Ginsburg’s death throws an already chaotic general election campaign during a pandemic into more turmoil. But in the longer term, her absence from the bench could accelerate a trend underway to get cases to the Supreme Court toward invalidating the ACA and rolling back reproductive freedoms for women.
Read More »AAP Expands School Re-Opening Guidance to Reduce Community Spread of COVID-19
The ultimate goal should be having students physically present in school, according to the AAP, but unfortunately, in many parts of the U.S., the uncontrolled spread of the virus means that cannot be safely accomplished now.
Read More »Primary Care Doctors Face Financial Disruption After Coronavirus Pandemic
Physicians and health policy experts say the pandemic is accelerating efforts to restructure primary care — which accounts for about half the nation’s doctor visits every year — and put it on a firmer financial footing.
Read More »America Might Be Too Obese To Benefit From Any COVID Vaccine
Scientists know that vaccines engineered to protect the public from influenza, hepatitis B, tetanus and rabies can be less effective in obese adults than in the general population, leaving them more vulnerable to infection and illness.
Read More »Physician Group Wants Medical Schools To Waive The MCAT This Year
The American College of Physicians (ACP) issued a statement strongly encouraging medical schools to waive Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) requirements for applicants seeking admission ...
Read More »Dental and Medical Offices Struggle with COVID Job Loss
Across the U.S., thousands of doctors, dentists and other health care providers temporarily closed offices this spring as state health officials directed them to suspend non-urgent visits. Many others sat open but largely idle because patients were too scared to visit the doctor.
Read More »Dr. Fauci ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ About COVID Vaccines Despite Antibodies Obstacles
A handful of studies on COVID-19 survivors suggest that antibodies begin to disappear within months. Dr. Anthony Fauci, said he’s “cautiously optimistic” that researchers will overcome such obstacles.
Read More »Virus College Sports Timeout Leads to Revenue, Scholarship Disruption
College sports are a multibillion-dollar industry, but in 2020 they’re being brought down by the same forces that have hobbled the rest of the economy.
Read More »Conspiracy Theory Proven False: Hydroxychloroquine Is (Still) Not a COVID-19 Cure
In spite of Immanuel’s anecdotal evidence, hydroxychloroquine alone or in combination with other drugs is not a proven treatment (or cure) for COVID-19.
Read More »Empty Emergency Rooms Worry Doctors As Heart Attack, Stroke Patients Delay Care
As hospitals prepared for a surge of COVID patients, officials advised people to avoid emergency rooms if possible. But soon ER physicians noticed that even truly urgent cases were not coming in.
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