This month, the American Medical Association (AMA) officially released an ambitious three-year plan to dismantle structural racism within their organization by addressing past harms and examining institutional roles that uphold these structures. AMA launched this work in 2019, but the events of 2020 and 2021 highlighted the pervasiveness of racial inequity in health care and emphasizing… Read More »
Johnson & Johnson’s single-shot COVID-19 vaccine will begin shipping in the U.S. on Monday morning, marking the third shot in the country’s arsenal after a greenlight from the FDA and a panel with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). McKesson, the government-selected distribution partner for the vaccination effort, announced Monday it started distribution… Read More »
AstraZeneca begins final trials of Oxford University coronavirus vaccine enrolling 50,000 people worldwide and 30,000 in the US as company signs £15million manufacturing deal Thousands volunteers already being injected with jab in UK, Brazil, South Africa Preliminary data from phase 3 trials expected ‘soon’, said lead jab researcher Developers say they hope to deliver the… Read More »
Dec. 14th’s lower court ruling that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is unconstitutional has again thrust health care back on the national agenda. It also gives journalists a chance to redeem themselves from what I have argued has been poor news coverage that helped fuel the public backlash against the law from the beginning. A lot… Read More »
Tuesday, November 27, 2018 The holidays…decorations, family, friends, cheer, and relaxation as we near the end of the year. Oh, and probably feeling a bit sluggish from high sugar/alcohol intake, stress, lack of exercise and subsequent weight gain. What if we embraced all that’s great about the holidays and just left the rest. Wouldn’t it… Read More »