When we get sick we trust our immune system to protect us, but what happens when that system goes awry and ends up killing patients? COVID-19 is shedding new light on how viruses can kick some patient’s immune system into overdrive to deadly effect in …
Hospitals in rural America are facing a slew of challenges as the Coronavirus (COVID-19) begins infiltrating their communities. However, as just about any small town American will tell you, rural communities are resourceful and they will not go easily …
As the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic rages in the US rural hospitals are dealing with two distinct sets of issues; the same issues that urban hospitals are facing, and additional unique issues found only in the rural hospital setting.
Rural healthcare systems have, in recent history, been grossly overlooked and underfunded. Now that we are facing a global pandemic, they are scrambling to pick up the slack and are left trying to problem solve a day late and a dollar short.
The Trump administration has decided against opening up a special enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, instead doubling down on his support of a lawsuit by Republican states aimed at ki…
Rural hospitals and healthcare systems are holding their breath as they watch the Coronavirus (COVID-19) tsunami wash over major American cities and approach their small communities.
It seems the Trump administration’s chickens have come home to roost regarding their December attempts to deter ACA enrollment in November and December of last year.
A new study has come out of China that claims to have found that people with type A blood are more susceptible to the new Coronavirus. What does this mean for patients, doctors, and researchers?