Major Insurers Running Billions of Dollars Behind on Payments to Hospitals and Doctors
(By Jay Hancock for Kaiser Health News) Anthem Blue Cross, the country’s second-biggest health insurance company, is behind on billions
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Pandemic
What we know — and don’t know — about Merck’s new Covid-19 pill
(By Matthew Herper for STAT) The announcement that a pill from Merck and partner Ridgeback Biotherapeutics kept Covid patients out
Read MoreA Colorado Town Is About as Vaccinated as It Can Get. Covid Still Isn’t Over There.
(By Rae Ellen Bichell for Kaiser Health News) San Juan County, Colorado, can boast that 99.9% of its eligible population
Read MoreMerck’s antiviral pill reduces hospitalization of Covid patients, a possible game-changer for treatment
(By Matthew Herper for STAT) An investigational antiviral pill reduced the chances that patients newly diagnosed with Covid-19 would be
Read MoreRepurposing drugs can speed new treatments for Covid-19
(By Robert Goldberg for STAT) As the summer of 2021 started to unfold, many Americans thought the pandemic was beginning to
Read MoreCOVID-19 caused steepest drops in life expectancy since World War II, study finds
(By Erica Carbajal for Becker’s Hospital Review) The COVID-19 pandemic sparked life expectancy losses not seen since World War II,
Read MoreWho Qualifies for a Covid Booster? The List Is Growing Longer
On Friday, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky said people whose jobs put them at risk of
Read MoreRemdesivir reduces Covid hospitalizations when given early, study shows
(By Matthew Herper for STAT) Gilead’s Covid-19 drug remdesivir appeared to reduce hospitalizations by 87% in high-risk patients diagnosed early
Read MoreThe FDA OKs Pfizer-BioNTech Booster For People 65+ Or At High Risk For Severe COVID
(By Scott Hensley for NPR) The Food and Drug Administration authorized a booster dose Wednesday of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine
Read MoreJoint COVID-19, flu vaccine clinics opening across US
(By Erica Carbajal for Becker’s Hospital Review) While the COVID-19 delta variant continues to fuel outbreaks across the U.S., there
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