¿Se están EXAGERANDO o SUBESTIMANDO las muertes por COVID-19?
Posts en Español Uncertainty and Misinformation
Jennifer Beam Dowd, PhD
P: ¿Se están EXAGERANDO o SUBESTIMANDO las muertes por COVID-19? ¿Es posible que muchas de estas personas hubieran muerto si la pandemia no hubiera ocurrido? R: El número de muertes es ALTOLo más probable es que las muertes por COVID-19 sean más de las que pensamos. Hoy tenemos un post invitado del estimado demógrafo mexicano Read more…
What do I need to know about health insurance changes rolling out this week?
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Malia Jones, PhD MPH
The American Rescue Plan Act goes into effect April 1st, 2021, and it makes some big changes to health insurance access for people in the United States. These changes make medical insurance less expensive and easier to get. There are also big changes to COBRA plan pricing (big!), flexible spending accounts, and paid sick time. Read more…
What do we know about treatment for people with COVID-19 infections who need to be hospitalized?
Treatments
Sarah Whitley Coles, MD
A: We are learning more and more as the pandemic continues, but there are still lots of questions. For now, remdesivir appears to help you feel better faster (but maybe doesn’t help people live longer), corticosteroids for really sick people definitely help people live longer but aren’t useful for people with mild symptoms, tocilizumab is Read more…
P: ¿Se están EXAGERANDO o SUBESTIMANDO las muertes por COVID-19? ¿Es posible que muchas de estas personas hubieran muerto si la pandemia no hubiera ocurrido? R: El número de muertes es ALTOLo más probable es que las muertes por COVID-19 sean más de las que pensamos. Hoy tenemos un post invitado del estimado demógrafo mexicano Read more…
What do I need to know about health insurance changes rolling out this week?
UncategorizedMalia Jones, PhD MPH
The American Rescue Plan Act goes into effect April 1st, 2021, and it makes some big changes to health insurance access for people in the United States. These changes make medical insurance less expensive and easier to get. There are also big changes to COBRA plan pricing (big!), flexible spending accounts, and paid sick time. Read more…
What do we know about treatment for people with COVID-19 infections who need to be hospitalized?
Treatments
Sarah Whitley Coles, MD
A: We are learning more and more as the pandemic continues, but there are still lots of questions. For now, remdesivir appears to help you feel better faster (but maybe doesn’t help people live longer), corticosteroids for really sick people definitely help people live longer but aren’t useful for people with mild symptoms, tocilizumab is Read more…
The American Rescue Plan Act goes into effect April 1st, 2021, and it makes some big changes to health insurance access for people in the United States. These changes make medical insurance less expensive and easier to get. There are also big changes to COBRA plan pricing (big!), flexible spending accounts, and paid sick time. Read more…
What do we know about treatment for people with COVID-19 infections who need to be hospitalized?
TreatmentsSarah Whitley Coles, MD
A: We are learning more and more as the pandemic continues, but there are still lots of questions. For now, remdesivir appears to help you feel better faster (but maybe doesn’t help people live longer), corticosteroids for really sick people definitely help people live longer but aren’t useful for people with mild symptoms, tocilizumab is Read more…
A: We are learning more and more as the pandemic continues, but there are still lots of questions. For now, remdesivir appears to help you feel better faster (but maybe doesn’t help people live longer), corticosteroids for really sick people definitely help people live longer but aren’t useful for people with mild symptoms, tocilizumab is Read more…
