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Episode 188: Antiracism in Medicine Series – Episode 10 – Counterspaces in Medicine: Creating Safe Spaces and Redefining Value

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Opinion: Black Americans should face lower age cutoffs to qualify for vaccine. In order to maintain one’s ability to effectively transform the existing culture of medicine into an anti-racist one, it is important to find time to reflect on one’s journey and direction. N Engl J Med. 2020;383(3):283-285. link] Blackstock, O, Blackstock, U.

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Looking for Clues about FDA Under RFK Jr.

FDA Law Blog

Aside from his many high profile claims about vaccines, what he perceives as corruption at FDA, and his promise to go wild on health, Kennedys specific policy preferences about how FDA should administer its day-to-day oversight of drugs, medical devices, food, dietary supplements, cosmetics, or tobacco have not been publicly detailed.

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Episode 169: Antiracism in Medicine Series – Episode 7 – Antiracism, Global Health Equity, and the COVID-19 Response

The Clinical Problem Solvers

The Global COVID-19 Response Must Be Anti-Racist An anti-racist COVID-19 response means that quality care, quality vaccines, and quality public health information must be provieded to all. From social distancing to contact tracing to vaccin distribution, every step should be considered through an anti-raicst framework.

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Hospital-at-Home: Bruce Leff and Tacara Soones

GeriPal

How is it financed and what comes next? In addition to discussing these outcomes, we also discuss: The history of the hospital-at-home movement. The practicalities of how it works including who are good candidates, where does it start (the ED?), what happens at home, do you need a caregiver, what happens if they need something like imaging?

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