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The GOP's Denial of Medicaid Expansion: A Healthcare Crisis in America

Robert Jennings, InnerSelf.com By Robert Jennings, InnerSelf.com
Robert Jennings, InnerSelf.com

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In the complex landscape of American healthcare, a critical issue continues - the denial of Medicaid expansion by the GOP.

Alarming Rise in Excess Deaths in the US: Study Reveals Troubling Trend

Patrick Heuveline By Patrick Heuveline
Patrick Heuveline

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People in the U.S. are dying at higher rates than in other similar high-income countries, and that difference is only growing. That’s the key finding of a new study that I published in the journal PLOS One.

How AI Has Potential to Revolutionise Health Care

Mangor Pedersen By Mangor Pedersen
Mangor Pedersen

How AI Has Potential to Revolutionise Health Care

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is moving fast and will become an important support tool in clinical care. Research suggests AI algorithms can accurately detect melanomas and predict future breast cancers.

People with Long COVID Experience Medical Gaslighting

Simran Purewal By Simran Purewal
Simran Purewal

People with Long COVID Experience Medical Gaslighting

It’s increasingly clear that the SARS-CoV-2 virus is not going away any time soon. And for some patients, their symptoms haven’t gone away either.

What We Found When We Tested the Wastewater from Planes

Kata Farkas and Davey Jones By Kata Farkas and Davey Jones
Kata Farkas and Davey Jones

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Small traces of many pathogens, such as viruses we may be infected with, are excreted when we go to the toilet. Ultimately, these agents find their way to municipal wastewater treatment plants where sewage samples can be taken and the levels of these pathogens measured.

How the Pharmaceutical Industry Uses Disinformation to Undermine Drug Price Reform

Joel Lexchin By Joel Lexchin
Joel Lexchin

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Drug companies have been making threats for over 50 years every time governments do something that threatens their profits.

Will We Only Act On Public Health Advice If Someone Makes Us?

Holly Seale, UNSW Sydney By Holly Seale, UNSW Sydney
Holly Seale, UNSW Sydney

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Back in mid 2020, it was suggested mask use was similar to seat belt wearing in cars. Not everyone wore a seat belt start straight away, but now it’s unheard of to get into a car and not put it on.

Health Workers Can Face Moral Injury Similar To Combat Vets

Sarah Avery, Duke University By Sarah Avery, Duke University
Sarah Avery, Duke University

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Health care workers experienced high rates of potential “moral injury” that are comparable to rates experienced by military veterans, according to a new study.

How Cuba Is Helping Vaccinate The World Despite The US Embargo

Jennifer Ruth Hosek, Queen's University, Ontario By Jennifer Ruth Hosek, Queen's University, Ontario
Jennifer Ruth Hosek, Queen's University, Ontario

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By developing and administering its own vaccines, Cuba has ensured affordable coverage (0.84 per cent of health-care costs), despite the United States embargo blocking medical supplies, including during the pandemic.

It Didn't Have To Be This Way

Robert Jennings, Innerself.com By Robert Jennings, Innerself.com
Robert Jennings, Innerself.com

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There have been some standout successes for some countries dealing with this Covid pandemic.

Why People Who Refuse To Get Vaccinated Should Not Have Lesser Healthcare Rights

John Coggon, University of Bristol By John Coggon, University of Bristol
John Coggon, University of Bristol

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Just by refusing vaccines, a person cannot be deemed to have also refused consent to receive treatments for COVID. People who are unvaccinated have not waived their positive right to healthcare.

American Healthcare vs The World

Robert Jennings, Innerself.com By Robert Jennings, Innerself.com
Robert Jennings, Innerself.com

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Millions of Americans have no health insurance and even if the do they live in fear that one illness could bankrupt them.

Why Quality Healthcare May Not Be As Difficult As It Seems

Robert Jennings, Innerself.com By Robert Jennings, Innerself.com
Robert Jennings, Innerself.com

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The means to achieve quality healthcare for all is there. All that is lacking is the people's will and demand. But how?

Why Quality Healthcare May Not Be As Difficult As It Seems (Video)

Robert Jennings, Innerself.com By Robert Jennings, Innerself.com
Robert Jennings, Innerself.com

group of healthcare professionals standing around a desk or table

The means to achieve quality healthcare for all is there. All that is lacking is the people's will and demand. But how?

Superforecasters: What Pandemic Planners Can Learn From The World's Best Predictors

Gabriel Recchia, Research Associate, Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication, University of Cambridge By Gabriel Recchia, Research Associate, Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication, University of Cambridge
Gabriel Recchia, Research Associate, Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication, University of Cambridge

Superforecasters: what pandemic planners can learn from the world's best predictorsExperts got it catastrophically wrong, according to Dominic Cummings, UK prime minister Boris Johnson’s former chief adviser. Cummings has argued that the UK government’s official scientific advice in March 2020 hugely misunderstood how the pandemic would play out, leading to a delay in locking down

 

How To Think Like A Virus To Understand Why The Pandemic Isn't Over Yet

Karen Levy, University of Washington By Karen Levy, University of Washington
Karen Levy, University of Washington

How To Think Like A Virus To Understand Why The Pandemic Isn't Over Yet

With COVID-19, thinking like a pathogen leads to an inevitable conclusion: Getting the vaccine out to everyone in the world as quickly as possible is not just an ethical imperative, but also a selfish one.

Here Is The Not Too Secret Way Atlantic Canada Is Weathering The Covid-19 Storm

Rachel McLay, Dalhousie University By Rachel McLay, Dalhousie University
Rachel McLay, Dalhousie University

Here Is The Not Too Secret Way Atlantic Canada Is Weathering The Covid-19 Storm

While vaccines have brought the end of the COVID-19 pandemic into view, most of Canada is still battling a brutal third wave of infections and deaths.

What Coronavirus Tests Are Best and What Are “False Positives” and “False Negatives”?

Adam Kleczkowsk By Adam Kleczkowsk
Adam Kleczkowsk

Here's What Happens When We Test Lots Of People For Coronavirus As Cases Are Falling

Testing for coronavirus is increasingly recognised as essential for getting life back to normal. Free rapid testing is now being offered to the families of all pupils in England under the government’s plan to reopen schools. 

How Uncertainty About Medical Care and Costs Can Worsen Health Outcomes

Matt Shipman By Matt Shipman
Matt Shipman

How Uncertainty About Medical Care And Costs Can Worsen Health Outcomes

"What effect does this combination of financial and health uncertainty have on people? And how do they deal with it? Our study suggests that the effect is profound," says Lynsey Romo. "The pandemic, and related expenses, may make it worse."

Data From 45 Countries Show Containing COVID vs. Saving The Economy Is A False Dichotomy

Michael Smithson By Michael Smithson
Michael Smithson

Data From 45 Countries Show Containing Covid Vs Saving The Economy Is A False Dichotomy

There is no doubt the COVID-19 crisis has incurred widespread economic costs. There is understandable concern that stronger measures against the virus, from social distancing to full lockdowns, worsen its impact on economies.

8 Ways Your Life Could Be Affected if Republicans Cancel Obamacare

Simon F. Haeder By Simon F. Haeder
Simon F. Haeder

8 Ways Your Life Could Be Affected if Republicans Cancel Obamacare

More than 10 years after its passage, the Affordable Care Act once more hangs in the balance. There have been plenty of near misses before, including previous Supreme Court appearances and Congressional votes.

How The Civil War Drove Medical Innovation – And The Pandemic Could, Too

Jeffrey Clemens By Jeffrey Clemens
Jeffrey Clemens

How The Civil War Drove Medical Innovation – And The Pandemic Could, Too

The current COVID-19 pandemic, the largest public health crisis in a century, threatens the health of people across the globe.

Now Health Care Should Shift Focus From Treatment To Prevention

Kaitlyn Kuryk By Kaitlyn Kuryk
Kaitlyn Kuryk

Health Care Should Shift Focus From Treatment To Prevention

COVID-19 has placed a spotlight on the inequities of Canada’s current “curative” health-care system and the problems associated with viewing health policy in isolation from social factors.

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