The Guardian Features ACCESS Health Chair and President on Preparing for the Second Covid-19 Wave
A group of nine leading scientists who advised President Barack Obama has warned that the US has just three months to rebuild its stockpile of emergency medical equipment if it wants to be prepared for a second wave of coronavirus in the fall. In …
Reuters Newsmaker Features William A. Haseltine on COVID-19: Vaccines and Public Health
On Wednesday, May 20, Reuters hosted a virtual Newsmaker event featuring scientist, businessman and philanthropist Dr. William A. Haseltine. As nations around the world begin to wind down restrictions imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus outbreak, Reuters Global Managing Editor …
COVID Immunity: How Protected Are You?
If I have antibodies to the COVID-19 virus, or if I recovered from the disease, am I protected? These are the two burning questions workers and employers are asking today. The answer, at least from what we know today is bound to …
An Urgent Need To Reopen Medical Care For All
A shorter version of this article was originally published in The Hill. Each day in America and in most countries around the world brings with it a new story of crowded hospitals packed with panicked patients and exhausted health workers. But there is …
How to Meet the Health Needs of People in the Time of Covid-19?
This is the first in a series of blog posts by ACCESS Health India Country Director Dr. Krishna Reddy. Dr. Reddy is a board certified cardiologist with a long and distinguished career, marked by his leadership of the CARE Hospital Group which …
The Global Syndemic of Obesity, Undernutrition and Climate Change
Climate change and non-communicable diseases are two sweeping global health challenges that share an underlying lack of urgency, political will, strengthened action, and accountability. ACCESS Health Southeast Asia’s former intern, Lavanya Prakash, proposed a solution, based on the Lancet Commission’s piece “The …
Health Futures China Scholarship Applications Now Open
Are you interested in the healthcare industry and believe in the mission of improving healthcare quality and accessibility? Finding yourself filled with unique ideas and innovative thinking in problem solving? Wishing for a platform where you can grow with like-minded peers, and …
Tests For COVID-19 Are Expensive, But They Don’t Have To Be
There is a huge demand around the world to understand Covid-19. Those experiencing symptoms need to know if they’re infected, while those recovered need to know if they’re able to return to work. The problem of developing technology that can address the …
How Antibody Tests Can Be Used To Fight COVID-19
There is a new antibody test that will change the landscape of Covid-19 testing as we know it. There are now two ways to test for Covid-19: one that measures the actual virus, and one that measures the body’s reaction to the …
Why Don’t We Have A Coronavirus Drug Yet—And How We Can Develop One As Soon As Possible
How will the new coronavirus pandemic end? It could prove to be seasonal, meaning it peters out with the weather with a chance of returning at this time next year. A significant plurality of all people on Earth could contract the disease—prolonging …