Three Vaccines for Fall: What You Need to Know
July 7, 2023
According to the NY Times, here’s who should get the flu, Covid and R.S.V. vaccines, and when. By Apoorva Mandavilli July 5, 2023 Most Americans have had one or more shots of
How the Inflation Reduction Act Reduces Health Care Costs
August 15, 2022
CAP American Progress ARTICLE AUG 12, 2022 Nicole Rapfogel & Emily Gee The Inflation Reduction Act’s health insurance subsidies and drug pricing reforms will improve health care affordability for Americans. The
Hospital Visitation Restrictions Are Hurting Patients and Nurses — New protocols and COVID mitigation techniques can enable safe visitation
September 8, 2021
Medpage Today | by Karen Cox, PhD, RN, and Tejal K. Gandhi, MD, MPH September 2, 2021 As COVID-19 began rapidly spreading across the U.S., hospitals adopted policies that prohibited patient visitation — a
What immunosuppressed patients should know about the coronavirus vaccines
April 28, 2021
The Washington Post By Lindsey Bever April 23, 2021 at 12:09 p.m. EDT Cancer patients. Organ transplant recipients. Individuals with HIV. Those with autoimmune or chronic inflammatory conditions such as lupus,
Long past time for affordable health care — a real public option
April 28, 2021
CT VIEWPOINTS by KATE FARRAR AND JILLIAN GILCHREST FEBRUARY 16, 2021 The COVID-19 health and economic crisis lays bare the need for a real public option healthcare bill in Connecticut. Senate Bill
Primary Care is Key to COVID-19 Vaccine Dissemination but is Left Out So Far
January 8, 2021
Vaccine Rollout Offers Hope, But Primary Care’s Capacity is Compromised
Some reliable resources about who should get the COVID-19 vaccine and what to consider
January 8, 2021
Whether or not you, as an individual, should get the COVID-19 vaccine should be a decision made on an person by person basis. We are not making any recommendations either
Bleed Out, the HBO Movie of a family’s experience with Medical Malpractice
December 21, 2020
Bleed Out – an HBO Film ¡Película ahora en inglés y español! Medical error is the third leading cause of death in the U.S. After a routine partial hip replacement operation
Coronavirus Vaccine Tracker
December 21, 2020
On Nov. 9, New York-based Pfizer and the German company BioNTech made history by presenting preliminary data indicating that their coronavirus vaccine was over 90 percent effective. It was the first time anyone had
3 Covid-19 Trials Have Been Paused for Safety. That’s a Good Thing.
October 15, 2020
NY Times Health | By Carl Zimmer | Oct. 14, 2020, 12:36 p.m. ET Experts were comforted that companies are following safety precautions. They pointed out that pauses in vaccine