Covid-19 Reinfection Is Possible And Should Inform Pandemic Priorities Moving Forward
A year after discovering the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the pandemic’s end seems just beyond the horizon as more and more hold out hope that a highly effective vaccine may soon be widely available. Returning to a Covid-free reality is a yearning we all …
To Guarantee Safety Of Covid-19 Vaccines, Prioritize Long-Term Studies
In the past few weeks, Covid-19 vaccines created by Pfizer and Moderna have made headlines with their promising phase 3 trial results. Neck-in-neck in efficacy, both reported reductions in Covid-19 related disease higher than 90 percent. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) …
We Finally Have Rapid At-Home Covid-19 Tests. What Happens Now?
The Food and Drug Administration has authorized the first rapid at-home test for Covid-19. It is a critical step forward in our efforts to contain the spread of disease, though the journey is far from complete. The test, manufactured by Lucira Health, …
Lancet Study Concludes That Public Health Interventions Reduce Viral Transmission
On October 26th, the seven-day average for positive Covid-19 cases in the US was over seventy thousand—a new record. On October 29th, another record was set when over ninety thousand cases were reported in a single day. We are nowhere near the …
Kushner Comments Suggest Covid-19 Decisions Are Politically Motivated
At the start of the summer, the federal government released guidelines to reopen the US economy, then left it to the states to figure out how the job would be done. The poorly organized reopening eventually resulted in a surge of new …
Restructuring The Federal Response To A Pandemic
This is the third of a three-part series analyzing public health infrastructure in the United States. Part one can be found here and part two can be found here. This finale analyzes the laws underlying why public health was left to the …
Vaccine Transporters Feel Unprepared For The Distributive Effort Ahead
As pharmaceutical companies conduct phase 3 vaccine trials, air cargo transporters are cautious about the logistics involved in the mass distribution of a Covid-19 vaccine. A recent survey found that less than 30% of air cargo companies felt prepared for the job …
Underfunding Public Health Harms Americans Beyond Covid-19
This is the second of a three-part series analyzing public health infrastructure in the United States. Part one can be found here. This midsection analyzes how the public health system is incapable of keeping people healthy even outside the pandemic. Public health …
How US Public Health Failed You And Me
This is the first of a three part series analyzing public health infrastructure in the United States. This introduction analyzes the governing bodies of US public health and why they are not getting the job done. Covid-19 exposed the failures of our …
The Case For Safer Emergency Use Authorizations
In emergency situations such as Covid-19, emergency use authorizations (EUA) are vital and necessary. There needs to be effective treatments and vaccines available to stop the spread of this virus. The failures like hydroxychloroquine show that the EUA process must be robust …