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Poll: Nearly 90% Of Americans Increase Hand Washing To Curb Coronavirus
Nearly 90% of Americans say they are increasing hand washing following public health recommendations to curb the spread of the Coronavirus strain COVID-19, according to a new survey from NORC at the University of Chicago.
U.S. Approves Abbott Labs Coronavirus Test For Hospital Use
Abbott Laboratories has won U. S. approval for its molecular test for the Coronavirus strain COVID-19, which will be used by hospitals and academic medical centers to speed diagnostic capabilities for the disease sweeping across the country.
Fauci To Young People: Take Coronavirus ‘Very Seriously’
Dr. Anthony Fauci Wednesday pleaded young people who may not get sick from the Coronavirus strain COVID-19 to protect themselves to help older Americans amid the outbreak spreading rapidly.
Hospitals Unleash Huge Federal Money Grab Amid Coronavirus Crisis
The nation’s hospital industry, bracing for an influx of patients sickened by Coronavirus, have unleashed a coordinated push for an unprecedented array of funding requests beyond the huge package of support already passed by Congress and signed by Pres…
Biden Wins Florida And Levels Huge Blow To Medicare For All
Joe Biden won the Florida Democratic presidential primary, dealing even more blows to “Medicare for All,” one of the key differences between the former vice president and Sen. Bernie Sanders.
Nursing Home Inspectors Focus On ‘Immediate Jeopardy’ Of Elderly As Coronavirus Spreads
The Trump administration is intensifying its scrutiny of nursing homes and their infection control efforts amid the coronavirus outbreak, in nursing homes, amid a coronavirus outbreak in a Washington state nursing facility that’s contributed to at leas…
Becton Dickinson Seeks Emergency FDA Request To Ramp Up Coronavirus Tests
Diagnostics giant Becton Dickinson said has submitted an emergency request to the U. S. Food and Drug Administration to increase capacity of tests for the has teamed with molecular diagnostics company BioGX and submitted “Emergency Use Authorization” r…
Rite Aid To Rebrand PBM And Consider Acquisitions
The drugstore chain Rite Aid is rebranding its pharmacy benefit management company as “elixir” with plans to grow it by attracting new clients in the middle market and future acquisitions of other PBMs.
Rite Aid: Pharmacist Role Will Expand Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
Rite Aid said its drugstores are preparing to offer testing for the Coronavirus strain COVID-19 and offer additional clinical services from its 6,400 pharmacists amid the U.S. outbreak of the disease.
CVS Melds Opioid Support Into Social Determinants Network
CVS Health is melding a program designed to help those who’ve suffered an opioid overdose into its widening effort to address social determinants of health.
