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Covid-19 Crisis Triage — Optimizing Health Outcomes and Disability Rights
On March 28, 2020, the Office of Civil Rights at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) opened investigations…
Respecting Disability Rights — Toward Improved Crisis Standards of Care
In times of emergency, many legal strictures can flex. For example, to enable hospitals to respond to Covid-19, the Department…
Comedy club performances provide insights on how robots, humans connect via humor
A robot comic is more funny when it has good timing.
Not all multiple sclerosis-like diseases are alike
Scientists say some myelin-damaging disorders have a distinctive pathology that groups them into a unique disease entity.
How to improve the pneumococcus vaccine
Pneumococcus kills 1 million children annually according to the World Health Organization. The key to the pathogen’s virulence is its…
Coma during a febrile illness – Respiratory Syncytial Virus-triggered ischemic stroke
An active 79-year-old woman was admitted in early December in coma.
Medical Licensure: It is time to eliminate practice borders within the United States
At this time of a national health emergency caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, indeed a global health crisis, we are…
Racial Inequalities in Mortality from Coronavirus: The Tip of the Iceberg
At present, the United States population of about 332 million represents about 4.25% of the population of the world which…
Myanmar Raids Reveal New Production of a Killer Drug
After dominating the global methamphetamine trade, crime syndicates in Myanmar are starting to make fentanyl, the drug that has fueled…