Read the full post on Becker's Hospital Review – Healthcare News
Category: Public Health
If They Sweep on Election Day, Dems Still Face a Challenge Meeting Health Promises
Democrats are favored to win both chambers of Congress after years of campaign-trail promises about health care. But their margin in the Senate could be slim, making it difficult to pass major health care legislation. And they still must heal some rifts within the caucus about how far they can push overhaul efforts.
Why State Mask Stockpiling Orders Are Hurting Nursing Homes, Small Providers
More than eight months into the pandemic, stockpiling of masks and other protective equipment by wealthy hospital systems is straining nursing homes and smaller providers who also need precious protective gear to keep front-line workers safe from COVID-19.
2 New York ‘superspreader’ events leave 300 in quarantine
Read the full post on Becker's Hospital Review – Healthcare News
‘Disaster in warp speed’: COVID-19 outbreaks ramp up as Wisconsin hits record cases, deaths + hospitalizations in same day — 5 COVID-19 updates
Read the full post on Becker's Hospital Review – Healthcare News
Despite COVID Concerns, Teams Venture Into Nursing Homes to Get Out the Vote
In North Carolina, staffs at nursing homes and assisted living facilities are prohibited by law from helping residents vote. So community members fill the gap, venturing into some of the places hit hardest by the coronavirus.
Young adults less likely to take COVID-19 prevention measures, CDC finds
Read the full post on Becker's Hospital Review – Healthcare News
How 7 states are responding to the latest COVID-19 surge
Read the full post on Becker's Hospital Review – Healthcare News
44,000 Americans hospitalized; Medicare, Medicaid to cover COVID-19 vaccines with emergency authorization — 5 updates
Read the full post on Becker's Hospital Review – Healthcare News
For Each Critically Ill COVID Patient, a Family Is Suffering, Too
Because loved ones are often kept apart from critically ill COVID-19 patients, the families may be especially vulnerable to symptoms including anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder that can be debilitating.
