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COVID widens racial gap in Minnesota's health care system
Black Americans have about twice the risk as whites of developing a medical problem called peripheral artery disease, in which blood vessels in the legs become narrowed or blocked off.
As COVID-19 Vaccine Trials Move At Warp Speed, Recruiting Black Volunteers Takes Time
Rachel Hardeman, PhD, MPH is quoted.
'It was hell:' Ketamine shot sends Minneapolis man into intensive care, renews calls for investigation Publication date:
"For the second time in two years, Hennepin Healthcare and the Minneapolis Police Department are facing public backlash for the use of ketamine..."It’s absolutely stunning to see this repeated again,” said Carl Elliott, a bioethicist at…
A COVID-19 vaccine: who gets it first and how do we decide?
"Anyone who's ever watched a science fiction movie knows, when the mayor bursts into the lab and demands results right now because the Governor is on the line, something Bad is going to happen in the lab. Luckily for us, despite the…
Six more months tacked onto regenerative medicine enforcement date
"The end of a discretionary enforcement period for regenerative medicine products was pushed back by another 6 months, according to a final guidance issued today by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)." Associate Professor of the…
Corporate giving is just a piece of what's needed to heal the Twin Cities
"When Hurricane Katrina took aim at the Gulf Coast in 2005, Walmart executives gathered in a boardroom to discuss their corporate responsibility. They had stores, employees and customers in New Orleans. Even before they knew the toll of…
"We are tired; we're all just tired."
"Flattening the curve of COVID-19 doesn't mean it's gone away. That's one of several take-aways epidemiologist Dr. Catherine McCarty, PhD, MPH wants people to internalize. Some others? Wear a mask. You wear it for other people; not…
Joel Wu on Decision-making During a Pandemic
Joel Wu, JD, MPH, MA, HEC-C is the Center for Bioethics' Clinical Ethics Adjunct professor and senior lecturer in the Division of Health Policy and Management at the University of Minnesota's School of Public Health.
On June 12, he…
Could pressure for COVID-19 drugs lead the FDA to lower its standards?
Leigh Turner, PhD has worked tirelessly to uncover ethical issues in stem cell therapy marketing and regulation. In this piece by The Conversation, Turner examines whether the U.S. FDA is lowering its regulatory standards & being…
Neighbors, June 9: "We knew this was going to happen!"
Sometimes you just can't win. As public health officials watched the COVID-19 pandemic play out on the east and west coasts, they encouraged us here in the Midwest to social distance and wear masks. Now, when we're not swamped with a wave…