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NYC Hospital Workers, Knowing How Bad It Can Get, Brace for COVID 2nd Wave
Hospitals are in better shape now than in the spring, with more knowledge of how to handle COVID-19 and bigger stockpiles of protective equipment. Still, nurses worry about staffing shortages and unfilled jobs.
As LA County Sets New Infection Record, State Leaders’ Behavior Sends Mixed Messages
Even as L.A.’s stay-at-home restrictions began, leaders across California took heat for their do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do pandemic behavior.
Feds Look to Pharmacists to Boost Childhood Immunization Rates
Fears over COVID-19 have contributed to a slump in inoculations among children. Now the federal government is looking to pharmacists for help, but many of them do not participate in a program that offers free shots to half the kids in the U.S.
Come for Your Eye Exam, Leave With a Band-Aid on Your Arm
Dentists and optometrists across the country are trying to join in the fight to get everyone vaccinated against COVID-19, the flu and other diseases.
During ACA Open Enrollment, Picking a Plan Invites New COVID Complications
COVID-19’s “long haulers” — patients with lingering effects of the disease — have joined the ranks of Americans with preexisting conditions. For those shopping for health coverage on the individual market, here’s help navigating an uncharted insurance landscape.
Con récord de internaciones por COVID, la crisis ahora es la falta de personal médico
Los hospitales en gran parte del país están tratando de hacer frente a un número sin precedentes de pacientes con COVID-19 con una creciente escasez de personal médico.
Viewpoints: Burnout Among Health Care Workers Is Getting Worse But Just Look At Their Compassion
Opinion writers weigh in on the pressures mounting in hospitals as COVID surges in many areas, as well as other issues.
In addition to expressing views about pandemic-related issues related, editorial pages look at harmful health policies on display at immigration centers.
Perspectives: Time For Bipartisanship; Amazon Pharmacy Will Expand Options; Why Do We Have PBMs?
Read recent commentaries about drug-cost issues.
Vaccine Policy?: China Gears Up To Share Hundreds Of Millions Of Doses
Will the global campaign help repair its image? News is also from Japan, Canada and Australia.
Ohio Can’t Pinpoint Nursing Facilities Where Thousands Have Died Of COVID
Media reports are from Ohio, Indiana, Maine, Texas and Kentucky.
Biden Might Find Common Ground With GOP On Drug Pricing
Read about the biggest pharmaceutical developments and pricing stories from the past week in KHN’s Prescription Drug Watch roundup.
Experimental Drug From Ovid Fails To Help Untreatable Genetic Disorder
Other names in the news: Agios Pharmaceuticals, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and CarepathRx.
Virus Less Likely To Harm Asthma Sufferers; Sedentary? Rethink That
Researchers said the asthma study was done on inpatients, and results might be different for outpatients.
Will Renewed Urgency Over Stimulus Bill Yield A Deal?
Lawmakers are negotiating after months of stalled progress. The leading $908-billion package was introduced by a bipartisan group of senators. In chilly New Hampshire, lawmakers meet outside.
HHS Unveils Plans For Standardizing Documentation Of Patients’ Addresses
Health care organizations aren’t required to use a specific format when collecting patient addresses. “As mundane as [addresses] may seem, it is often one of the key elements used for the purposes of patient matching and linking records,” said one of the officials coordinating the effort.
Trump Pressures FDA To Speed Up Vaccine Approval Reviews
Despite behind-the-scenes fuming from the White House, FDA chief Stephen Hahn says that agency is working quickly but that it will take the time it needs because “we absolutely have to do this the right way.”
Biden Narrows Field For His Health Agency Picks
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy are reported to be the final candidates for Department of Health and Human Services secretary.
Trump Assailed Over Tweet About ‘Fake’ COVID Ward In Nevada
The president retweeted a lie accusing an ICU physician of tweeting a fake photo of beds set up in the parking lot at Renown Health in Reno. The governor of Nevada, the CEO of the hospital and the physician himself immediately clapped back, saying, “It is very real.”
CDC To Adjust 14-Day Quarantine Guidelines To 10 For COVID Exposure
The CDC’s updated recommendations, expected to be released soon, are based on the latest studies regarding the coronavirus’ incubation period. Quarantine guidance for people who get tested will be lowered even further, to seven days.