Eric Garcetti urged people to remain as vigilant now as during the early stages of the epidemic, as coronavirus cases in the city are on the rise.
Category: Policy
Here Are All The Major Retailers Requiring Customers To Wear Masks
CDC Director Robert Redfield said the U.S. could control the pandemic in months if everyone wears face coverings.
Our health system is stealing a free ride on the broken backs of the nurses
Nursing has always been my passion. The idea of spending hours at a patient’s bedside, putting in blood, sweat, and tears to save a life. Now that is living! I was made to be a nurse. I’m not afraid of hard work. I have worked 13 consecutive hours with…
CDC Delays New School Reopening Information As Tension With White House Grows
White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said at a press briefing Thursday that “science should not stay in the way” of school reopenings.
South Florida Is Running Out Of Remdesivir
Area hospitals are overwhelmed with coronavirus patients.
Debunking false arguments about COVID-19 racial disparities
Black Americans are dying at disproportionate rates from COVID-19. In Chicago, nearly 70% of deaths involve black individuals, who comprise only 30% of the population. At a closer look, these deaths were initially concentrated in just five neighborhood…
A Majority Of Americans Oppose The Trump Administration’s Demands To Reopen Schools
As coronavirus cases continue to surge, the administration continues to disagree with public health officials and educators about when and how schools should reopen.
Declaring racism as a public health crisis from the lens of two Latinx student doctors
“I often heard as a child that Mexicans were lazy and dirty. As a Mexican-American, I did not wear shorts for years despite the heat because I thought my knees looked dirty. Now I fully embrace my identity. However, as a medical student, I still feel t…
Working With Other Countries To Fight The Coronavirus Pandemic Protects America’s National Interests
Public health experts Eric A. Friedman, Chelsea Clinton and Lawrence O. Gostin argue the United States should abandon its ‘go it alone’ strategy and greatly increase its support for the Covid-19 response in low- and middle-income countries.
Uninsured medical students are at risk
During clinical training, medical students worry about caring for patients, learning how to do procedures, memorizing drug interactions, and documenting their work in the electronic medical record —they shouldn’t be worried about paying medical bills a…
