Humanizing Healthcare: A Model For Consumer-Based Care
Picture a healthcare system where the human approach takes precedence. One where physicians constantly act in the best interest of the consumer and empower their clients to take charge of their own health needs. Where merging electronic health records update coexisting providers …
Potential New Biomarker To Guide Treatment For Severe Covid-19
A new wave of Covid-19 cases driven by the delta variant has arrived. Hospitalizations will follow suit. There is an urgent need to discern which patients will need the most support. Those arriving at the hospital with Covid-19 may have significantly varying …
New Studies Highlight Promising Candidates For Second-Generation Covid-19 Vaccines
The first generation of Covid-19 vaccines has performed more spectacularly than we ever could have hoped. But as more variants of SARS-CoV-2 emerge that spread faster and hit harder than their predecessors, it has become clear that the mRNA vaccines created by …
An Argument For Covid-19 Booster Shots To Protect The Vulnerable
On Monday, amid reports that the highly infectious Delta variant is causing surges in new Covid-19 infections in states with low vaccination rates and countries with vaccine shortages, Pfizer announced plans to seek emergency authorization as early as next month for booster shots that would complement its …
How COVID-19 Changes Our Understanding of Mental Health
In the early months of 2020, city after city, country after country, began to lock down; businesses were closed, schools shut down, and public events canceled. As each of us began an undefined quarantine, all of us were asked to drastically change …
Infection Through “Fleeting Contact” With The Delta Variant Leads To Lockdowns Across Australia
While many are celebrating declining cases rates in the U.S. due to vaccination, other parts of the world are telling a different story. We are no longer dealing with the original Covid-19 virus that first emerged from Wuhan. Instead, we are dealing …
We Need to Prioritize Mental Health for Healthcare Workers
Healthcare workers were already under immense strain prior to the pandemic. A report by the National Academy of Medicine in October 2019 found that between 35 and 54 percent of nurses and doctors experience burnout. Among medical students and residents, the percentage is as high …
Will COVID-19 Improve Long Term Care?
While much of the world is reopening and life for those vaccinated has returned to a new normal, many nursing home residents are still living under lockdown after lockdown. A single COVID-19 case in a nursing home can trigger a two-week lockdown …
A Pivot Point For Global Leadership On Covid-19
The Biden Administration’s announcement yesterday of its plan to vaccinate the world is an act in keeping with our country’s noblest traditions. No country is better placed to lead an all out attack on Covid-19, a grand global strategy that relies on …
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