Dr. Joshua Liao discusses how humans are generally bad at assessing long-term risk and the steps public health officials and business leaders should take to communicate safer Covid-19 behaviors.
Category: healthcare
Care At The Counter: Technology And Policy Are Empowering Pharmacists
On the flip side, for community pharmacies, it’s been a call to action to revisit the role that pharmacists can play in improving care management and consumer health engagement, especially for those with chronic conditions, in a Covid-19 world.
The Impact of AI on Healthcare
Healthcare is an obvious sector to deploy AI in.
New Executive Order May Put Palliative Care For Newborns At Risk
Progress in specialty care of extremely premature newborns, many of these babies weighing less than 2 pounds, has led to substantial improvements in short term an long term outcomes in their lives.
This Startup Raised $37 Million To Make Going To The Dentist Fun
Tend is tackling the staid dentistry industry by focusing on patient hospitality.
Supreme Court Decision On ACA May Threaten Protections For Those With Pre-Existing Conditions
If Amy Coney Barrett is confirmed by the Senate. this could pave the way for the Court to side with lower court rulings and overturn the ACA, as it would add another conservative justice to the Court. Presumably, some say, conservative justices would f…
Cigna To Sell Medicare Advantage In 67 More U.S. Counties
Cigna said it will expand its Medicare Advantage health plan offerings to seniors in 67 new counties and five new states next year in what has become the most competitive business for U. S. health insurers.
UnitedHealth Group To Sell Medicare Advantage In 300 More U.S. Counties
UnitedHealth Group said it will expand its Medicare Advantage health plan offerings to seniors in 300 new counties next year in an aggressive move to compete with rivals for a lucrative government business.
The Scientologist Billionaire Trying To Make A New Antibiotic
Bob Duggan could easily have called it a career in 2015, after he sold Pharma- cyclics, his cancer-drug biotech, to AbbVie.
Nose Injuries And Trauma: Should Italy’s Schoolchildren Undergo Regular COVID Swab Tests?
Italy’s rapid coronavirus tests have been approved for use in schools. While this will prevent students from having to be sent home while they wait for a test result, some pediatricians are concerned about the physical and psychological effects of cont…
