September 17, 2021
(ABC News) – The World Health Organization’s director general on Friday expressed deep concern about the impact of Lebanon’s economic meltdown and multiple crises on the wellbeing of the nation, and said the brain drain among the country’s health workers … Read More
September 17, 2021
(Bloomberg) – Two vaccine mandates imposed on health workers in New York state and New York City teachers were temporarily blocked by judges. State court judge Laurence L. Love issued a temporary restraining order Tuesday barring New York City’s health … Read More
September 17, 2021
(Medscape) – Older adults in the United States — particularly among Black and Latino/Hispanic populations — experienced worse access to healthcare for chronic conditions during the pandemic than older adults in 10 other wealthy countries, according to findings from The … Read More
September 17, 2021
Journal of Medical Ethics (vol. 47, no. 3, 2020) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “COVID-19 Ventilator Rationing Protocols: Why We Need to Know More about the Views of Those with Most to Lose” by Whitney Kerr and Harald Schmidt … Read More
September 17, 2021
Medico-Legal Journal (vol. 89, no. 1, 2021) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Legislative Preparedness for the Control of Pandemics – Using Taiwan as an Example” by Yi-Chen Su “Covid-19 and the Healthcare Professionals of the Future” by … Read More
September 16, 2021
(Associated Press) – A spate of inmate deaths. Cellblocks unguarded. Staggering staffing shortages caused by AWOL guards. Detainees deprived of food and medical care. New York City’s notorious Rikers Island jail complex, troubled by years of neglect, has spiraled into … Read More
September 16, 2021
(Associated Press) – Idaho public health leaders on Thursday expanded health care rationing statewide amid a massive increase in the number of coronavirus patients requiring hospitalization. The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare made the announcement after St. Luke’s Health … Read More
September 16, 2021
Hastings Center Report (vol. 51, no. 1, 2021) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “A Heart without Life: Artificial Organs and the Lived Body” by Mary Jean Walker “Weighted Lotteries and the Allocation of Scarce Medications for Covid?19” … Read More
September 15, 2021
(Gizmodo) – Based on a large new Pew poll out today, about three-quarters of American adults know someone who has been hospitalized or killed by covid-19. Most Americans also believe that the pandemic remains a serious threat, though this belief … Read More
September 15, 2021
(Nature) – Vaccines against COVID-19 are not reaching many people in the global south, despite donations from wealthy nations. Less than 1% of people in low-income countries are fully vaccinated, and just 10% are in lower-middle-income countries, compared with more … Read More
