Articles like this one accuse the FDA of unnecessary slowness in approving diagnostic techniques, treatments, and vaccines: Pandemic vaccines and drugs don’t move through the FDA approval process faster. Instead, drug- and device-development times actually increased more than 70 percent … Continue reading →
Democrats need black voter participation to have any chance of holding the line in the 2014 elections. It’s no secret that black people vote heavily Democratic. And it’s no secret that they were extremely helpful in Obama’s 2008 and 2012 … Continue reading →
…now tests virus-free. Good news. She will remain in the hospital for a while, but she’s also beginning to produce antibodies to the disease. [ADDENDUM: I was going to add that she is recovering despite never having received a transfusion … Continue reading →
Peggy Noonan drives me pretty crazy with her on-again-off-again insights. When she’s good, she’s very very good. But when she’s bad, she’s foggy. This is very good: A third component of public anxiety has to do with what normal people … Continue reading →
An ebola response team is being organized: In response to a request by the Department of Health and Human Services, a 30-person team will be ready to “response quickly, effectively, and safely” should more Ebola cases arise inside the U.S., … Continue reading →
Today I had some Trader Joe’s uttapam for lunch. I love southern Indian food, although if you haven’t ever had it it’s hard to describe and doesn’t sound all that tasty. But it’s very yummy. It’s completely vegetarian, but features … Continue reading →
I was transfixed by this series of photos of Liberians who have survived bouts of ebola. We don’t tend to think of that group, but it’s a large one, although unfortunately not as large as those who’ve died from the … Continue reading →
This sort of testimony from Darren Wilson, the police officer who shot and killed Michael Brown in an altercation in Ferguson, Missouri, is more or less what many of us expected would be his report when he finally testified as … Continue reading →
The Times reports he’s just “seething” with anger: Beneath the calming reassurance that President Obama has repeatedly offered during the Ebola crisis, there is a deepening frustration, even anger, with how the government has handled key elements of the response. … Continue reading →
Maybe those blood transfusions from recovered ebola patient Dr. Kent Brantly are the ticket: Two Americans have already been treated successfully for Ebola. Dr. Kent Brantly is one. He is providing blood for other victims, on the theory that it … Continue reading →
Here’s a clip of the finale of Paul Taylor’s “Esplanade,” one of the most beautiful dances I’ve ever seen. I’ve written at length about Taylor before, and about “Esplanade” in particular: If I write that in one of my favorite … Continue reading →
Hey, that’ll work!: President Obama has asked Ron Klain, who served as chief of staff to both Vice President Biden and former vice president Al Gore, as his Ebola response coordinator, according to a White House official. “He will report … Continue reading →