Fortune Magazine: June 30, 2020 Black Americans are dying from the COVID-19 pandemic at a disproportionately high rate, and are also much more likely to die from many other health problems. Black women are less likely to develop breast cancer but 40% more likely to die from it than White women. The reasons behind this awful disparity are wide-ranging, and include systemic problems both within healthcare and far beyond it.
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Will MLB’s health and safety plan hold up once baseball returns? It’ll be a tough task.
The Washington Post, June 24, 2020. Major League Baseball’s 2020 operations manual has strict, detailed instructions in the ball park, but Conduct Outside of Club Facilities, “feels vague and potentially problematic,” according to multiple public health experts who reviewed the manual.
Read More »Hahn Defends Using Less ‘Robust’ Data During COVID, But Critics Contend It Has Gone Too Far
Informa Pharma Intelligence, June 04, 2020. NCHR asserts that anecdotes are not data sets, this problematic situation can been seen in new drugs for coronavirus.
Read More »Allergan is trying to track down women with breast implants it recalled nearly a year ago
Fortune, June 3, 2020. Allergan has asked small nonprofit organizations to help inform tens of thousands of women that they have a type of breast implant that has been recalled due to increased cancer risks.
Read More »Amid conflict-of-interest criticisms, top FDA officials recuse themselves from Covid-19 vaccine approvals
Stat News, May 19, 2020. Two FDA officials recuse themselves from COVID-19 vaccine approvals because of conflicts of interest.
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