Balancing Health Care Rationing and Disability Rights in a Pandemic
Amid the present surge of the coronavirus pandemic, it is crucial that disability rights are a factor in the development of triage protocols.
Resource Allocation
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Read more: Opt-in vs. Opt-out Organ Donation Schemes: Evidence from the US and UK Opt-in vs. Opt-out Organ Donation Schemes: Evidence from the US and UK
In considering the best way to increase organ donation, much of the debate has focused on how to make organ donor registries more successful.
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Read more: New Regulations for Organ Procurement Organizations Pose Concerns New Regulations for Organ Procurement Organizations Pose Concerns
A poorly crafted regulatory change could disrupt our world-leading organ transplantation system and put patients at risk.
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Read more: What to Know About the COVID-19 Vaccine Dosing Debate What to Know About the COVID-19 Vaccine Dosing Debate
Faced with limited COVID-19 vaccine doses and the ever-mounting toll of the pandemic, a new debate has emerged as to the best strategy for allocation.
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Read more: What You Should Know About the COVID-19 Vaccine What You Should Know About the COVID-19 Vaccine
Carmel Shachar, executive director of the Petrie-Flom Center, talks about the COVID-19 vaccine and who is likely to get it first.
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Read more: An Equity-Based Strategy for COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution An Equity-Based Strategy for COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution
Taking a broader, systems-level approach to the distribution of incoming COVID-19 vaccines may drive health equity.
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Read more: From “A Spoonful of Sugar” to Operation Warp Speed: COVID-19 Vaccines and Their Metaphors From “A Spoonful of Sugar” to Operation Warp Speed: COVID-19 Vaccines and Their Metaphors
We must remain cognizant of the many ways metaphors may distort, divide, or misrepresent important details.
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Read more: COVID-19 in Rural America and the Indian Nations: Refocusing Development to Support At-Risk Communities COVID-19 in Rural America and the Indian Nations: Refocusing Development to Support At-Risk Communities
Insufficient resources and particularly vulnerable populations have resulted in disproportionate and devastating effects of COVID-19 on remote communities.
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Read more: Advance Health Equity by Getting Vaccine Distribution Right Advance Health Equity by Getting Vaccine Distribution Right
Who will get the COVID-19 vaccine soonest, and will those decisions be based on equitable criteria?
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Read more: What Does the Good News on the Vaccine Front Mean? What Does the Good News on the Vaccine Front Mean?
In the past weeks, three companies in advanced stages of COVID-19 vaccine trials reported good news. What does this mean?
