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Editorial 1 month ago

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Not just numbers

When human lives are reduced to statistical "error rates," our social contract fails the very people it was built to protect, from a child lacking a notebook to a patient denied life-saving care by a spreadsheet.

Academia 7 months ago

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From tariff talks to conflict resolutions: Negotiators in demand?

Complex issues are often oversimplified for headlines, and the popular focus on making "deals" instead of "agreements" highlights a short-term, transactional mindset.

Academia 1 year ago

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The world’s biggest killer that you neglect

Incredibly, the indicator of high blood pressure is the single biggest global death risk, leading to almost 11 million deaths annually, causing 19 percent of all fatalities in the world.

Academia 2 years ago

How the pandemic shapes my view of the world

Close inspection revealed that the pharmaceutical companies did not make these new medicines accessible to the world’s poor.

Academia 2 years ago

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Creating great doctors: The dilemma of training vs bullying in medical residency

While bullying of resident doctors is often contextually dependent, providing systems and mechanisms that prioritize professionalism can go a long way toward addressing the issue.

Academia 3 years ago

Prioritize patient safety to achieve universal health coverage

Health leaders have a unique opportunity to strengthen patient safety, capitalizing on the unprecedented momentum catalyzed by the COVID-19 response.

Opinion 4 years ago

Will we talk to the Taliban? We always have

To weather future storms in Afghanistan humanitarian actors would do well to firmly plot their own course based on the needs that exist, rather than being steered by the changing political winds.

National 5 years ago

COVID-19 patient flees Salatiga hospital

The patient was set to be discharged from the hospital soon because doctors had received the result of his second polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test.

Health 5 years ago

HIV treatment has no benefit for hospitalized COVID-19 patients: Study

A combination of antiviral drugs usually used to treat HIV has no beneficial effect in patients hospitalized with COVID-19, confirming the initial results of a large-scale randomized trial of the drug.

World 5 years ago

Covid-19 test caused brain fluid leak in US patient with rare condition: study

The patient, who is in her 40s, had an undetected rare condition and the test she received may have been carried out improperly, a sequence of improbable events that means the risk from nasal tests remains very low.

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