Category: Public Health

Federal judge refuses to override Pennsylvania stay-at-home orders

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US won’t shut down amid possible 2nd wave, Trump says; 35% of COVID-19 patients asymptomatic — 5 updates

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Coronavirus Tests The Value Of Artificial Intelligence In Medicine

The pandemic offers an opportunity to use artificial intelligence programs to help doctors in COVID-19 diagnosis. But some leading hospital systems have shelved their AI technology because it wasn’t ready to roll.

The 30-Somethings Who Fled Big Cities To Shelter With Mom And Dad

Seeking comfort in the COVID outbreak is a major disruption for everyone that sometimes proves “lovely.”

Congress Said COVID-19 Tests Should Be Free — But Who’s Paying?

Some large employers interpreted themselves as exempt from new federal laws that say tests for the coronavirus should be free to patients. Large academic medical centers are holding back from sending bills to these patients to avoid a backlash over surprise billing.

How COVID-19 is changing hospitals’ population health strategies

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VA reports more than 1,000 coronavirus deaths

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‘This is a mess’: CDC, 4 states combine viral and antibody results, skewing COVID-19 data

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KHN’s ‘What The Health?’: When It Comes To COVID-19, States Are On Their Own

Just about every state is lifting some coronavirus-related restrictions, but it’s unclear how things are really going, considering data on the spread of the virus lags and may not be reliable. Meanwhile, the federal government continues to throw more responsibility for dealing with the pandemic to state and local governments. Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Kimberly Leonard of Business Insider and Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss this and more.

Health officials stop COVID-19 patient from boarding plane in Michigan

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