Today, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the plague scene from Monty Python and the Holy Grail hits painfully close to home, as an older man is thrown on a dead body cart, protesting he’s “not dead” – yet. Today, we’re seeing countless medical...
Click here to watch Roger Severino, director of the HHS Office for Civil Rights, as he joins Shannon Bream on 'Fox News @ Night.' "We do have these protections to make sure that illegitimate criteria, especially weighing the relative worth of one person versus another...
Damian Gregory worries about the things that have quickly become normal to worry about in the coronavirus era: Is there Clorox at the grocery store this week? When will social distancing end? Will he and his family stay healthy until a vaccine is found? But the...
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As the COVID-19 pandemic hurdles us to the breaking point of our medical system in various hot spots across the country, we are being forced to face our faults and our fears in the raw. As a first responder, I have seen the issues with...
(GETTY IMAGES) STRESS CAUSED BY widespread social distancing to blunt the spread of the coronavirus may be creating the unintended consequence of increasing the risk of suicide in the general population, according to new research published in JAMA Psychiatry. The study – "Suicide Mortality and Coronavirus Disease...
There has not been, in living memory, more focus on healthcare, the vital role of doctors, the sacrifices made by nurses, and the wonderful efforts of everyone involved in the sector. Amid the coronavirus crisis, daily heroism, the scale of human loss, and the awful...
I keep hearing about how disabled people are panicked over covid-19. As a disabled person, I know this is true...
The suicide rate in the United States continues to rise, increasing 35% for almost two decades from 1999 through 2018, according to a new data brief released by the National Center for Health Statistics on Wednesday. The report included mortality data from the center's National Vital...
"COVID-19 has brought the ever present issue of rationing of health care to the forefront. It is not a comfortable issue to discuss but one the disability community and our allies deal with everyday." Diane Coleman addresses this issue as well as outlining the mission of...