In announcing plans to offer Covid-19 booster shots, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services cited declining vaccine efficacy shown by real-world studies. But the World Health Organization said the science is less than clear about booster shots, adding that it’s ethically wrong to give third shots when so many around the world are waiting for their first one.
Surgeon General Vivek Murthy took to “CBS This Morning” Wednesday to state the safety of measles vaccines and touch on medical marijuana research. Of course, he believes vaccines are safe, and he goes into some details about how the current measles situation is playing out and what the numbers really look like. He hasn’t always […]
As technology advances, AI-powered tools will increasingly reduce the administrative burdens on healthcare providers.
On Monday, the Senate confirmed Dr. Vivek Murthy will serve as surgeon general of the United States with a 51-43 vote. The position has been vacant since July 2013, and the main reason it took this long to appoint Murthy was the push back from the National Riffle Association. Murthy, a Harvard- and Yale-educated physician […]
In the wake of Healthcare.gov setbacks and delays to the employer mandate, Barack Obama has chosen in his nominee for the 19th surgeon general an amplifier of his policies rather than a widely respected authority to address public health issues. Vivek Murthy is a significant shift from the kind of appointments we have seen from […]