Category: healthcare

Amid Pandemic, UnitedHealth Group Offers $1.5 Billion In Premium Credits To Enrollees

UnitedHealth Group is providing rebates and credits the company says are worth $1.5 billion to health plan members impacted by the Coronavirus strain COVID-19.

CVS Health Hub Openings On Track Despite Pandemic

CVS Health remains on target to expand its new health hub concept to 1,500 stores across the U.S. within the next two years despite the spread of the coronavirus strain COVID-19.

Can The U.S. Learn From Italy, Where Antibody Test Makers Are Fighting For A New Market?

In a bid to reopen their economies, Italy’s 20 regions are buying hundreds of thousands of antibody tests. Amid the chaos, the world’s top test makers are battling it out for control of a new, poorly regulated market — and the U.S. could soon find itse…

Inside A Billionaire-Owned Nursing Home Chain: ‘We Are The Landlocked Cruise Ships’

Tennessee-based Life Care Centers of America, run by billionaire Forrest Preston, owns the nursing home outside Seattle that was one of the first epicenters of COVID-19. Now the company, like others in the sector, is battling to protect both its staff …

Unacast Grades The ‘States’ Of Social Distancing With COVID-19 Report Card

As Coronavirus social distancing continues amid the first halting steps toward reopening society, there’s a debate simmering on what the reaction should be to someone who flaunts the CDC’s “six feet apart” guidelines or outright rejects ant concept of …

How Long Can The COVID-19 Coronavirus Live On Your Hair?

When will it be safe to go to barber shops and hair salons again?

The Number Of Mothers Reporting Food Insecurity Has Jumped More Than 200% Since Start Of Pandemic

This number has increased 260% from 2018.

University Of Pennsylvania Researchers Map COVID-19 Hotspots Through Tweets

Penn A team of researchers here has been collecting tweets in the United States related to the COVID-19 outbreak to help map hotspots by keeping an eye on the symptoms mentioned.

Meet The Animal Heroes Of The Coronavirus Pandemic

Winter the llama, Peanut the pony and more fuzzy friends work their wonders.

Majority Of New Coronavirus Cases In New York Are From People Staying At Home—Not Traveling Or Working

Cuomo says “much of this comes down to what you do to protect yourself.”