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Explaining pandemic triage: When a picture is worth 3000 words
"Ethics and its implications for healthcare delivery under constraints of scarcity are not simple concepts, even for those working within the hea
Clap all you like now, but workers with meaningful jobs deserve to be valued in a post-coronavirus economy too
"The coronavirus recession has laid bare how illogically the U.S. labor market values work that matters. In the United States, as elsewhere, citizens have been extolling the role of essential workers – such as nurses, grocery suppliers and…
New Study: Parents Struggle to “Break the Ice” When it Comes to Advance Care Planning with their Adolescents with Cancer
In a study co-authored by Jennifer Needle, MD, MPH, researchers found that parents of teens with cancer have a poor understanding of when their adolescents would like to discuss end-of-life care. The study aimed to
Minnesota grapples with promise of COVID-19 drug in limited supply, unknown cost
"This round of medication is on the house. The next one will be, too. But eventually, California's Gilead Sciences will start charging Americans for remdesivir, the drug that recently became the only therapeutic agent shown to cut down the…
Clinic Pushes Inhaled Stem Cell Tx, Delivered to Your Door
"In the age of social distancing, one stem cell clinic has decided to make its products -- which it strongly suggests can prevent COVID-19 -- available for home delivery. This procedure was invented during the coronavirus outbreak so…
Shady Stem Cell Clinics Are Peddling 'Immune-Boosting' Covid-19 Treatments
Clinics both in and out off the U.S. are making stem cells as a preventative, 'immune-boosting' treatment against the coronavirus, with little to no evidence to back up their claims." Leigh Turner, PhD is quoted.
Access the Oxford Handbook of Public Health Ethics for Free: Includes chapter from Director Debra DeBruin, PhD
Learning about Public Health Ethics just got easier: In light of the current pandemic, the Oxford University Press has made all 73 chapters of
Ethics around businesses marketing unproven and unlicensed COVID-19 stem-cell-based “therapies”
"As the public looks for treatments for SARS-CoV-2, some businesses in the United States are marketing unlicensed and unproven stem-cell-based “therapies” and exosome products that claim to prevent or treat the disease. In a recent journal…
Online Panel Discussion on Ethics of Social Distancing, Rationing, & Crisis Standards
On Monday, May 4 from 3:00 - 4:00 pm, you can listen in on a panel discussion hosted by the University of Minnesota School of Public Health.
"Frightening and discouraging" - no guarantees of COVID-19 immunity
"Last week's announcement by the World Health Organization that "there's no evidence shows that having coronavirus prevents a second infection" is a big deal, because almost all of our ideas of how "moving forward" looks are predicated on…