Vaccination Rates Track Closely Wealth Gaps

Covid-19 Vaccination Rates Follow The Money In States With The Biggest Wealth Gaps, Analysis Shows by Olivia Goldhill.  February 11, 2021.   

Tribute To Social Distancing: The Only 3 Counties In The USA With No COVID-19 Cases

 These Are The Last 3 Counties In America With No COVID-19 Cases:  How Did They Avoid The Virus? by Jorge L. Ortiz.  USA Today.  

Advance Purchase Of 100 Million Doses Of Vaccine Viewed As Prudent From Economic And Public Health 'Perspectives

The U.S. Commits To Buying Millions Of Vaccine Doses.  Why That's Unusual by Sarah Kliff.  The New York Times.  July 22, 2020.

Hospital Revenue Plunges As Focus Shifts From Lucrative Surgeries To Coronavirus Victims

Hospitals Knew How To Make Money.  Then Coronavirus Happened by Sarah Kliff.  The New York Times.  May 15, 2020.

Federal Coronavirus Response Shows Results Of Hollowing Out The Government

Crisis Exposes How America Has Hollowed Out Its Government by Dan Balz.  The Washington Post.  May 16, 2020.

Resilience, Regional Trade Blocs, Redundancy May Characterize The World Economy After Coronavirus

It's The End Of The World Economy As We Know It by Neil Irwin.  The New York Times.  April 16, 2020.

Developing Nations Cannot Test For Coronavirus Partly Because The US and Europe Are Outspending Them

In Scramble For Coronavirus Supplies, Rich Countries Push Poor Aside by Jane Bradley.  The New York Times.  April 9, 2020.

COVID-19 Crisis Will Not Be Over In Three Or Four Months; The World Will Change The Longer It Lasts

Stretching The International Order To Its Breaking Point by Thomas Wright.  The Atlantic.  April 4, 2020.

An Economic Crisis Like We've Never Seen

An Economic Crisis Like We've Never Seen by Ezra Klein.  Vox.  March 23, 2020.

Opinion: Welcome To The Age Of Antiglobalism and Coronavirus

The Coronavirus Is Demonstrating The Value Of Globalization by David Frum.  The Atlantic.  March 27, 2020.

Case History Of Chaos: Ventilator Production Deal Flops, For Now At Least

After Considering $1 Billion Price Tag For Ventilators, White House Has Second Thoughts by David E. Sanger, Maggie Haberman and Zolan Kanno-Youngs,  March 26, 2020.

Ron Klain, Obama Ebola Czar, Discusses Coronavirus Fundamentals

"The Virus Is More Patient Than People Are":  Obama's Ebola Czar On Why The Coronavirus Is Much Worse by Ezra Klein.

Study Points To Possible Link Between Minimum Wage Hikes And Lower Suicide Rates

Minimum Wage Raises Could Lower Suicide Rates, Study Says by Mihir Zaveri.  The New York Times.  January 14, 2020.

Complexity Of Medical Science And Understanding Of Socioeconomic Conditions Demand Broader Definition of Care Teamwork

Health Professionals Should Work Together On Policy by Dhruv Khullar and Dave A. Chokshi.  Scientific American.  September 3, 2019. 

Austerity, Inequality And Job Insecurity Are Bad For Mental Health

Austerity And Inequality Fuelling Mental Illness, Says Top UN Envoy by Mark Rice-Oxley.  The Guardian.  June 24, 2019. 

The Business Of Health Care Depends On Exploiting Doctors And Nurses

The Business Of Health Care Depends On Exploiting Doctors And Nurses by Danielle Ofri.  The New York Times.  June 8, 2019,. 

Fewer Patients Are Winding Up In Nursing Homes--Why?

In The Nursing Home,  Empty Beds And Quiet Halls by Paula Span.  The New York Times.  September 28, 2018. 

Intensity And Price Help Explain Why the U.S. Spends More Than Other Nations On Health Care

Why The U.S. Spends So Much More Than Other Nations On Health Care by Austin Frakt And Aaron E. Carroll.  The New York Times.  January 2, 2017. 

Why Competition Doesn't Work To Lower Prices In Branded Specialty Drugs

Arthritis Drugs Show How U.S. Drug Prices Defy Economics by Julie Appleby.  KHN.  December 22, 2017. 

Nafta-Related Effects?: Obesity And Lessened Child Poverty

A Nasty, Nafta-Related Surprise:  Mexico's Soaring Obesity by Andrew Jacobs And Matt Richtel.  The New York Times.  December 11, 2017.