Category: Policy

China Tells Citizens To Stockpile Masks For Preparedness

Americans are still instructed not to stockpile masks as the country faces continued shortages.

2 Reasons Why Flu Season Alongside Coronavirus May Be Overwhelming

This unprecedented combination will truly challenge healthcare systems and society in the coming months, for multiple reasons.

The Joint Commission To Resume Hospital Inspections After Pandemic Hiatus

The Joint Commission, accreditor of thousands of U. S. healthcare facilities is set to resume its surveys in June as hospitals and health systems re-open to visitors and begin to return hospital operations to a new normal.

Goldman Sachs Forecasts Unemployment To Peak At 25%, Remain High For Next Two Years

Widespread unemployment could linger longer than expected and slow an economic recovery.

COVID-19, Georgia, and racial disparities: Do all lives still matter?

I learned to call Atlanta home after college. It was at Grady Memorial Hospital that I first shadowed doctors, and decided that I would go to medical school. Two and a half years into being an ATLien, I cried inconsolably because it was time to leave. …

Fauci: ‘We Might Have A Vaccine By The End Of The Year’

Dr. Fauci’s timeline would be one of the shortest in history for vaccine development.

Dow Closes Above 25,000 For First Time Since March

The S&P also broke above 3,000, its best close since March.

CNBC Anchors Andrew Ross Sorkin, Joe Kernen Clash Over Coronavirus Death Toll: ‘100,000 People Died, Joe!’

“All you did was try to help your friend the president,” Sorkin alleged of Kernen.

Half Of U.S. Adults Skipping Healthcare Amid Pandemic

Almost half of U.S. adults say they or someone in their home have “postponed or skipped medical care due to the coronavirus outbreak,” The Kaiser Family Foundation said in a new poll.

Zipline Drones Will Continuously Drop Supplies To Hospital In North Carolina

Granted a waiver to operate due to the coronavirus pandemic, the operation could define how drone delivery works in the U.S. Its usefulness hinges on just how valuable a few pound of air-dropped supplies can be.