Is your Cloth Mask Good Enough as omicron variant is spreading fast?
Is your Cloth Mask Good Enough as omicron variant is spreading fast? The highly transmissible omicron variant is sweeping the U.S., causing
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lifeunearth
- Jan 13
- 4 min
A High-Risk Medical Device Didn’t Meet Federal Standards
A High-Risk Medical Device Didn’t Meet Federal Standards. The Government Paid Millions for More,For years after federal inspectors found ser
lifeunearth
- Jan 10
- 4 min
They Were the Pandemic’s Perfect Victims
They Were the Pandemic’s Perfect Victims , The pandemic killed so many dialysis patients that their total
number shrunk for the first time
lifeunearth
- Jan 10
- 4 min
Black-Owned Hospice Seeks to Bring Greater Ease in Dying to Black Families
Black-Owned Hospice Seeks to Bring Greater Ease in Dying to Black Families, This time, it didn’t take much persuading for Mary Murphy to emb
lifeunearth
- Jan 9
- 5 min
Hospitals Recruit International Nurses to Fill Pandemic Shortages
Hospitals Recruit International Nurses to Fill Pandemic Shortages, Before Mary Venus was offered a nursing job at a hospital here, she’d nev
lifeunearth
- Jan 7
- 7 min
The War on Cancer at 50: The Origin Story Begins With a Socialite Citizen-Lobbyist
The War on Cancer at 50: The Origin Story Begins With a Socialite Citizen-Lobbyist, The roots of the National Cancer Act can be traced to a
lifeunearth
- Jan 5
- 4 min
Why an HBCU Med School Decided to Put CARES Act Money Into Students’ Pockets
Why an HBCU Med School Decided to Put CARES Act Money Into Students’ Pockets, Just before students at Meharry Medical College went home for
lifeunearth
- Jan 5
- 5 min
As Covid Hits Nursing Homes’ Finances, Town Residents Fight to Save Alzheimer’s Facility
As Covid Hits Nursing Homes’ Finances, Town Residents Fight to Save Alzheimer’s Facility, Marvin Querry, 86, was on his tractor, planting
lifeunearth
- Dec 27, 2021
- 8 min
Laws Shield Hospitals From Families Who Believe Loved Ones Contracted Covid as Patients
After Amanda Wilson lost her son, Braden, 15, to covid-19 in early 2021, she tried to honor his memory. She put up a lending library box in
lifeunearth
- Jul 19, 2021
- 10 min
Novavax’s Effort to Vaccinate the World
Novavax CEO and covid vaccine maker Stanley Erck stood on a stage unmasked and did something that would have been unthinkable six months a
lifeunearth
- Jul 19, 2021
- 5 min
Biden’s July Executive Order Includes Drug Pricing Provisions
Biden’s executive order of July 9 included various steps toward making good on campaign promises to take on pharmaceutical companies
lifeunearth
- Jul 16, 2021
- 5 min
Dying Patients With Rare Diseases Struggle to Get Experimental Therapies
At 15, Autumn Fuernisen is dying. She was diagnosed at age 11 with a rare degenerative brain disorder that has no known cure or way
lifeunearth
- Jul 16, 2021
- 7 min
How ERs Fail Patients With Addiction
One Patient's Tragic Death in a South Carolina ER Medical Facility.
lifeunearth
- Jul 16, 2021
- 6 min
Fútbol, Flags and Fun: Getting Creative to Reach Unvaccinated Latinos in Colorado
Unvaccinated Latinos in Colarado took vaccine during a soccer match.