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Category: Health

COVID-19 vaccines in a rich-country, poor-country world

December 18, 2020 Christopher Burke Health, Health care One comment

That we live in an unequal world is nothing new. Now, though, that reality may have unpredictable consequences for all of us. We are

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coronavirus

800,000 MD’s call Trump’s Easter re-opening plan a prescription for disaster

March 28, 2020 Gloria Shur Bilchik Coronavirus, Health, Health care, Trump Leave a comment

800,000 doctors are telling Donald Trump that his “plan” to reopen businesses by Easter is a bad idea. In a letter delivered to Trump

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E. Coli

Trump delays farm-water testing. Americans get E. Coli

November 27, 2018 Gloria Shur Bilchik Consumer issues, Food, Good government, Health, Science, Trump, Widgets: Science/Technology Leave a comment

Donald Trump is making us sick—and I mean that literally. Some food experts are claiming that the recent outbreak of E.Coli contamination in Romaine

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foreign born

Fact: American health care depends on foreign-born-and-trained professionals

November 15, 2018 Renee Shur Health, Health care, Immigration Leave a comment

The misinformation about legal immigration peddled by the Trump administration is going to get up close and personal for many of us rather quickly.

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Pre-existing conditions

Big winners in 2018 midterms? Every American with a pre-existing condition

November 10, 2018 Renee Shur 2018 Election, ACA/Obamacare, Democrats, Health, Health care Leave a comment

Regardless of party affiliation or which party’s candidates voters cast their ballots for on November 6, the big winners in the midterm elections are

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bacteria

What I learned about killer bacteria from my doctor’s socks

October 14, 2018 Renee Shur Health, Health care, Science Leave a comment

The first thing I noticed when the doctor sat down in the examining room were the socks. Tucked into a pair of worn, brown-leather

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venezuela

Venezuela’s sick economy is killing its citizens. Here’s how to help them.

September 25, 2018 Christopher Burke Charity & Justice, Health, Health care, International One comment

Two years ago, the  Guardian described how Venezuela’s devastating economic downturn was ravaging its hospitals. Since then, things have only gotten worse. Much worse.

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stink bug

Invasion of the stink bug: Icky and economically dangerous

October 9, 2017 Renee Shur Consumer issues, Environment, Health, Science Leave a comment

And now, a word about the brown marmorated stink bug. If you haven’t heard of it, count yourself lucky. This autumn the stink bug,

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Trump stalking Hillary

Saying that Trump is unhinged is the polite way to put it

August 25, 2017 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Campaigns, Health, Mental Health, Politics, Trump Leave a comment

As if on cue, following Donald Trump’s speech about Afghanistan last Monday (8/21/17), he removed the subtlety of his mental and emotional challenges the

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Goldwater Rule

If Psychiatry was an exact science, the Goldwater Rule might make sense

August 15, 2017 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Health, Mental Health, Republican Brain 2 comments

In 1964, 1,189 psychiatrists said, “Goldwater is psychologically unfit to be president.” The reaction to that is what created the Goldwater Rule which stated,

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