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‘We Want Them Infected’: An Excerpt from Jonathan Howard’s New Book on the COVID-19 Pandemic

Bill of Health

This excerpt from the new book titled “ We Want Them Infected ” is printed with permission from Jonathan Howard, MD and Redhawk Publications. By Jonathan Howard On June 29, 2021, Dr. Harriet Hall penned an essay on the website Science Based Medicine titled “A New COVID-19 Myth?” Science-Based Medicine.

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Abu Dhabi's Rizek 'first app in the world' to offer at-home vaccine bookings

Mobi Health News

Private bookings for a COVID-19 vaccine start from AED 1,300 (approx.

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Will NIH Learn from Myriad when Settling Its mRNA Inventorship Dispute with Moderna?

Bill of Health

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is currently embroiled in a dispute over the ownership of patent rights to Moderna’s flagship mRNA COVID-19 vaccine (mRNA-1273). Failing to do so would be a missed opportunity for the public sector to have a say in the distribution and pricing of this critical medical technology.

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Health Care Planning for 2022 – Start with a Pandemic, Then Pivot to Health and Happiness

Health Populi

One of my favorite Dr. Seuss characters is the narrator featured in the book, I Had Trouble In Getting to Solla-Sollew. I frequently use this book when conducting futures and scenario planning sessions with clients in health/care. But the Seussblog notes that the book’s message, “is a great one.

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No Take-Backs: Moderna’s Attempt to Renege on its Vaccine Patent Pledge

Bill of Health

Like the Open COVID Pledge before it, Moderna’s pledge expressly states that it is valid only “ while the pandemic continues. Moderna remains willing to license its technology for COVID-19 vaccines to manufacturers in these countries on commercially reasonable terms” (emphasis added). Pfizer made such a vaccine.

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

Health Populi

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. than on white people.

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The Pandemic Prison

Bill of Health

The pandemic prison has utilized several of the worst features of incarceration as a foundational part of how the institution governs “public health” for its captives. The scale of COVID-19 in jails, prisons, and detention centers was expected. The post The Pandemic Prison appeared first on Bill of Health.

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