by Monty Self | Sep 9, 2020 | Opinion
Public health officials were frantically sending out warnings about the rise of a new H1N1 swine flu in the early spring of 2009. Early reports revealed the virus was extremely contagious and dangerous for people under the age of 60. On July 14, Margaret Chan,...
by Monty Self | Aug 17, 2020 | Opinion
Nearly 1,000 healthcare workers have lost their lives in the fight against COVID-19. This is one data point that stands out from Lost on the Front Lines, an online interactive database documenting the lives of frontline health care workers who have lost their lives to...
by Mitch Randall | Jul 16, 2020 | Opinion
As COVID-19 cases increase across the country, public and private schools are preparing to welcome students, teachers and staff back to campus. Unfortunately, they are returning to the classroom during a very perilous and unstable time. The choice to physically open...
by Monty Self | Apr 17, 2020 | Opinion
A family member sent me a picture from the grocery store in which two-thirds of the shoppers were wearing some kind of face masks. There were some homemade masks, along with traditional surgical masks and a few N-95 respirators. A mask-covered face has quickly become...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Mar 5, 2020 | News
Nearly half (42.8%) of U.S. adults were obese in 2017-18, according to a U.S. Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention report published Feb. 27. Obesity data is calculated with the body mass index (BMI), which uses a person’s height and weight to determine whether...
