Is it Safe to Reopen Schools in the Fall?
There’s been a lot of debate over whether it’s safe to reopen schools in the fall, including K-12 and higher education. If you’re a parent, this has probably been on…
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How Improving Public Health Could Save the Economy
The U.S. economy is in dire straits with an unemployment rate of 11.1% and 17.8 million Americans without a job. This figure doesn’t tell the whole story, as it only…
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Michigan Now Requires Implicit Bias Training for All Health Professionals
The coronavirus pandemic continues to reveal stark health disparities across the country, particularly for African Americans. Black people are much more likely to get infected and die from COVID-19 than…
How to Enforce the Mask Policy
The evidence is clear: wearing a face mask saves lives. Goldman Sachs, one of the largest multinational investment banking firms in the world, recently released a report that suggests imposing…
Confusing Data and False Narratives: How the Death Rate for COVID-19 is Changing
There’s been a lot of discussion lately over the severity of COVID-19. President Trump recently claimed that the U.S. has one of the lowest coronavirus mortality rates in the world,…
Implicit Bias and the Racial Divide in Health
“Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and inhumane,” wrote Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1966. Almost 55 years later, the recent Black Lives…
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Non-COVID-19 Deaths: How to Curb America’s Other Public Health Pandemic
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases continues to surge across the country, but the deadly coronavirus has led to another public health crisis: Non-COVID-19 deaths are rising in nearly every…
8-Hour Waits, 25% Positivity, and Desperate Pleas for Help: Managing the Crisis in Arizona
Arizona has quickly become one of the worst hotspots in the country for the deadly coronavirus. The state was one of the last to impose safety guidelines and restrictions and…
New Evidence Suggests the Coronavirus Can Linger in the Air
If you can believe it, scientists are still learning about how the deadly coronavirus spreads, even as the U.S. nears 3 million confirmed cases. We know that the main way…
Can CBD Reduce (or Replace) Opioid Usage?
The coronavirus pandemic has changed the face of addiction in the U.S. Chronic pain remains all too common across the country, and many patients are looking for alternatives to opioids…
The 4th of July and Interstate Travel: Mandatory Quarantines Take Effect
It’s been a rough few weeks for the U.S. as the coronavirus continues to ravage southern states, including Arizona, Texas, Florida, the Carolinas and others. Governors and local health officials…
The Danger of the Mainstream Media and the Coronavirus
As the coronavirus pandemic lingers on, younger people are getting infected at alarming rates. Many of these individuals may test positive without winding up in the ICU or on a…
“Super-Spreaders”: How Fatal Mistakes Can Lead to Massive Outbreaks
A recent report from the New York Times reveals new information on the spread of the coronavirus. As it turns out, most people are unlikely to pass the virus onto…
Why We’re Not Panicking Over this Year’s Swine Flu
H1N1, a strain of the swine flu that affects humans, is popping up again in parts of India amid the coronavirus pandemic, but this year’s outbreak doesn’t seem to be…
Stopping the Spread: New Tool Shows You the Risk Level for Your Community
The Coronavirus is here to stay. Even when a vaccine becomes available, the introduction of this virus to the World will probably change your pattern of thinking. In a World…
New Strain of Coronavirus is 10x More Infectious Than One First Reported in China
Researchers continue to study the genetic makeup of the novel coronavirus as it moves across the globe. It’s been over six months since the first case of COVID-19 was reported…
