Telehealth And Treatment Over State Lines: Licensing And Patient Options

Telehealth Took Off During The Pandemic.  Now Battles Over State Lines and Licensing Threaten Patients Options by Julie Appleby. Kaiser Health News/Time.  August 26, 2021.  

New York City To Fully Reopen Starting July1

New York City will reopen 100% On July 1, Mayor Bill de Blasio Says by Jessica Bursztynsjky.  CNBC.  April 29, 2021.   

J & J Vaccine Risks, If Any, Are Low; Doctors Warned About Clot Treatment With Heparin

 J&J Vaccine And Blood Clots:  The Risks, If Any, Are Very Low by Denise Grady And Carl Zimmer.  April 13, 2021.  

Biden Takes Executive Actions On Proliferation Of Gun Violence

 Biden Tightens Some Gun Controls, Says Much More Needed by Alexandra Jaffe, Aamer Madhani and Michael Balsamo,  AP.  April 8, 2021.  

Protection Against Severe Disease, Death, and Possibly Spread Of Virus In Johnson & Johnson Vaccine

 Johnson & Johnson's Vaccine Works Well And May Curb Virus Spread by Carl Zimmer, Noah Weiland and Sharon LaFraniere.  The New York Times.  February 24, 2021.  

Vaccines Seized In Elberton GA

 A Small Georgia Town Was Trying To Play By The Rules.  The State Seized Its Vaccines Anyway by Kiera Butler.  Mother Jones.  February 18, 2021.  

Food And Drug Administration Barred From Signing Rules Regarding Foods, Medicines, Medical Devices AND Vaccines

In "Power Grab"  Health Secretary Azar Asserts Authority Over F.D.A. by Sheila Kaplan.  The New York Times.  September 19, 2020.  

Why Medicines Must Be Tested In The Developing World

Why Medicines Must Be Tested In The Developing World by David Pilling.  The Financial Times.  July 23, 2020.

Cites Including Athens Require Masks

A Growing Number Of Georgia Cities Require Masks Over Kemp's Objection by Greg Bluestein and Ben Brasch.  The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.  July 8, 2020.

Will Developing Countries Get Any Vaccines In Time To Save Lives?

Race For Virus Vaccines Could Leave Some Countries Behind by The Associated Press/NY Times.  June 18, 2020

Coronavirus Pandemic Changing The Prescribing Practices Of Hospitals

U.S. Hospitals In Hard Hit Regions Step Up Use Of Steroids On Sickest COVID-19 Patients by Michael Erman.  Reuters.  June 19, 2020.

New: Coronavirus Vaccine Tracker

Coronavirus Vaccine Tracker by Jonathan Corum And Carl Zimmer.  The New York Times.  June 10, 2020.

NIH Chief Warns That "Skepticism" May Cause Some To Skip Vaccine

NIH Chief Worried Vaccine "Skepticism" Might Cause Some To Skip Vaccine by Elizabeth Cohen.  CNN.  June 4, 2020.

Data About Worker Illness Remains Elusive In Meatpacking Plants Even As They Reopen

As Meatpacking Plants Reopen, Data About Worker Illness Remains Elusive by Michael Corkery, David Yaffe-Bellany and Derek Kravitz.  The New York Times.  May 25, 2020.

430,000 People Have Traveled From China To U.S. Since Coronavirus Surfaced

430,000 People Have Traveled From China To U.S. Since Coronavirus Surfaced by Steve Eder, Henry Fountain, Michael H. Keller, Muyi Xiao and Alexandra Stevenson.  The New York Times.  April 4, 2020

Nearly 70 drugs May Be Candidates For Repurposing For Coronavirus

Scientists Identify 69 Drugs To Test Against The Coronavirus by Carl Zimmer.  The New York Times.  March 22, 2020.

Commonly Used Scopes Pose Significant Sterilization And Infection Risks

Why Are These Medical Instruments So Tough To Sterilize?  by Roni Caryn Rabin.  The New York Times. 

Viewpoint: The Spread Of Medical Misinformation Should Be Treated Like A Cyberattack

Viewpoint:  The Spread Of Medical Misinformation Should Be Treated Like A Cyberattack by Jackie Drees.  Beackers Hospital Review.  June 18, 2019. 

FDA To Become Middleman For "Compassionate Use" of Experimental Cancer Drugs

U.S. Looks To Help More Cancer Patients Access Experimental Cancer Drugs.  Associated Press/CBS News.  June 3, 2019. 

Shutdown Could Be Deadly, FDA Employees Fear

FDA Employees Think Shutdown Could Be Deadly by Vanessa Yurkevich and Jen Christensen.  CNN.  January 8, 2019.