ER doctor who spoke out against Trump to be removed from Walter Reed
Dr. James Phillips has been removed from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center s work schedule starting in January 2021.
According to a new report, Dr.
James Phillips will no longer be employed at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center beginning next year.
CBS Newsreported Phillips has been removed from the schedule beginning in January 2021, according to sources close to the situation. The news outlet stated the emergency room doctor is chief of disaster medicine at George Washington University and works on a contract basis for Walter Reed.
Our Mental Health Care System Has Never Been More Effed
Right now, America is on the brink of a mental health crisis, and millions of people aren’t getting the care they need. But it doesn’t have to be like that. Here’s what’s going wrong and what you can do.
By Alison Goldman and Illustrations by Amber Vittoria Dec 10, 2020
Christina, 27, had her first-ever anxiety attack because of COVID-19.
One weekday afternoon in July, she was sitting on her couch in her living room. She’d been furloughed from her job at the front desk of a dental office in early spring, but that hot summer day her boss called to let her know she’d need to return to the office soon. On the phone, she thought,
December 10, 2020 at 6:00 am
As the coronavirus pandemic picked up speed this year, some people’s jobs became a nonstop race to help save lives. Here, an emergency medicine doctor, vaccine trial volunteer, protective equipment manufacturer, public health director and others share what 2020 was like for them.
The following interviews have been edited for length and clarity.
Yvette CalderonMount Sinai Health System
Yvette Calderon is chair of emergency medicine at Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital. She was on the front lines of New York’s City’s early pandemic surge.
Q: How did the pandemic change your work?
Calderon: It was a very stressful time. it was really important to check in with everyone nursing staff, faculty, residents, the [physician’s assistants] just to make sure we had a mental health check. We saw a lot of death, more than I’ve ever seen in a short period of time.
Published: 09 December 2020 09 December 2020
Washington, DC - Today, President Donald J. Trump announced his intent to nominate:
Terrence M. Andrews, of California, to serve as Judge on the United States Court of Federal Claims
Terrence M. Andrews serves as Staff Director and Chief Counsel to the United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. Prior to his Senate service, Mr. Andrews served in various positions in the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Homeland Security, as well as serving as the General Counsel and Chief Prosecutor for the Pascua Yaqui Indian Tribe. Mr. Andrews earned his B.A., magna cum laude, from Morgan State University; his M.A. from Salve Regina University; his J.D. from Roger Williams University School of Law; and his L.L.M. from George Washington University School of Law.
Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine Stumbles in Quest for US Regulatory Approval
Sputnik International
https://sputniknews.com/radio the critical hour/202012101081413931-oxford-astrazeneca-covid-19-vaccine-stumbles-in-quest-for-us-regulatory-approval/ The Oxford-AstraZeneca effort held great promise to help arrest the pandemic, the New York Times reported Tuesday. But a series of miscues caused it to fall behind in the US. /
Dr. Jehan Gigi El-Bayoumi, professor of medicine and founding director of the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences Rodman Institute, joins us to discuss AstraZeneca s series of communication blunders in getting its vaccine, developed with Oxford University, approved for use in the US. According to the New York Times, the mistakes damaged the company’s relationship with regulators, raised doubts about whether its vaccine will stand up to intense public and scientific scrutiny and, in at least one instance, slowed