Category: healthcare

Six Design Strategies To Reduce Healthcare Worker Stress During The Coronavirus Pandemic

Hospital design experts Ryan Hullinger and Sarah Markovitz explain the design changes to help healthcare facilities reduce stress for workers during the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond.

Brain Damage And Hallucinations Associated With Even Mild Covid-19 Coronavirus Infection

One woman hallucinated, reporting seeing lions and monkeys in her house. Another had to have part of her skull surgically removed to relieve brain swelling.

United Airlines Warns That It Could Layoff 36,000 Employees

The potential job cuts could hit 40% of staff.

Harvard, MIT Sue Trump Administration Over ICE Crackdown On Foreign Students

They called the decision “arbitrary” “capricious” and “an abuse of discretion.”

Employers Don’t Have To Pay For Birth Control For Religious Reasons, Supreme Court Rules

The decision would expand the number of employers who could object on religious or moral grounds to the Affordable Care Act’s birth control mandate.

Dow Jumps 150 Points Even As U.S. Coronavirus Cases Top 3 Million

Stocks rebounded slightly, with Apple hitting a record high.

Trump Formally Moves To Sever Ties With WHO: Political Stunt?

This appears to be a political stunt, however, a strategy adopted by the Trump Administration to place blame for the Covid-19 crisis – what the president calls the “invisible enemy” – on foreign elements, such as the Chinese Communist Party, and intern…

Digital Pharmacy Truepill Raises $25 Million To Expand Telehealth Offerings As Revenue Could Reach $200 Million This Year

Covid-19 is shaking up how patients and insurers alike view telemedicine. Tech-enabled pharmacy startup raised $25 million from Optum Ventures and others to take advantage of that shift.

CDC Suggests Alternative Voting Methods As Trump Mounts Attacks On Mail-In Ballots

“In the midst of this pandemic, voters should not need to choose between their health and casting their ballots.”

Walgreens To Pay VillageMD $1 Billion To Open 500 Doctor-Staffed Clinics

Walgreens will invest $1 billion in VillageMD to open ‘500 to 700’ physician-staffed clinics inside its drugstores in more than 30 U.S. markets within the next five years.