Analysis: The Trump Health Care Policies That Deserve to Stick Around
President Joe Biden may want to continue the previous administration’s efforts to lower drug prices and make medical costs transparent.
Beijing’s SARS Lockdown Taught My Children Resilience. Your Covid Kids Will Likely Be Fine.
Living through SARS taught my children important lessons, and not just about hygiene. It taught them how to make sacrifices for the sake of friends, family and community.
With Demand Far Exceeding Supply, It Matters That People Are Jumping the Vaccine Line
When hospital administrators and politicians’ spouses get immunized before people more at risk, it undermines confidence in the system.
Analysis: Some Said the Vaccine Rollout Would Be a ‘Nightmare.’ They Were Right.
There are already signs that the distribution of the COVID vaccines will be messy, confusing and chaotic.
It’s Time to Scare People About COVID
Our public messaging about the virus should explain the real costs — in graphic terms — of catching the virus.
Voz de un experto: los niveles de seguridad que propone Fauci durante COVID
El doctor Anthony Fauci, la autoridad máxima en enfermedades infecciosas del país, dice que, si la mayoría de las personas se vacuna, se lograría cierta “normalidad” a mediados de 2021.
Take It From an Expert: Fauci’s Hierarchy of Safety During COVID
In a new interview, the nation’s top infectious disease expert tells us how to survive the coming months and describes how hard it is when people still insist the coronavirus outbreak is “fake news.”
Análisis: el invierno llega para los bares. Cómo salvarlos. Y salvarnos.
Son lugares de alto riesgo de propagación. ¿Por qué no compensar a los propietarios para que cierren sus negocios para proteger la salud pública?
Analysis: Winter Is Coming for Bars. Here’s How to Save Them. And Us.
To stop the coronavirus, we need to stop super-spreader events.
Analysis: ‘Don’t Be Afraid of COVID’? Not Buying It, Unless Businesses Do Job Right
COVID precautions may seem like overkill. But I won’t set foot in a store unless certain steps are taken.
Cumplimos reglas con el cinturón de seguridad o el cigarillo. ¿Por qué no con las máscaras?
Treinta y cuatro estados y Washington, D.C., tienen algún tipo de mandato sobre el uso de máscara, pero muchos ciudadanos y agencias del orden los ignoran descaradamente.
Analysis: We Follow Laws on Seat Belts and Smoking. Why Not on Masks?
Americans have gotten used to all sorts of mandates, from cleaning up after dogs to stopping at intersections. There’s no reason it should be this hard to enforce ones around the coronavirus.
Analysis: You’ve Checked for Fever. Now, What’s Your Risk Tolerance?
Getting out of our bunkers doesn’t mean throwing caution to the wind.
Analysis: When Is a Coronavirus Test Not a Coronavirus Test?
If it takes 12 days to get results, testing is basically pointless.
Analysis: How A COVID-19 Vaccine Could Cost Americans Dearly
The United States is the only developed nation unable to balance cost, efficacy and social good in setting prices.
My Mother Died Of The Coronavirus. It’s Time She Was Counted.
Not having an accurate, honest, nationwide way to tally COVID-19 cases will only add to the current tragedy.
Analysis: We Knew The Coronavirus Was Coming, Yet We Failed 5 Critical Tests
The vulnerabilities that COVID-19 has revealed were a predictable outgrowth of our market-based health care system.
Analysis: The Real Tragedy Of Not Having Enough COVID-19 Tests
How can we know when to reopen society without testing many more people?
Se hizo la prueba de coronavirus. Luego vino la catarata de facturas médicas
Nadie está haciendo mucho para rescatar a pacientes que necesitan desesperadamente protección contra este tipo de facturas, en un sistema que cobra libremente por cada atención que dispensa.
Analysis: He Got Tested For Coronavirus. Then Came The Flood Of Medical Bills.
Hidden costs for ER visits and other fees could cost people thousands of dollars.
