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Doctors fighting racial health disparities face threats, harassment

Dr. Aletha Maybank joined the American Medical Association as its first chief health equity officer in 2019, determined to fight racial disparities in medicine.  That work grew more urgent in 2020 as the Covid-19 pandemic exposed deadly inequities in health care, and as George Floyd’s murder turned the country’s attention…

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Why early COVID treatments like Paxlovid are going unused : Shots

Treatments like monoclonal antibody infusions and antiviral pills can prevent a case of COVID-19 from becoming life-threatening. But many of the available drugs are not being used. Emily Elconin/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Emily Elconin/Bloomberg via Getty Images Treatments like monoclonal antibody infusions and antiviral pills can…

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Ukraine health facilities ‘stretched to breaking point’, warns WHO |

The UN agency’s relief hard work carries on, inspite of missile attacks on health care amenities, staff, and clients in Ukrainian cities, which have killed 12 men and women and hurt 34. Nurses have experienced to ventilate individuals manually in clinic basements, away from Russian shelling. Among the the most-desired…