Health Care
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37HHS Prep Act amendment could fail the nurses it aims to support
For the last 12 months, our nation’s frontline healthcare workers have risked their own health and wellbeing to care for others. A...
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19How UPMC fights COVID-19 on three fronts
From the simple process of choosing the right mask to staging a mass vaccination campaign, UPMC in Pittsburgh applied new learnings to...
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39GSK antibody falls short in hospitalized Covid-19 patients, but may help elderly
An experimental GlaxoSmithKline drug in testing for hospitalized Covid-19 patients failed to distance itself from standard treatment in a mid-stage clinical...
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29Providers weigh risks, rewards of post-COVID collaboration
While the pandemic may justify collaboration among competitors like it has in New Mexico and Iowa, it won’t ease collusion provisions, regulators...
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21FDA approves Sarepta drug for muscular dystrophy with rare genetic mutation
The FDA has approved a Sarepta Therapeutics drug for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, clearing the way for the company to commercialize its...
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17Nurse practitioner with not-for-profit clinic in Detroit church expands to COVID-19 vaccines
“They know we’re in a very impoverished area,” Lorie Turner said. “It used to be a thriving neighborhood …” The Turners said...
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19Hospitals could lose $53B this year — and that’s in the best-case scenario
Even in the most hopeful scenario, U.S. hospitals are expected to face a massive financial loss in 2021, according to a new...
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179J&J’s 1-dose shot cleared, giving U.S. third COVID-19 vaccine
The U.S. is getting a third vaccine to prevent COVID-19, as the Food and Drug Administration on Saturday cleared a Johnson &...
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154As Covid Surged, Vaccines Came Too Late for at Least 400 Medical Workers
As health care workers in the U.S. began lining up for their first coronavirus vaccines on Dec. 14, Esmeralda Campos-Loredo was already...
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17Cigna to purchase long-standing partner MDLive
Only two months into 2021 and the health insurance arena is buzzing with...
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13Plunging demand for COVID-19 tests may leave U.S. exposed
Just five weeks ago, Los Angeles County was conducting more than 350,000 weekly coronavirus tests, including at a massive drive-thru site at...
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73Why AstraZeneca and J&J’s Vaccines, In Use Elsewhere, Are Still on Hold in America
Sarah Jane Tribble, Kaiser Health News This story also ran on Fortune. It can be republished for free. The World Health Organization...
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15Does digital mental health need to rethink user engagement?
The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated the conversation surrounding the potential for digital mental health applications to solve gaps in mental health care...
