Health Care
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113KFF Health Tracking Poll – Late April 2020: Coronavirus, Social Distancing, and Contact Tracing
Key Findings: The latest KFF Health Tracking Poll conducted April 15-20th finds about half the public (51%) now saying that when it...
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86Everyone wins if we empower Ob-Gyns with technology
For at least the past 20-plus years, live birth has been the leading cause of hospital admissions in the country. Even considering...
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61Poll: Just Over Half of the Nation’s Workforce Have Lost a Job or Income Due to Coronavirus, though Most of Them Believe They Will Get Their Job and Income Back Within Six Months
With many businesses shut down and job losses mounting nationwide, just over half of the nation’s workers (55%) now say they have...
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72Ex-BARDA director says he was ousted for questioning hydroxychloroquine for Covid-19
The former director of an agency under the Department of Health and Human Resources that is heading efforts to develop vaccines and...
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80Preparing for COVID-19 in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Leveraging U.S. Global Health Assets
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to worsen, there is growing concern about its impact in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), particularly those...
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116Digital therapeutics make strides during pandemic, but still face adoption hurdles
Before the pandemic hit, Akili Interactive was well into the process of applying for FDA clearance for its first product. The company...
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125Update on COVID-19 Funding for Hospitals and Other Providers
The Department of Health and Human Services released new details this week on the $100B in funding for providers (the Relief Fund)...
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111Biden Says OSHA Isn’t Doing Enough To Protect Workers’ From COVID-19
Victoria Knight During an April 15 virtual town hall meeting with front-line workers, former Vice President Joe Biden, the Democrats’ presumptive nominee...
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69StartUPDATES: New developments from healthcare startups
Spry Health is doing a Fireside chat, “Precision Medicine, COVID-19, and the Post-Surge Landscape” on Friday, April 24th at 12 PM EST...
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86Medicare Beneficiaries’ Financial Security Before the Coronavirus Pandemic
Introduction The rising number of people in the U.S. with coronavirus is having a widespread impact on the health and economic security...
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84Anti-Vaccine Activists Latch Onto Coronavirus To Bolster Their Movement
While most of the world hungers for a vaccine to put an end to the death and economic destruction wrought by COVID-19,...
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98Gilead cautions on ‘premature’ Covid-19 drug data, while analyst takes dim view
Data from a Phase III study conducted in China to test a Gilead Sciences drug under investigation for Covid-19 were “prematurely” posted...
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178Inpatient COVID-19 cases estimated to cost $14K per patient
Dive Brief: A single symptomatic COVID-19 infection would cost a median of $3,045 in direct medical costs incurred only during the course...
