Coronavirus pandemic could end in these ways – Maybe sooner than we expect
The way public life has changed in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic may feel new and frightening to many. But the older among us have lived through similar times and similar fears. There is one thing we know that may bring …
Universal Disease Screening and Treatment — The Egyptian Example
An interview with William Haseltine about the following article is also available here: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1915818 Thirty years ago, chronic conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, and obesity accounted for less than 45% of the global disease burden. Today, they are the leading causes …
Social workers have a key role to play in the war against coronavirus
As the number of Americans critically ill from coronavirus mounts, one thing is becoming increasingly clear: it’s the oldest among us who are most vulnerable. Among the most recent deaths reported in the United States were a 69-year-old man, a man and …
Newsweek Features William A. Haseltine on Covid-19
America is still more than a year away from a COVID-19 vaccine, but a treatment for the disease caused by the new coronavirus could be available in several months. Since the first case was identified in the U.S. on January 21, more …
Coronavirus Mismanagement Is Risking American Lives
It is now clear that the U.S. response to the potential dangers of the coronavirus infection is inadequate, confused, and—worst of all—putting us all at much greater risk than we need to be. Our first mistake was in choosing to develop our …
Integrating social care and elder care has many benefits
The social needs of older adults are multifaceted, diverse and, more often than not, unmet. This is especially true for older adults living with disabilities, low incomes or multiple chronic conditions. For many, day-to-day mobility is restricted to the community or the …
Four Coronavirus Prevention Steps We Can All Take
With the first fatality recorded here in the United States, there is heightened alarm around what may lie ahead for all of us. In truth, there is no telling what damage this force of nature may leave in its wake. But that …
New York Times Features William A. Haseltine on Covid-19
Alice Wolowitz, a student nurse, began her shift at a hospital one morning in Philadelphia. She fell sick during the shift, rapidly declined and was dead that night. That was 1918, and people were collapsing and dying everywhere from a Spanish flu …
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