12M people lost employer-sponsored insurance during pandemic
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) About 12 million people who have lost their job in recent months have
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Emerging Health Issues
Another COVID Mystery: Patients Survive Ventilator, But Linger in a Coma
(By Martha Bebinger, WBUR for Kaiser Health News) Leslie Cutitta said yes, twice, when clinicians from Massachusetts General Hospital in
Read MoreCOVID-19 linked to pancreatitis
(By Anuja Vaidya for Becker’s Hospital Review) COVID-19 is associated with pancreatitis and might even cause it, a new study suggests. Researchers from
Read MoreFour scenarios on how we might develop immunity to Covid-19
(By Helen Branswell for STAT) As the world wearies of trying to suppress the SARS-CoV-2 virus, many of us are
Read MoreRather Than Give Away Its COVID Vaccine, Oxford Makes a Deal With Drugmaker
(By Jay Hancock for Kaiser Health News) In a business driven by profit, vaccines have a problem. They’re not very
Read MoreNew Research Suggests In-Person Voting May Be Less Risky Than Previously Thought
(By David Welna for NPR) Amid widespread alarm about the ability of the embattled U.S. Postal Service to deliver mailed
Read MoreIs convalescent plasma safe and effective? We answer the major questions about the Covid-19 treatment
(By Lev Facher for STAT) WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration on Sunday issued an emergency authorization for doctors
Read MoreHighmark provides face coverings to Medicare members
In a recent survey conducted by Highmark, the fourth-largest Blue Cross and Blue Shield, 87 percent of Medicare members rated
Read MoreScam Alert: Things a COVID Contact Tracer Wouldn’t Say
(By Julie Appleby for Kaiser Health News) State officials and federal agencies warn there’s a new phone scam circulating: Some
Read MoreWe Put Off Planning, Until My Father-in-Law’s Medical Crisis Took Us by Surprise
(By Judith Graham for Kaiser Health News) Earlier this month, my husband picked up the phone and learned his 92-year-old
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