Big Investors Push Nursing Homes to Upgrade Care and Working Conditions
(By Harris Meyer for Kaiser Health News) Nursing homes and long-term care facilities, where 182,000 Americans perished during the covid
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Emerging Health Issues
People Are Talking About A ‘Double Mutant’ Variant In India. What Does That Mean?
(By Michaeleen Doucleff for NPR) India is in the midst of a devastating second wave of COVID-19. For the past
Read MoreTime to Say Goodbye to Some Insurers’ Waivers for Covid Treatment Fees
(By Julie Appleby for Kaiser Health News) Just as other industries are rolling back some consumer-friendly changes made early in
Read MoreCould a souped-up version of existing Covid-19 tests be our shortcut to tracking variants?
(By Marion Renault for STAT) Genomic sequencing is one of the best defenses against potentially deadlier or more transmissible variants
Read MoreBusinesses offered tax credit for boosting vaccinations
(By Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review) In an effort to speed up COVID-19 vaccinations in the U.S., the White House
Read MoreDoctors Scramble to Understand Long Covid, but Causes and Prognosis Are Elusive
(By Michelle Andrews and Lydia Zuraw for Kaiser Health News) One night in March 2020, Joy Wu felt like her
Read MoreFrom Rotten Teeth to Advanced Cancer, Patients Feel the Effects of Treatment Delays
(By Bruce Alpert for Kaiser Health News) With medical visits picking up again among patients vaccinated against covid-19, health providers
Read MoreCOVID-19 booster shot ‘likely’ needed within a year, Pfizer CEO says
(By Maia Anderson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla, PhD, said April 15 that people will likely need
Read MoreNext-generation Covid-19 vaccines are supposed to be better. Some experts worry they could be worse
(By Helen Branswell for STAT) With Covid-19 vaccines, the world hopes to beat back the virus that causes the disease.
Read MoreHow common are these 3 variants in the US?
(By Gabrielle Masson for Becker’s Hospital Review) The B.1.1.7 coronavirus variant, first identified in the U.K., is currently the most
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