Author: Mark Wrede

  “The change puts fresh emphasis on the need to improve ventilation indoors and stockpile quality face masks before the next airborne disease explodes.”     WHO Overturns Dogma on Airborne Disease Spread. The CDC Might Not Act on It.   The World Health Organization […]

  “…we don’t believe the youth mental health crisis will be solved by technology projects built by a professional class who don’t share the lived experience of marginalized communities.”     California Is Investing $500M in Therapy Apps for Youth. Advocates Fear It Won’t Pay […]

  “New technologies are making it easier for companies to fix prices and discriminate against individual consumers, the Biden administration’s top consumer watchdog said Tuesday.”     FTC Chief Says Tech Advancements Risk Health Care Price Fixing   Algorithms make it possible for companies to […]

  “…Medicare pays to develop a patient care plan, coordinate treatment with specialists, and regularly check in with beneficiaries…. Without the program, providers often have little incentive to spend time coordinating care because they can’t bill Medicare for such services.”     Medicare’s Push To […]

  “Abortion opponents have maneuvered in courthouses for years to end access to reproductive health care. In Arizona last week, a win for the anti-abortion camp caused political blowback for Republican candidates in the state and beyond.”     Conservative Justices Stir Trouble for Republican […]