by modern healthcare | Jan 7, 2021 | Covid-19 / Corona Virus
Britain became the first country to authorize AstraZeneca’s inexpensive, easy-to-handle COVID-19 vaccine Wednesday, gaining another weapon against the virus amid a resurgence so severe that the government extended lockdowns to three-quarters of England’s...
by Jessica Kim Cohen | Jan 5, 2021 | Covid-19 / Corona Virus, Telehealth
Hospital executives are planning for how they can sustain telehealth momentum from the COVID-19 pandemic and build the practice into their future care delivery strategies. hospitals Patient visits conducted via video or phone could account for between 10% to 30% of...
by modern healthcare | Jan 1, 2021 | Covid-19 / Corona Virus
The Senate voted in the wee hours of Tuesday morning to repeal insurers’ federal antitrust enforcement immunity, sending the bill to the president’s desk. The Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act would amend the 1945 McCarran-Ferguson Act, which gave...
by Associated Press | Dec 29, 2020 | Covid-19 / Corona Virus, Health News
This is the deadliest year in U.S. history, with deaths expected to top 3 million for the first time — due mainly to the coronavirus pandemic. Final mortality data for this year will not be available for months. But preliminary numbers suggest that the United States...
by modern healthcare | Dec 18, 2020 | Covid-19 / Corona Virus
A COVID-19 relief framework created by a bipartisan group of centrist lawmakers includes $35 billion in relief grants for healthcare providers. The legislative summary, dated Wednesday, still leaves the thorny issues of liability protections and state and local aid...
by Associated Press | Dec 15, 2020 | Covid-19 / Corona Virus
A U.S. government advisory panel endorsed widespread use of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine Thursday, putting the country just one step away from launching an epic vaccination campaign against the outbreak that has killed close to 300,000 Americans. Shots could...
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