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Health Disparities in America: JAMA Talks Structural Racism in U.S. Health Care

Health Populi

The coronavirus pandemic has changed so many aspects of American health care for so many people, including doctors. Health Populi’s Hot Points: By June 2020, it became clear to the Centers for Disease Control that COVID-19 had been exacting a tougher toll on the lives of people of color in the U.S. health care.

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Do No Harm: A Call for Decarceration in Hospitals

Bill of Health

By Zainab Ahmed. In an era of mass suffering, some still suffer more than others. What’s worse, there is nothing natural about it. It is human made.

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The 2021 Shkreli Awards: Lown Institute Counts Down the Top 10 Healthcare Industry Abuses in the Coronavirus Pandemic

Health Populi

2: Moderna, funded with nearly $1 billion in taxpayer dollars to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, sets the highest prevailing market price for the product. The controversy here is that this was the highest price set although the company received 100% of the development costs for the vaccine covered by the U.S. government.