: Acknowledge our privilege and move to action
Born in the United States of America to Nigerian parents, I was raised in Nigeria and returned to the U.S. after medical school for residency training. I have practiced medicine in Chicago, IL for 25 years, and like many others, have had to deal with m…
3 reasons why doctors don’t unionize
In a market economy, business leaders take every opportunity to shrink the cost line of labor on the balance sheet to boost profits and shareholder/investor value. It’s the metric on which they are evaluated, and left unopposed; they will do it m…
The FTC Has Sent Cease-And-Desist Letters To Over 150 Companies Who Claim To Have Covid-19 Cures
One company claimed its blessed oils could cure Covid-19.
Pritzker Says The Trump Administration Forced States To Compete For PPE In A ‘Sick Hunger Games’
“The federal government wasn’t leading. We were,” Pritzker said.
I always hope that a sense of humanity will supersede the status quo
I look out at the world through bright blue eyes. Blonde hair. A skinny but shapely 19-year-old’s body. I know six languages. I am educated. I can prescribe medicine that saves lives. I am in love. I am a person. I look down at the tattoo on my arm. A …
