Abbott Laboratories has shipped 1.4 million of its highly touted “rapid” molecular tests for the Coronavirus strain COVID-19 to all 50 U. S. states.
Category: Policy
An outdated law is limiting our coronavirus response
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to expose shortcomings in our health care system, an outdated law in many states limits the ability of specific health care workers, physician assistants (PAs), to deploy and provide emergency care. In Washington S…
Hospital Operator Tenet Healthcare ‘Not Overwhelmed’ With Coronavirus Cases
Tenet Healthcare said its more than 60 hospitals are “not being overwhelmed” by patients sickened by the Coronavirus strain COVID-19, a snapshot of how the U.S. healthcare system may be effectively coping with the pandemic.
As America Struggles For Oxygen, A New Bill Offers A Pandemic Solution
A new bill in Congress could open the door for foreign health care workers to come to the USA to shore up American workers in the fight against the Coronavirus.
Report: Internal Trump Administration Coronavirus Model Predicts 3,000 Daily Deaths By June
The documents surfaced after President Trump said the U.S. death toll could reach 100,000.
The Grim Post-COVID-19 Future For Nursing Homes
COVID-19 is killing nursing home patients, but it also is putting thousands of facilities at risk
Google And Aerospace Industry To Boost Ventilator Production
Medical device makers have formed an alliance with Google and the aerospace industry to speed production and component part supplies needed to make ventilators for patients sickened COVID-19.
Entire Stockpile Of Coronavirus Treatment Remdesivir Donated To Government, Says CEO
It will get to patients early this week, he says.
What makes people defy precautions during a pandemic?
We are in the midst of an unequaled juncture in history, one in which we find ourselves primarily armed with the ability to distance ourselves physically from one another. In the United States, we have observed on multiple occasions over the past sever…
Insurers Brace For Big Influx Of Jobless Americans To Obamacare And Medicaid
Health insurers are preparing for an influx of Americans to enroll in Obamacare and private Medicaid as Americans lose their jobs and employer health benefits.
