Congress Said COVID-19 Tests Should Be Free — But Who’s Paying?
(By Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio for Kaiser Health News) Hospitals around the country are afraid to send out hundreds
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Emerging Health Issues
Federal legislation to protect health data has made little progress. Will that change in the Covid-19 era?
(By Rebecca Robbins for STAT) Before the Covid-19 pandemic, health data privacy wasn’t exactly a hot topic on Capitol Hill.
Read MoreReopening Dental Offices For Routine Care Amid Pandemic Touches A Nerve
(By Phil Galewitz for Kaiser Health News) Tom Peeling wanted his teeth cleaned and wasn’t going to let the coronavirus
Read MoreBlue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan to return more than $100 million to insured customers and members
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan announced due to disruptions in previously anticipated health care services caused by the COVID-19
Read More‘Things Will Never Be The Same.’ How The Pandemic Has Changed Worship
(By Tom Gjelten for NPR) Christian worship in the United States, long characterized by its adherence to tradition, appears to have
Read MoreNew Jersey authorizes 18,000 pharmacists to conduct COVID-19 tests
(By Katie Adams for Becker’s Hospital Review) More than 18,000 New Jersey pharmacists can now administer COVID-19 tests, bringing the state
Read MoreFor Cancer Patients, Anguish Grows Over Deferred Surgery As Risk Rises
(By Yuki Noguchi for NPR) Last June, days after her 40th birthday, Silver felt a lump in her left breast that
Read MoreTens of thousands of Americans apply for contact tracing jobs: 6 things to know
(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) As the U.S. aims to reduce the spread of COVID-19, many Americans have stepped
Read More9 ways Covid-19 may forever upend the U.S. health care industry
(By Lev Facher for STAT) WASHINGTON — In the U.S. alone, Covid-19 has claimed nearly 100,000 lives and 30 million
Read MoreNew Coronavirus Vaccine Candidate Shows Promise In Early, Limited Trial
(By Joe Palca for NPR) A vaccine manufacturer is reporting preliminary data suggesting its COVID-19 vaccine is safe, and appears
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