Can Vaccine Allocation Plans Legally Respond to Racial Disparities?
Can COVID-19 vaccine allocation legally recognize the outsized burden of cases and deaths that racial/ethnic minority communities have borne?
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Read more: Impact of COVID-19 on Health Care Providers for People with Serious Illness Impact of COVID-19 on Health Care Providers for People with Serious Illness
Policy changes could help address the suffering this workforce has experienced and facilitate their continued care for people with serious illness.
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Read more: Providing Cancer Care in the Age of COVID-19 Providing Cancer Care in the Age of COVID-19
The reshaping of the health care landscape due to the pandemic has reduced new cancer diagnoses by over 50% for patients with breast cancer.
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Read more: Pandemic Highlights Need for Quality and Equity in End-of-Life Care Pandemic Highlights Need for Quality and Equity in End-of-Life Care
Our health care workforce, as well as patients and their families, deserve better medicine in the sensitive and tenuous time at the end of life.
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Read more: The Future of Race-Based Clinical Algorithms The Future of Race-Based Clinical Algorithms
Medical associations, health systems, and policymakers must work together to identify and remove racist algorithms from clinical practice.
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Read more: How Restrictions on SNAP Harm Health How Restrictions on SNAP Harm Health
Concerns about promoting economic independence cannot be tied to one of the most foundational of life’s necessities: access to food.
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Read more: Why Biden’s Extension of the Eviction Moratorium Isn’t Enough Why Biden’s Extension of the Eviction Moratorium Isn’t Enough
Extensions of state eviction moratoriums and large influxes of money for rental assistance are needed to keep people safe in their homes.
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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: Challenges in COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout: Lessons from the UK Challenges in COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout: Lessons from the UK
The U.S. can and should cautiously assess the U.K.’s vaccination strategy to avoid challenges that may impede its ability to control the virus.
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Read more: Benefits and Drawbacks of Emergency Use Authorizations for COVID Vaccines Benefits and Drawbacks of Emergency Use Authorizations for COVID Vaccines
The EUA pathway may impede vital scientific progress needed to establish the long term safety and efficacy of investigational COVID-19 vaccines.
