Behind the News: COVID-19
David Himmelstein of Physicians for a National Health Program and CUNY on how US health policy got us to this desperate pass. Then, Helen Yaffe on Cuban interferon and COVID-19, and the country’s biotech industry and health system (YUP article here).
March 25, 2020
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March 25, 2020
Behind the News: COVID-19
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Behind the News: COVID-19
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<a href="https://www.commonwealthfund.org/person/david-u-himmelstein" rel="noopener nofollow">David Himmelstein</a><span> of </span><a href="https://pnhp.org/" rel="noopener nofollow">Physicians for a National Health Program</a><span> and CUNY on how US health policy got us to this desperate pass. Then, </span><a href="https://twitter.com/HelenYaffe" rel="noopener nofollow">Helen Yaffe</a><span> on Cuban interferon and COVID-19, and the country’s biotech industry and health system (YUP article </span><a href="http://blog.yalebooks.com/2020/03/12/cubas-contribution-to-combating-covid-19/" rel="noopener nofollow">here</a><span>).</span>
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