The coronavirus revealed flaws in the nation’s pandemic plans. The spread of monkeypox shows that the problems remain deeply entrenched.
Tag: Medicine and Health
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Lack of Data Still Blunts US Response to Outbreaks
Major data gaps, the result of decades of underinvestment in public health, have undercut the government response to the coronavirus and now to monkeypox.
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A Rural Doctor Gave Her All. Then Her Heart Broke.
Physicians suffer one of the highest burnout rates among professionals. Dr. Kimberly Becher, one of two family practitioners in Clay County, West Virginia, learned the hard way.
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How Health Care Workers Got Me Through the Pandemic
From home aides to doctors, people in health care fields offered more than just medical advice for people getting through the pandemic. They offered comfort.