Washington Post, June 3, 2020. There are lots of challenges facing major league baseball’s efforts to avoid the coronavirus. We explain that one of the biggest challenges are the hot spot states where baseball teams are supposed to play.
Read More »News That Quotes Us & Our Work
We are often quoted in major newspapers and magazines, and on well-respected TV shows, radio programs, and websites where we share our opinion on issues that matter to you and your health. Stay up to date on health news and our take on it by reading the articles in this section.
DOT Wants to Weaken Its Own Power to Penalize Airlines Over Consumer Complaints
Fair Warning, July 1, 2020. Are airlines doing all they should to make flying safe again? Filling every seat is not a good idea, and that’s just one of many problems that make flying and buying airline tickets risky.
Read More »We can’t ever go to the doctor with our guard down’: Why Black women are 40% more likely to die of breast cancer
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.
Read More »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 »