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Category: Healthcare

Novel coronavirus

America’s 250,000 COVID-19 deaths: People die, but little changes

November 18th, 2020 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Healthcare

The Washington Post has published a discomforting report about America’s ineffective response to the novel coronavirus pandemic, which details the resistance to mask wearing and physical distancing in many parts of the country.

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Novel coronavirus

A harsh lesson in the reality of COVID-19

July 29th, 2020 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Healthcare

An enthusiastic Donald Trump backer who trusted Trump and Pence instead of public health experts and lost family members as a result has a warning for people who still think like he once did.

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Novel coronavirus

A summer vacation during coronavirus? Experts weigh in

July 23rd, 2020 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Healthcare

It’s the summer of COVID-19. BuzzFeed wonders: “How safe is it to take a trip? And what summer activities are less risky than others?”

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Novel coronavirus

COVID-19 risks: Know them, avoid them

May 22nd, 2020 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Healthcare

Erin S. Bromage, Ph.D., an Associate Professor of Biology at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, has published an informative primer on which environments the novel coronavirus is most easily transmitted in, which also discusses how people can minimize getting sick.

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Jay Inslee

Governor Jay Inslee offers scathing response to Republican legal attacks: “Anyone can file a lawsuit, and anyone has.”

May 8th, 2020 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Healthcare, Litigation

During a COVID-19 update press conference, Governor Jay Inslee offered a scathing response to Republican legal attacks: “Anyone can file a lawsuit, and anyone has.”

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A woman standing alone

Rethinking and reframing: Let’s aim for physical rather than social distancing

March 20th, 2020 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Healthcare, World Community

“Isolation can be toxic. Let’s increase physical distance, but stay connected,: writes Dr. Kenneth E. Miller.

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Caricature of Donald Trump

Republican America isn’t prepared for the coronavirus crisis

March 16th, 2020 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Healthcare, Party Politics

“[T]he Pavlovian urge to win the short-term news cycle, own the libs and defend the economic interests of corporate America and Trump’s re-election are combining with the predilection for conspiracy-minded thinking on the right.”

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Novel coronavirus

Archdiocese of Seattle suspends liturgies, tells region’s Catholics: Don’t come to church

March 11th, 2020 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Healthcare, Spirituality, World Community

“I am going to ask that all of our parishes in western Washington, in the Archdiocese of Seattle, effective today, suspend the celebration publicly of the Eucharist,” Archbishop Etienne said.

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Novel coronavirus

For Trump, coronavirus proves to be an enemy he can’t tweet away

March 9th, 2020 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Healthcare, World Community

“A president who is at his strongest politically when he has a human target to attack has found it harder to confront a growing outbreak that has rattled the country,” The New York Times assesses.

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Jay Inslee

Governor Jay Inslee appears on CBS’ Face the Nation to talk about coronavirus response with Margaret Brennan

March 8th, 2020 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Healthcare, World Community

Read a transcript of Governor Jay Inslee’s appearance on one of the nation’s major Sunday morning talk shows.

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Novel coronavirus

Looking at how diseases spread, canceling SXSW was the right call

March 6th, 2020 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Healthcare, World Community

“No doubt canceling SXSW was a tough call for the city,” data scientist Spencer Fox writes. “But public health concerns must take priority.”

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Novel coronavirus

John Oliver tackles coronavirus myths and scams on Last Week Tonight

March 1st, 2020 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Healthcare, World Community

As coronavirus spreads to the United States, John Oliver discusses what’s being done to fight the illness, what’s gone wrong, and how to stay safe.

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Dr. Kim Schrier delivers her first floor speech

U.S. Representative Kim Schrier delivers first floor speech, addressing access to healthcare

January 9th, 2019 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Healthcare

U.S. Representative Kim Schrier, the only woman doctor in Congress, has delivered her first speech on the floor of the House of Representatives. Watch it now.

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Idaho is turning blue

It’s official: Medicaid expansion will be on Idaho’s ballot

July 6th, 2018 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Elections, Healthcare

This is a really, really, really big deal… and proof that progress is possible even in the reddest of the states.

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Jimmy Kimmel

Round three of Jimmy Kimmel’s battle with Bill Cassidy and Lindsey Graham

September 22nd, 2017 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Healthcare

Jimmy has found himself in the middle of a battle over American health care, so tonight he responds to more criticism from Senator Bill Cassidy and those other jerks who want to take our health care away.

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Democratic donkey and health symbol

There are three types of single-payer ‘concern trolls’ — and they all want to undermine universal healthcare

September 22nd, 2017 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Healthcare, Legislative Advocacy

Money for war is magically always there; money for healthcare must be counted bean by bean. — Adam Johnson: There are three types of single-payer

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Jimmy Kimmel

Jimmy Kimmel fights back against Bill Cassidy, Lindsey Graham and Chris Christie

September 21st, 2017 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Healthcare

Jimmy responds to Senator Bill Cassidy, Senator Lindsey Graham, Governor Chris Christie, and Brian Kilmeade after they reacted to his monologue about the #GrahamCassidy health care bill.

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Jimmy Kimmel

MUST-SEE TV: Jimmy Kimmel calls out Louisiana’s Bill Cassidy as a lying liar

September 20th, 2017 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Healthcare

Jimmy shares his thoughts on Senators Bill Cassidy and Lindsey Graham’s new health “care” bill including why it doesn’t pass Cassidy’s “Jimmy Kimmel Test.”

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Democratic donkey and health symbol

What’s next for progressives on healthcare?

August 7th, 2017 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Healthcare

I would strongly support reintroducing some form of public option — a way for people to buy into public insurance — that could eventually lead

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Trumpcare would harm tens of millions

Republican support of Senate health repeal erodes during break

July 8th, 2017 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Healthcare

Republican Senator Susan Collins of Maine opposes Mitch McConnell’s Trumpcare bill, at least in its current form, and she explained why to The New York Times.

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Trumpcare would harm tens of millions

CBO: Senate Republicans’ version of Trumpcare would leave 22 million uninsured

June 26th, 2017 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Healthcare

An earlier House version of Trumpcare was scored by the CBO as likely to result in 24 million Americans becoming uninsured. This Senate version is barely less awful.

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