Medical economics
Australia risks relying on Pfizer and Moderna for its COVID vaccines: Three ways to break free
The rapid development and deployment of COVID vaccines has been one of the greatest achievements of the pandemic.
May 16, 2022
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News tagged with trade
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Shanghai tightens lockdown despite falling COVID cases
Authorities in Shanghai have again tightened anti-virus restrictions, just as the city was emerging from a month of strict lockdown due to a COVID-19 outbreak.
May 09, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Untrained disaster responders are more prone to suicide years after World Trade Center attack
Construction workers, clean-up staff and other untrained non-traditional emergency employees who assisted in recovery efforts at the World Trade Center in New York following the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, are more ...
May 02, 2022
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Vaccination
Vaccine supply outstrips demand, access inequity remains
After two years of racing to vaccinate the world against COVID-19, the number of available doses now surpasses demand in many areas.
Apr 08, 2022
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Other
'Patient influencers' are booming on social media. Is that good or bad?
"OMG. Have you guys heard about this?"
Apr 05, 2022
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Health
US adult smoking rate fell during first year of pandemic
The first year of the COVID-19 pandemic saw more Americans drinking heavily or using illicit drugs—but apparently not smoking.
Mar 17, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
World Trade Center responders at higher risk for blood cancer-associated mutations
Scientists from Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) collaborated with researchers from New York to determine that 9/11 first responders to the World Trade Center have increased levels of mutations that escalate their risk ...
Mar 07, 2022
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Health
Research says fad diets don't work: Why are they so popular?
Two years into a pandemic that landed people in their living rooms, generating countless hours of television binging and stress eating, the nation has a new problem to worry about: Nearly half of U.S. adults, many already ...
Feb 18, 2022
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Patients' groups, progressives square off over Medicare Alzheimer's decision
Advocates on both sides of a debate over dramatically restricting Medicare's coverage of an expensive and controversial Alzheimer's treatment are waging competing campaigns to influence a final decision in April.
Feb 16, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
How the intellectual property monopoly has impeded an effective response to COVID-19
In an interconnected world, a pandemic can be overcome only when it is overcome everywhere—no one is safe until everyone is safe. Vaccination delays and supply shortages in protective equipment and treatments increase the ...
Feb 15, 2022
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