I recently returned from Northwest Territories, where I’d been working as a physician for six months. Now, back in Nova Scotia, I’m reflecting on what it’s been like to have worked in areas of Canada with relatively few cases of COVID-19. A large part of my work is hospital medicine. As the name implies, a… Read More »
Dr. Rochelle Walensky, who has been selected to serve as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention speaks during an event at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del., Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020. Susan Walsh | AP The United States needs to rapidly deploy Covid-19 vaccines and ramp up its surveillance before highly contagious… Read More »
Health News Loading the player… New data shared by Trump Administration reveals a drop in childhood vaccination rates and doctors’ visits for preventive care as the coronavirus pandemic continues. Read More: Black doctors’ group forms task force to review virus vaccine A new release from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) found that… Read More »
A harsh critic of the federal government’s response to the coronavirus has been revealed to work as a public affairs specialist for the government health agency headed by Dr. Anthony Fauci. William Crews, who has been editing and writing for the conservative site RedState under the pseudonym “streiff,” has railed against his colleagues at the… Read More »
A late effort to find a compromise between Republicans and Democrats on further pandemic relief may provide a path out of the stalemate. Members of the bipartisan House Problem Solvers Caucus released a $ 2 trillion package Tuesday meant to appeal to both parties. The proposal includes measures to bring back the Paycheck Protection Program… Read More »