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How to Fairly Allocate Scarce COVID-19 Therapies

Bill of Health

The Delta variant led the federal government to resume control over mAb supply and promulgate allocation guidelines. Notably, nursing workforces are aging , and older physicians are especially likely to serve in settings — such as rural areas , where 20% of physicians are 60 or over — where their services are particularly scarce.

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The Biggest Threat to Our Health Isn’t the Next Pandemic or Cancer…It’s Climate Change

Health Populi

and the issue of pandemic preparedness for the next “Disease X” became part of global public health planning. But the biggest health threat to human life is climate change, according to a new report from the World Health Organization titled The Health Argument for Climate Action.