The court is being asked to decide whether all pre-viability prohibitions on elective abortions are unconstitutional.
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Mayo Clinic and Kaiser Permanente invest in at-home acute level care
Mayo Clinic and Kaiser Permanente have invested in Medically Home Group, a Boston-based technology company that allows patients to receive acute level care and recovery services at home.
Bipartisan bill looks to reform Medicare Advantage prior authorization
Congress is mulling changes to Medicare Advantage that would speed up the prior authorization process and mandate more transparency when health plans deny provider requests. The thinking behind the bill is that insurers sometimes use tactics that rein …
Biden Administration to invest $7 billion from American Rescue Plan to hire, train public health workers
The Biden Administration on Thursday said it planned to invest $7.4 billion in American Rescue Plan funds to hire and train more public health workers with the goal of being better prepared for future pandemics.
FCC opens Emergency Broadband Benefit program, offering monthly Internet discount
Eligible households can receive a $50 monthly reduction on internet service bills, along with up to $100 to purchase a laptop, desktop or tablet.
CDC issues new mask-wearing guidance as Yankee team members, Bill Maher, reportedly get infected
As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new guidance Thursday allowing fully vaccinated individuals to resume normal activities without wearing a mask, eight members of the New York Yankees and HBO “Real Time” host Bill Maher reporte…
Walmart’s MeMD versus Amazon Care: The race to invest in telehealth
Walmart’s announcement last week that it would acquire telehealth company MeMD to provide virtual care nationwide for primary, urgent and behavioral healthcare is a bigger deal than Amazon’s March rollout of its virtual primary care services, according…
Nursing execs dish on the digital health tools they’ve found most useful during the pandemic
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CDC sees more blood clot cases linked to the Johnson & Johnson vaccine
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has identified 11 more cases of serious blood clots among Americans who have received the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, according to a CDC official. This brings the total number of cases to 28 o…
Patients less likely to take advice from AI doctors if they know their names
Artificial intelligence has long been seen as a means by which healthcare can become easier, more streamlined and more cost effective, but it turns out that patient trust of AI technology only goes so far.
