Tag: Public Health
Healthcare In The US Sucks If You’re A Black Woman
I am mad as hell at the healthcare system. It should be called deathcare because it’s not healthcare when it…
Monday’s Muse: NHAMCS Data Gives Food For Thought Day 22
When I started the challenge, I didn’t consider the Thanksgiving holiday or relocating. Rather than stress myself to meet a…
Saturday’s Search: What is the racial breakdown of medical errors? Day 20
One of the most common reasons for medical errors is poor communication between doctors and patients. When patients are not…
Friday’s Question: What Is The Racial Breakdown Of Medical Errors? Day 19
Today, I attempted another way to find out about racial disparities in medical errors. I searched other surveillance reports, namely…
Wednesday’s Question: Why Are Hospitals Harming Black Patients? Day 17
Dr. Susan Moore, 52, owned her family practice. She tested positive for Covid on November 29, 2020, and was admitted…
Tuesday’s Thoughts: Forced To Pay For Deadly Healthcare Day 16
It didn’t matter that Tufts Medical Center missed two critical diagnoses that resulted in severe disabilities. Or that the treatment…
Saturday’s Solution: Do No Harm Day 13
Solutions are everywhere if you care to understand the problems. One of the most significant public health problems facing medicine…
TUSKEGEE SYPHILIS STUDY: An Unethical Experiment Using African-American Men
For 40 years, public health professionals violated their solemn medical oath (“To do no harm”). They conducted research known as the…
Should Police Officers Be First Responders For 911 Medical Calls
Mental Illness vs Terrorism These days medical problems are morphing into “national security” risks. Muslims with mental illness, who commit…
High Society Impunity
Op-Ed Updates: Where We Stand Bassem Masri: “Racism is the conduit to white power” With one in 100 Americans imprisoned, mass…
The Problem Is NOT Mosquitos But Viruses
Part 2 of 3: The Problem Is NOT Mosquitos But Viruses I think the most confusing part of Zika is…
Update: Officially Withdrawn from Harvard School of Public Health
Dear Angela, I am writing to inform you that you have been withdrawn from degree candidacy at the Harvard School…
