HeyJaredUrgent Care
Medical Historians and Anthropologists Respond to Assaults on Public Health
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AI, MEDICINE, AND THE HUMAN TOUCH (opens the original)
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In August 17, 2026, the Journal of the American Medical Association published an article that sparked intense controversy. Ezekiel J. Emanuel, a well-known professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and several colleagues asserted that artificial intelligence alone is superior to physicians and even to AI supplemented by physicians in fundamental cognitive medical tasks. “It’s over for doctors, human doctors,” stated Vinod Khosla, one of the co-authors. “AI is just going to
FATIGUE (opens the original)
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Early this month the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published an important report about fatigue, which the authors defined as “physical or mental tiredness or exhaustion that does not improve with additional sleep or rest.” Using the 2024 Health Interview Study, the researchers concluded that nearly 17 percent of adults experience “frequent fatigue,” defined as “experiencing fatigue symptoms most days or every day during a 3-month period.” Because the report has received little
“THEY CAN’T POSSIBLY LOVE HIM AS I DO”: INSTITUTIONALIZING PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, PART 2 (opens the original)
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Last week I discussed two events that will compel people with disabilities who need care to enter institutions—the passage of HR I in July 2025, cutting Medicaid by nearly 1 trillion, and the Department of Justice (DOJ) declaration this year that states are not obligated to provide home care services to people with disabilities. We can assume that neither Congressional Republicans nor the DOJ know little, if anything, about the impact of their actions on people with disabilities and the family m
INSTITUTIONALIZING PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES (opens the original)
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A few weeks ago, the American Association of People with Disabilities complained that two recent government actions will “drag our nation back to a dark and shameful era of ignorance and cruelty.” Both threaten to force people with disabilities into institutions.First, in July 2025, the “One Big, Beautiful Bill” in July 2025, cut Medicaid funding by nearly $1 trillion over the next ten years. Although states are required to pay for nursing homes for Medicaid recipients, home care services are op
A BOOK FOR RFK, JR. (opens the original)
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Katalin Kariko, Breaking Through: My Life in Science (Crown, 2024)This August the public learned two pieces of exciting medical news: The Food and Drug Administration had approved the first mRNA flu vaccine and an mRNA-based vaccine for melanoma had cleared a large-scale clinical trial. MRNA is the molecule that enabled scientists to develop the COVID vaccine in record time, saving millions of lives in the United States and many more throughout the world.Thanks for reading Urgent Care
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