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Monday, March 22, 2021

On Immunity (Eula Biss)

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...Biological and social, our interdependence is a defining feature not only of our civilization, not only of our species and all living spe...
Tuesday, March 16, 2021

"The Lessons of the Pandemic" (1919)

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In 1919, the journal Science published "The Lessons of the Pandemic," assessing what was learned from the Spanish flu. A hundred-p...

CDC identifies public-health guidance from the Trump administration that downplayed pandemic severity

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Federal health officials have identified several controversial pandemic recommendations released during the Donald Trump administration that...

14 Lessons for the Next Pandemic

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We asked doctors, scientists, public health experts and health advocates to take a look back — what would they redo, if they could? One year...
Sunday, February 28, 2021

Regional disparities in COVID-19 mortality

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For many statisticians, virologists, and public-health experts, the regional disparities in COVID-19 mortality represent the greatest conund...
Tuesday, August 4, 2020

How the Pandemic Defeated America

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A virus has brought the world's most powerful country to its knees. Read More: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/09/coro...
Monday, June 22, 2020

People Have Stopped Going to the Doctor. Most Seem Just Fine.

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Do Americans really need the amount of treatment that our health care system is used to providing? https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/22/opinio...
Sunday, June 21, 2020

Money, dinners and strip clubs: How pharmaceutical executives bribed doctors to prescribe dangerous fentanyl drugs - 60 Minutes - CBS News

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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/opioid-epidemic-pharmaceutical-executives-60-minutes-2020-06-21/ Phil.Oliver@mtsu.edu 👣Solvitur ambulando 💭Sa...
Thursday, June 18, 2020

Tweet by Boston Review on Twitter

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    Boston Review ⁦‪@BostonReview‬⁩ Lillian Wald, a social services pioneer, coined the term "Public Health". She understood that ...
Saturday, June 13, 2020

Human flourishing in an age of gene editing

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  Sample Human Flourishing in an Age of Gene Editing By:  Erik Parens - editor ,  Josephine Johnston - editor Narrated by:  ...
Friday, June 5, 2020

When a Close Friend Has Doubts About Vaccinations

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From The New York Times: When a Close Friend Has Doubts About Vaccinations Health experts offer ways to approach the charged topic when spea...
Thursday, June 4, 2020

How the Protests Have Changed the Pandemic

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The New Yorker ✔ @NewYorker Last month, we debated how far the virus could travel when we speak loudly and how close t...
Friday, May 15, 2020

Chronic attention

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The Danger of Rushing Through Clinical Trials During the Coronavirus Pandemic

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https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/the-danger-of-rushing-through-clinical-trials-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic?utm_source=onsite-share...

Amid the Coronavirus Crisis, a Regimen for Reëntry

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https://www.newyorker.com/science/medical-dispatch/amid-the-coronavirus-crisis-a-regimen-for-reentry?utm_source=onsite-share&utm_medium=...
Monday, May 11, 2020

Cartoon: News from the Coronaverse

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https://www.dailykos.com/story/2020/5/11/1943860/-Cartoon-News-from-the-Coronaverse Phil.Oliver@mtsu.edu 👣Solvitur ambulando 💭Sapere aude
Wednesday, May 6, 2020

The Medical Students Who Joined the Battle Against the Coronavirus

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https://www.newyorker.com/science/medical-dispatch/the-medical-students-who-joined-the-battle-against-the-coronavirus?utm_source=onsite-shar...
Tuesday, May 5, 2020

The Political Consequences of Loneliness and Isolation During the Pandemic

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When we should be thinking about the way we support one another's lives and questioning the very assumption that there is a giant mono...
Sunday, May 3, 2020

NYTimes.com: A Young Doctor, Fighting for His Life

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From The New York Times: A Young Doctor, Fighting for His Life “I just went down on my knees,” his mother recalled later. “I just implored G...
Tuesday, April 28, 2020

What the Coronavirus Crisis Reveals About American Medicine

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https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/05/04/what-the-coronavirus-crisis-reveals-about-american-medicine?utm_source=onsite-share&utm_me...