She is the first africanamerican woman to hold the position and brings to the role several decades as a physician in private practice. Took office in june of 2019, dr. Harris planned to pledge her work to the front line of the opioid crisis. Toay, dr. Harris is here talk with us about an entirely different Public Health crisis, why in this era of conspiracy theories and fake news she believes we must return to a reliance on scientific facts, data, and trusted sources. Dr. Patrice harris, welcome to the National Press club. Our virtual podium is yours. Thank you, greetings, i am dr. Patrice harris, president of the American Medical Association. The coronavirus pandemic presents a challenge the world has not faced on this scale for generations. Said thatn extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures. We are witnessing every day the physicians,ts of nurses, medical workers, Public Health professionals, and the public to manage the enormity of covid19 in our community. Callordinary
113th president of the National Press club. Im the former general manager of cbs radio network. Of thecutive producer public broadcasting series the report with legendary journalist marvin kalb. Im joining you from the Operations Center here in washington, d. C. Harris,t is dr. Patrice. He joins us virtually she is the first africanamerican woman to hold the position and brings to the role several decades as a physician in private practice. Took office in june of 2019, dr. Harris planned to pledge her work to the front line of the opioid crisis. Toay, dr. Harris is here talk with us about an entirely different Public Health crisis, why in this era of conspiracy theories and fake news she believes we must return to a reliance on scientific facts, data, and trusted sources. Dr. Patrice harris, welcome to the National Press club. Our virtual podium is yours. Thank you, greetings, i am dr. Patrice harris, president of the American Medical Association. The coronavirus pandemic presents a ch
113th president of the National Press club. Im the former general manager of cbs radio network. Of thecutive producer public broadcasting series the report with legendary journalist marvin kalb. Im joining you from the Operations Center here in washington, d. C. Harris,t is dr. Patrice. He joins us virtually she is the first africanamerican woman to hold the position and brings to the role several decades as a physician in private practice. Took office in june of 2019, dr. Harris planned to pledge her work to the front line of the opioid crisis. Toay, dr. Harris is here talk with us about an entirely different Public Health crisis, why in this era of conspiracy theories and fake news she believes we must return to a reliance on scientific facts, data, and trusted sources. Dr. Patrice harris, welcome to the National Press club. Our virtual podium is yours. Thank you, greetings, i am dr. Patrice harris, president of the American Medical Association. The coronavirus pandemic presents a ch
Public broadcasting series the report with legendary journalist marvin kalb. Im joining you from the Operations Center here in washington, d. C. Harris,t is dr. Patrice. He joins us virtually she is the first africanamerican woman to hold the position and brings to the role several decades as a physician in private practice. Took office in june of 2019, dr. Harris planned to pledge her work to the front line of the opioid crisis. Toay, dr. Harris is here talk with us about an entirely different Public Health crisis, why in this era of conspiracy theories and fake news she believes we must return to a reliance on scientific facts, data, and trusted sources. Dr. Patrice harris, welcome to the National Press club. Our virtual podium is yours. Thank you, greetings, i am dr. Patrice harris, president of the American Medical Association. The coronavirus pandemic presents a challenge the world has not faced on this scale for generations. Said thatn extraordinary times call for extraordinary m
Finkbime, not her real name, the story was about a choice that her family was facing. She was pregnant. Her husband had recently travelled to europe where he acquired a drug called thalidimide. It had not been approved for use yet in the United States of america but it was available in many European Countries to treat a number of Different Things, anxiety, insomnia and nausea. Nausea here is key. So, women began taking it to aleve morning sickness. Sherrys husband had been in europe, he acquired these pills and brought them back home for her. Shes pregnant, she takes about 40 of them during early on in her pregnancy. She and her husband did not know that thalidomide causes birth defects. Then she read an article about the drug, found out more, and she called her doctor. She started to learn more about what thalidomide can do. For developing babies, children, thalidomide caused brain damage, damage to the eyes, nose, ears, face and it can also severely damaged growth of limbs. In many c