Category: Public Health

Biden’s Incremental Medicare Play For Bernie’s Backers

The presumptive Democratic presidential candidate unveils a proposal to lower the eligibility age for Medicare from 65 to 60.

Battling A Pandemic Across 4,750 Square Miles And 10 Million People

Los Angeles County’s health leader describes the struggle for data and resources in the coronavirus fight.

Viewpoint: When pandemic ends, get ready for mass depression

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Test that detects previous coronavirus infection could be available in a week

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American Lung Association pledges $25M to address COVID-19 

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Flu killed 24,000, sickened 39M this season

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How COVID-19 death estimates stack up to past pandemics, leading causes of death

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Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes

Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don’t have to.

Massachusetts requires insurers to cover COVID-19 costs; 4 Michigan providers team up to staff field hospital + 26 other updates from the 6 hardest-hit states

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White House eases more provider regulations, considers cloth gowns: 4 COVID-19 updates

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