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Opinion: Sen. Rand Paul misunderstands transgender medicine. Here’s the truth

26.02.2021

In a tense exchange on Thursday during the Senate confirmation hearing of Dr. Rachel Levine, President Biden’s nominee for assistant secretary of health, Sen. Rand Paul exposed his lack of …

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Coronavirus / First Opinion / Health

Opinion: Primary care practices could be the Biden administration’s secret weapon in the fight against Covid-19

26.02.2021

For a small-town physician, being given a supply of the Covid-19 vaccine can make a world of difference. In Cut Off, La., 30 of primary care physician Gary Birdsall’s patients …

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Opinion: Discarded drugs: a wasteful and costly problem that requires whole-of-government approaches

25.02.2021

Controlling the rising costs of pharmaceuticals, particularly those administered by physicians, has been a top health care priority for policymakers, with recent actions in both Congress and the executive branch. …

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Coronavirus / First Opinion / Health

Opinion: CDC estimated a one-year decline in life expectancy in 2020. Not so — try five days

25.02.2021

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made headlines last week when it announced that Covid-19 had reduced the average life expectancy of Americans in 2020 by a full year. …

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Coronavirus / First Opinion

Opinion: Listen: Catherine Mezzacappa and Ruth Faden on vaccinations and pregnancy

24.02.2021

This week on “The First Opinion Podcast,” I talk with Catherine Mezzacappa and Ruth Faden about the long-standing reluctance to test and administer new vaccines, including those for Covid-19, in …

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First Opinion / Pharma

Opinion: Three steps can help companies speed FDA approval of new drugs

24.02.2021

Drug developers see Food and Drug Administration approval as a difficult uphill climb, requiring large investments of resources and time. But when it comes to new drug applications and biologics …

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Opinion: Vaccine equity: If we build it, will they come?

24.02.2021

In partnership with the federal government, California launched two massive Covid-19 vaccination sites this week. One is at Cal State LA in East Los Angeles, a community deeply affected by …

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Coronavirus / First Opinion

Opinion: Lung transplants after Covid-19 raise difficult issues

23.02.2021

When the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic hit the United States in the spring, I wrote that some people with severe Covid-19-related lung injury would never recover their lung …

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Coronavirus / First Opinion

Opinion: Federal law prohibits employers and others from requiring vaccination with a Covid-19 vaccine distributed under an EUA

23.02.2021

Ever since the Food and Drug Administration granted emergency use authorization for two new vaccines, employers, schools, and other organizations are grappling with whether to require Covid-19 vaccination. While organizations …

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