As the nation appears to be approaching herd immunity, accompanied by a gradual return to normal economic and social activity, the role of vaccines in ridding the U.S. of the pandemic is a hot topic.
The Biden administration’s plans for an accelerated transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy could result in lower incomes and lost jobs, according to a report issued in early April by the Energy Futures Initiative.
Hospital market consolidation, a process that has been well underway for decades, appears to have undermined the efficient delivery of health care services when the nation needed it the most: during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Globally, an estimated 129 billion masks (most of them disposable) are being used every month but concerns are now being raised that the very item touted as inhibiting the spread of the pandemic poses a threat to the environment and, by extension, to public health.
Testing was rigorous and efficient, contact tracing was effective (though it infringed on people’s rights to privacy), and infected patients were quickly isolated from the general population.
As part of the Biden administration's is pursuit of climate change and social justice goals, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has created a Climate and ESG (Environment, Social, and Corporate Governance) Task Force in its Division of Enforcement.
Surging demand for heating fuel driven by an unusually cold winter with heavy snow in northeastern Asia triggered a boom in U.S. exports of liquified natural gas (LNG) to China, Japan, and South Korea in recent months.
The Obama administration was extremely hostile to HRAs. Other free-market reforms are also under attack: short-term insurance and association health plans.
Most anti-COVID policies were imposed at the state level and people living under Democratic and Republican governors fared quite differently during the pandemic.
