Ohio’s board of pharmacy bans hydroxychloroquine for use in COVID-19 patients
(By Maia Anderson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Ohio’s board of pharmacy has banned hydroxychloroquine as a COVID-19 treatment. As of July 30, pharmacists
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Emerging Health Issues
FDA puts hand sanitizers on import alert, adds more to do-not-use list
(By Maia Anderson for Becker’s Hospital Review) The FDA has placed certain brands of hand sanitizer on an import alert as more
Read MoreCovid-19 infections leave an impact on the heart, raising concerns about lasting damage
(By Elizabeth Cooney for STAT) Two new studies from Germany paint a sobering picture of the toll that Covid-19 takes
Read MoreDemand Surges For See-through Face Masks As Pandemic Swells
(By Yuki Noguchi for NPR) Blake Blackmon and his fiance, Jessica Cournoyer, recently welcomed their second child, a cherubic-cheeked good
Read MoreLast Thing Patients Need During Pandemic: Being Last to Know a Doctor Left Network
(By Michelle Andrews for Kaiser Health News) NEW YORK — As the coronavirus spread silently through New York City early
Read MorePandemic could spur Medicare trust fund depletion by 2022, former VA chief says
(By Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review) The coronavirus pandemic could spur the depletion of the Medicare Part A trust fund
Read MoreTrump Administration Announces New Resources to Protect Nursing Home Residents Against COVID-19
(Source – www.cms.gov/newsroom) As part of the unprecedented efforts taken by the Trump Administration, President Trump today announced several new
Read MoreNIH to start ‘flurry’ of large studies of potential Covid-19 treatments
(By Matthew Herper for STAT) The National Institutes of Health is preparing to launch a “flurry” of large clinical trials
Read MoreFTC outlines efforts to fight COVID-19 ‘miracle cures,’ PPE scams
(By Jackie Drees for Becker’s Hospital Review) FTC officials detailed their efforts to stop consumer scams linked to the coronavirus pandemic
Read MoreScientists Want to Know More About Using UV Light to Fight COVID-19 Spread
(By Will Stone for Kaiser Health News) High up near the ceiling, in the dining room of his Seattle-area restaurant,
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