COVID-19 hospital data is a hot mess after feds take control
Enlarge / Members of the medical staff treat a patient in the COVID-19 intensive care unit at the United Memorial Medical Center on July 28, 2020 in Houston, Texas. COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations have spiked since Texas reopened, pushing intensive-care units to full capacity and sparking concerns about a surge in fatalities as the virus…
Head of US’ pandemic vaccine group says he was demoted in...
Enlarge / Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar (right), shown here with Dr. Anthony Fauci and President Trump, has reportedly clashed with a key director in his agency. Today, the former head of the agency responsible for rapid development of pandemic responses such as therapies and vaccines announced he would file a whistleblower…
Trump wishes to import drugs from Canada. Canadians rage
Enlarge / US President Donald Trump speaks alongside Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar at the White House May 9, 2019 in Washington DC. Canadians are in a kerfuffle over the Trump administration’s preliminary plan to allow Americans to import lower-cost prescription medications from Canada. The plan was announced July 31 and is…
Trump ends NIH medical research study over usage of fetal tissue
Enlarge / A seal that reads "US Public Health Service" adorns a building on the campus of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. President Trump personally made the call to impose new restrictions on the use of fetal tissue in medical research, according to reporting by The Washington Post. The decision, announced Wednesday…
