Category Archives: Health care

The New Fault Lines in a Post-Globalized World

Coronavirus is smashing up the economic and political order. What sort of world comes next?

Covid-19 Diagnosis: Will We End Applying a Mosaic of Methods Worldwide?

A look at promising Covid-19 test methods, and why diagnosis approaches may wind up differing across countries.

Coronavirus Research Done Too Fast Is Testing Publishing Safeguards, Bad Science Is Getting Through

Scientific publishing is already suffering a quality control crisis, so it’s important to give a hard look at often-rushed coronavirus studies.

The Coming Battle for the COVID-19 Narrative

Will the disruption of Covid-19 deal a major blow to market ideology?

COVID-19 Crisis Threatens Beleaguered Assisted Living Industry

Unregulated assisted living facilities are becoming hotbeds of coronavirus cases.

Overloaded Morgues, Mass Graves and Infectious Remains: How Forensic Pathologists Handle the Coronavirus Dead

The handling of the dead is a major but not much discussed challenge with coronavirus.

The Misguided Discussion of “Herd Immunity”

On the large gap between what the public and the scientific/medical community think about Covid-19 immunity, including testing for it.

Martin Wolf and Wishful Thinking on Ending Coronavirus Lockdowns

It would be nice to go back to something like the old normal. But the coronavirus is still very much in charge.

Cancer Patients Face Treatment Delays And Uncertainty As Coronavirus Cripples Hospitals

Coronavirus creates a terrible bind for cancer patients and their doctors.

What Wall Street Doesn’t Want You to Know About Hospital Emergency Rooms

A coronavirus whistleblower winds up also exposing that private equity has too much say in running emergency rooms.

Key Official Missing in Action: North Carolina Treasurer, Sole Fiduciary of Its Pension, Has Covid-19 but State Refuses to Say More

Key public officials are abusing their position if they keep the severity of their Covid-19 illness under wraps.

Why Can’t Everyone in This Country Get Free COVID-19 Treatment?

The US is well into the Covid-19 crisis, yet most citizens are at risk of big bills if they seek testing and care.