COVID-19

Robert F. Kennedy says he wants to wants to make Long COVID a priority. But he’s spent the early part of his tenure as HHS Secretary doing the opposite.

Despite Trump’s claims, Biden turned around a pandemic-ravaged economy, driving job growth and reducing inflation by 2024.

A new CEPR report projects that up to over a hundred-thousand US jobs could be saved were the International Monetary Fund to make a new major allocation of Special Drawing Rights, like it did in 2021.

Despite his promises, Secretary Kennedy does not intend to prioritize the well-being of Long COVID patients – he has already taken a hatchet to the limited systems of care that were already in place.

The deregulatory push at Trump’s Labor Department signals a willingness to sacrifice workers’ health and lives for the sake of corporate profit.

The FDA’s decision to limit COVID booster recommendations underscores the complexity of vaccine safety, side effects, access, and pharmaceutical profiteering in a system that privileges corporate interests over public health.

An in-depth discussion on the economic response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the impact of the American Rescue Plan, and the broader successes and challenges of the Biden administration’s economic policies.

The new Secretary of Health & Human Services wants to “take a break” from funding infectious disease research to focus on chronic disease. Prioritizing one at the expense of the other is a dangerous false choice.

New research shows that income volatility makes it harder for workers to pay for health care and increases the likelihood that they carry debt.