Pharmalittle: jama editor stepping down after podcast furor; global agencies urge $50 billion investment to fight covid-19

Hello, everyone, and how are you this fine, sunny morning? The middle of the week has already arrived, as you may know, so why not celebrate with a delicious cup of stimulation? After all,

you made it this far, which is a likely sign of surviving another few days. And of course, no prescription is required, which is a good thing. And while you drink up, you can peruse some of

the tidbits we have assembled to help you start the day. Hope you conquer the world and, as always, do keep in touch. … FOLLOWING A HUGE BACKLASH THAT FLARED AFTER THE JOURNAL OF THE

AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION AIRED A PODCAST AND POSTED A TWEET QUESTIONING WHETHER STRUCTURAL RACISM EXISTS IN MEDICINE, THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION SAID EDITOR-IN-CHIEF HOWARD

BAUCHNER WILL STEP DOWN at the end of June, STAT writes. The move was seen as a major victory for physicians of color, and their white allies, who were so angered by the podcast and the

associated tweet, which read “No physician is racist, so how can there be structural racism in healthcare?” IN A PLEA TO HALT THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, FOUR GLOBAL AGENCIES ARE CALLING FOR

INVESTMENTS OF UP TO $50 BILLION – MOSTLY FROM WEALTHY NATIONS — TO BOOST MANUFACTURING CAPACITY AND SUPPLIES, AND FOR EASED TRADE RULES TO ENSURE EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF VACCINES AND

OTHER MEDICAL PRODUCTS, STAT tells us. Such an investment could generate an estimated $9 trillion in additional global output by 2025, according to the World Health Organization, the World

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