October 21, 2020, BMJ. Current Covid-19 vaccine trials don’t give the public enough information on whether the vaccine is safe or will work for everyone.
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Using informatics to guide public health policy during the COVID-19 pandemic in the USA
There are many conflicting views about how to get the Covid-19 pandemic under control in the U.S. Our study in the Journal of Public Health, published in July 2020, explains how experts can use existing datasets and analytical tools to evaluate the risks of different policies, and determine the resources and policies needed to save lives during this pandemic and any future pandemics
Read More »Hype in Health Reporting: “Checkbook Science” Buys Distortion of Medical News
The greatest danger to public health might be “checkbook science”: research intended not to expand knowledge or to benefit humanity but to sell products.
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Are these high-risk implants studied on Whites only? Mostly younger white men? Groundbreaking study of high-risk medical devices finds lack of information for patients who are women, people of color, and over 65 years of age.
Read More »Can the FDA Help Reduce Drug Prices or the Cost of Medical Care?
American Journal of Public Health, November, 2017. In a guest editorial by NCHR president Dr. Diana Zuckerman, she questions whether the FDA’s plan to get generic drugs on the market more quickly is enough to make prescription drugs – and health insurance—affordable.
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