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Colleagues, This week’s newsletter, Science Under Siege, spotlights how the U.S. government is dismantling the medical system piece by piece—mass layoffs at health agencies, slashed Medicaid…
Health Equity, Disparities, and Infectious Diseases With MarkAlain Dery, DO, MPH, FACOI
Infectious DiseaseDr. Dery is the Chief Innovation Officer and Medical Director for Infectious Diseases at Access Health Louisiana and the Director of 2 HRSA Ryan White Grants. Emphasizing human rights and social justice, he founded the New Orleans-based community radio station, 102.3 FM WHIV-LP, and the NoiseFilter podcast. He also creates animations to explain COVID-19 vaccines and HIV.
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Hurricanes Helene and Milton: Impact on U.S. Healthcare Systems and Climate Change Implications - 6 month(s) ago
Dear Colleagues, Hurricanes Helene and Milton disrupted healthcare systems in the U.S., exposing the vulnerabilities of medical facilities to climate-related disasters. During Hurricane Helene, Unicoi…
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Dystopian Realities: First They Came for Dr. Fauci, and I Spoke Out! - 11 month(s) ago
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Colleagues, This month’s articles shed light on the alarming consequences of policies dismantling the social safety net, placing profits over people and ideology over science.…
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Colleagues, For this month’s newsletter, I continue reporting on how our society unravels due to cruel legislative policies, disinformation, and unregulated capitalism. In my home…
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American The Broken: The Reality of a Measles Outbreak and Bans on IVF and Birth Control - 1 year(s) ago
Colleagues, A couple living in New Orleans, Louisiana, decided to start a family, which required the services of in vitro fertilization (IVF). This couple are…
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Elimination of LGBTQIA+ and Reproductive Rights, Structural Racism in Medicine Persists - 1 year(s) ago
Dear readers, The fight for LGBTQ and reproductive rights, as well as the eradication of structural racism in medicine, has been ongoing for centuries in…
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Current State of Health Care in Gaza Amidst War Conditions - 2 year(s) ago
Dear readers, I am the son of 2 Jewish immigrants from North Africa, and watching innocent lives lost in Gaza, particularly those of children, is…
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Exploring the Impact of Conservative Policies on Health Outcomes in Red and Blue States - 2 year(s) ago
In this month’s collection of articles, we look at two excellent Washington Post stories exploring Red vs Blue state health policies. Conservative policies, particularly those…
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Structural Discrimination in Medicine: A Core Contributor to Suboptimal Health Outcomes - 2 year(s) ago
Colleagues, Another month and another set of articles documenting how structural discrimination in medicine often leads to unequal access to healthcare services, contributing to poor…