April 14, 2021
(Associated Press) – Rampant loneliness existed long before COVID-19, and experts believe it’s now worse. Evidence suggests it can damage health and shorten lives as much as obesity and smoking. In addition to psychological distress, some studies suggest loneliness may … Read More
April 14, 2021
(Associated Press) – Ongoing volcanic eruptions have displaced about 20% of people in the eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent as a U.N. official on Wednesday warned of a growing humanitarian crisis. Between 16,000 to 20,000 people were evacuated under … Read More
April 14, 2021
(NBC News) – More than one year after the pandemic first swept across the country, the plight of grocery workers who risked death to keep the country fed has raised questions about retail labor conditions and the responsibility of corporations … Read More
April 14, 2021
(The Conversation) – The world has a COVID-19 vaccine access problem: Almost half of all doses administered so far have been in Europe and North America, while many poorer countries have vaccinated less than than 1% of their populations. With … Read More
April 14, 2021
(New York Times) – First it was AstraZeneca. Now Johnson & Johnson. Last week, British regulators and the European Union’s medical agency said they had established a possible link between AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine and very rare, though sometimes fatal, blood … Read More
April 14, 2021
(Medscape) – Two new studies have suggested that the B.1.1.7 variant of SARS-CoV-2 is more transmissible than other strains but found no evidence to suggest it led to more severe disease or caused worse symptoms. One of the studies found … Read More
April 14, 2021
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 383, no. 13, 2020) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Fundamentals of U.S. Health Policy: Competing Visions for the Future of Health Policy” by M. Fiedler “Assessing the Safety of Glucose-Lowering … Read More
April 13, 2021
(New York Times) – Three people infected with the coronavirus died at a hospital in Bucharest on Monday evening after the oxygen supply stopped functioning, according to the authorities, the latest incident involving oxygen failure, which in many countries has … Read More
April 13, 2021
(Medical Xpress) – Uruguay has reported a 24-hour record coronavirus death toll, as it has gone from one of the least-affected countries to registering the most new daily cases per capita in the world. Government data released late Monday showed … Read More
April 13, 2021
(Kaiser Health News) – Nearly six months later, the transplant landscape has radically changed. Covid-related transplants are surging as hospitals grapple with a growing subset of patients whose organs — most often hearts and lungs — are “basically destroyed by … Read More
