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Lawmaker Pushing Mental Health Reform: It’s ‘More Needed Than Ever’
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Read MoreAmid Coronavirus Distress, Wealthy Hospitals Hoard Millions
Inova Health System, with campuses in some of the wealthiest suburbs of Washington, D.C., and Truman Medical Centers, a safety-net
Read MoreConsumer Beware: Coronavirus Antibody Tests Are Still A Work In Progress
Use Our Content This story can be republished for free (details). After hearing for months about serious access issues involving
Read More‘An Arm And A Leg’: What A Fleet Of Firetrucks Can Teach About Public Health
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Read MoreTelehealth Will Be Free, No Copays, They Said. But Angry Patients Are Getting Billed.
This story also ran on NPR. This story can be republished for free (details). Karen Taylor had been coughing for
Read MoreNacer en medio de la pandemia: COVID-19 complica los partos y la relación mamá-bebé
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Read MoreBorn Into A Pandemic: Virus Complicates Births For Moms And Babies
Mallory Pease’s contractions grew stronger as her husband, Mitchell, drove her to Oaklawn Hospital in Marshall, Michigan, to give birth
Read MoreVaping, Opioid Addiction Accelerate Coronavirus Risks, Says NIDA Director
Use Our Content This story can be republished for free (details). In 2018, opioid overdoses claimed about 47,000 American lives.
Read MoreSeniors With COVID-19 Show Unusual Symptoms, Doctors Say
This story also ran on CNN. This story can be republished for free (details). Older adults with COVID-19, the illness
Read MoreAnti-Vaccine Activists Latch Onto Coronavirus To Bolster Their Movement
While most of the world hungers for a vaccine to put an end to the death and economic destruction wrought
Read MoreAbbott’s Fast COVID Test Poses Safety Issues, Lab Workers Say
Lab personnel say worries are mounting over the safety of a rapid coronavirus test by Abbott Laboratories that President Donald
Read MoreKHN’s ‘What The Health?’: Whom Do We Trust For COVID Info?
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on SoundCloud. Congress is approving still more money to address the health
Read MorePerspectives: Responsible Public Health Plans Need To Follow Governors’ Decisions To Reopen States; Who Is Really Pushing The Reopen Protests?
Editorial pages focus on these pandemic issues and others. The Washington Post: Georgia Leads The Race To Become America’s No.
Read More‘Uncharted Territory’: Pandemic Set To Push Millions More To Brink Of Starvation In Poor Nations, UN Food Agency Reports
Global news is from Kenya, India, Colombia, Iraq, China, North Korea, and France. The New York Times: ‘Instead Of Coronavirus,
Read MoreTreatment Experts Question Penalties For Opioid Overdose Victims Breaking Stay-At-Home Orders
Among those being cited by police for violating the Ohio governor’s orders are those struggling with addiction. They aren’t being
Read MoreNearly Half Of Primary Care Physicians Expect Pay Cuts This Month
Many health systems report revenue declines of 40% to 50%, and even pay for front-line workers is expected to be
Read MoreHospitals Plan To Restart Non-Coronavirus Procedures, But Risk Of Infections Hovers Like A Dark Cloud
Opening up for surgeries will be a welcome decision for anxious patients who waited weeks for procedures that are important.
Read More‘Great Worry’: Health Experts See Drop In Vaccinations As Parents Cancel Well-Child Checkups
“We know our vaccine rates were already tenuous, so any additional hit to that is a great worry,” said Dr.
Read MoreFor Weeks, VA Told Public And Veterans That Agency Didn’t Face Shortages And Wasn’t Rationing Equipment
“It’s easy to be wise after the event,” VA Secretary Robert Wilkie said in defense of the agency’s slow acknowledgment
Read MoreDemocrats Have Been Playing Hard-Ball And Securing Wins In The Process. Can They Keep It Up?
The House blocked the Senate’s no-strings $250 billion package for the small business fund and got a measure nearly double
Read MoreCoronavirus Crisis Opens Access To Online Opioid Addiction Treatment
This story also ran on NPR. This story can be republished for free (details). Opioid addiction isn’t taking a break
Read MoreBiden Says OSHA Isn’t Doing Enough To Protect Workers’ From COVID-19
“Until this week, they [OSHA] weren’t even enforcing these guidelines. Still today, OSHA is not specifying which rules employees must
Read MoreThe Other COVID Risks: How Race, Income, ZIP Code Influence Who Lives Or Dies
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Read MoreOSHA Probing Health Worker Deaths But Urges Inspectors To Spare The Penalties
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has in recent weeks launched investigations into deaths of workers at 34 health care
Read MoreDems Want Formal Coronavirus Protections For Workers As States Start To Ease Shut-Down Restrictions
So far, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has kept a low profile in the pandemic, leaving it up to
Read MoreNursing Home Testing Setback: Massachusetts Pauses Program As Inconsistent Results Surface
Nursing home news is from Michigan, Wisconsin, Nevada, California, and Maine, as well. Boston Globe: Mass. Pausing Part Of Its
Read MoreHospitals’ Operating Margins Plummet In Hint Of Prolonged Financial Decline From Battling COVID-19
“We anticipate April will be significantly worse, and at this point, no one knows how long hospitals will continue on
Read MoreHigh Infection Rate Paralyzes Economy Of Financially Troubled Rhode Island; Efforts Under Way In Houston Hospitals To Ramp Up Non-COVID Care
Media outlets report on news from Rhode Island, Texas, Georgia, Massachusetts, California, Louisiana, Wisconsin, Michigan and Nevada. Boston Globe: Facing
Read MoreVA, Defense Department Open Access To Joint Information Exchange
The longterm goal is to create a single record that follows a patient from the start of military service through
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