Dr. Anthony Fauci announced this week that he will be retiring as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), a position that he has held since 1984. I have great respect…
Posts published by “Dr. William Miller”
On Thursday, August 11th, the CDC released a new set of guidelines regarding COVID. These guidelines loosen some of the previous guidelines, especially around isolation and quarantine. The reason is that the severity of the…
The cost of prescription drugs in the US is the highest in the world and by a substantial margin. We pay over 250% more for medications than similar countries. If a person is fortunate enough…
With President Biden experiencing a return of COVID symptoms, there has been a flurry of news reports on “COVID rebound”. Let’s look at what this is and why it happens. First, it might be…
Medicare is a national health insurance program started in 1965 to provide coverage for certain health related expenses in Americans age 65 and older. It is also the largest single-payer healthcare system in the US,…
Given current negotiations between Adventist Health and Anthem Blue Cross, I thought it might be interesting to exam how our health care system came to rely upon health insurance as an integral component of providing…
Let’s talk about COVID fatigue. I am not talking about the lack of energy that some people feel after having an infection with COVID, but the fatigue that we are all feeling from hearing about…
Hospice is a program designed to provide the special care needed for someone at the end of life. We often think of this for patients with advanced cancer, however, it can be helpful for anyone…
Monkeypox is a virus in the genus orthopoxvirus, which includes the variola virus that causes the disease smallpox. It was first identified in the late 1950’s in a research lab in Denmark that was studying…