If the cruise ship were a country, it would now have the second-highest number of coronavirus cases outside of mainland China.
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What Trump Said About Health Care, And What He Is Likely To Do
President Trump had a lot to say about health care policy in the State of the Union address. How might he act on it?
Report Finds An Opioid Addiction Medication Is Scarce In Places Which Need It Most
A new Office of Inspector General report finds many of the areas of the country in greatest need of the opioid treatment medication buprenorphine have trouble accessing it.
A Top Restaurateur Thinks Single-Payer Health Care Could Boost His Bottom Line
Offering health benefits can help elite restaurants hire and keep ace employees. But owners would rather focus on great food, they say, than drown in administrative costs. Is single-payer the answer?
As Out-Of-Pocket Health Costs Rise, Insured Adults Are Seeking Less Primary Care
When’s the last time you checked in with your primary care provider? U.S. adults under age 65 made nearly 25% fewer visits to primary care providers in 2016 than in 2008, a big study finds.
U.S. Hospitals Unprepared For A Quickly Spreading Coronavirus
If the coronavirus spreads more widely, can U.S. hospitals handle such a surge in illness? Probably not — meaning public health officials would have to accurately identify who is most severely ill.
Coronavirus: CDC Puts Americans Who Left Wuhan Into ‘Unprecedented’ 14-Day Quarantine
The evacuees are currently being housed at March Air Reserve Base in California – and the quarantine order comes after one of them tried to leave the base.
Health Care Issues Motivate Iowa Voters To Turn Out For Caucuses
Health care consistently polls as the top issue Iowa voters care about. In the western part of the state, one doctor faces growing debt as he sometimes treats patients without coverage for free.
Several ‘Best’ U.S. Hospitals Penalized Over Too-High Rates Of Infection, Injury
Medicare is cutting payments to 786 hospitals with the highest infection and complication rates. The list includes a third of the hospitals proclaimed as the nation’s “best” in one prominent ranking.
1st Person-To-Person Spread Of Coronavirus Has Occurred In U.S., CDC Says
A woman who had recently traveled to China gave the respiratory virus to her husband when she returned to Chicago, CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield said.
