Poorly protected postal workers are catching COVID-19 by the thousands. it’s one more threat...
More than 50,000 workers have taken time off for virus-related reasons, slowing mail delivery.
Those Americans who refuse to wear masks, those who condone Trump’s reprehensible Covid-19 management
“Here’s what I have concluded: These two groups of Americans, those who reject masks and those who condone, are, not surprisingly, one and the same.”
Uninsured up from last year and pandemic likely to exacerbate this trend
The Census concluded that while employer-sponsored insurance coverage increased last year, directly bought coverage, such as Obamacare, declined.
Pandemic, wildfires & heat Wave: Undocumented farm workers face ‘triple threat’ as West Coast...
“Farmworkers have continued to work during this whole time, despite fears of contracting COVID-19 in the workplace, despite fears of getting heat stress while they’re at work, and now despite fears of the dangers that wildfire smoke brings.”
“Democratic public health”: Big pharma relies on developing world while limiting access to treatment
“The critical issue here is not whether vaccines are good or bad, but … even more, I would suggest what is at stake is a democratic public health.”
The evidence is clear: The US public wants science-based policies for Covid-19
Any true hope in ending despair and the unchecked spread of the coronavirus must begin by following the public’s clearly documented trust in science.
How America continues to fail the health care workers battling the pandemic
For too many Americans, health care workers are out of sight, out of mind.
FDA-required tests on puppies slows progress to Covid treatment
Dosing puppies with drugs designed for humans won’t make people safer. In fact, it poses serious risks to human health.
A doctor went to his own employer for a COVID-19 antibody test. It cost...
Physicians Premier ER charged Dr. Zachary Sussman’s insurance $10,984 for his COVID-19 antibody test even though Sussman worked for the chain and knows the testing materials only cost about $8. Even more surprising: The insurer paid in full.
How cities can combat the dangerous combination of extreme heat and COVID
The compounding threats of heat and isolation have been laid bare this summer thanks to COVID-19.