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#Covid19

Citing COVID, Sutter Pushes To Revisit Landmark Antitrust Settlement

Jun 19, 2020

Six months after agreeing to a $575 million settlement in a closely watched antitrust case filed by California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, Sutter Health has yet to pay a single dollar, and no ope...

Covid-19: 1 in 5 People Worldwide at Risk for Severe Illness

Jun 18, 2020

Modeling assessed risk based on comorbid conditions such as CVD, diabetes, HIV/AIDS, certain cancers As many as 1 in 5 people worldwide — or 22% of the global population — are at risk for devel...

Strong Support Found for Protective Practices Related to COVID-19

Jun 18, 2020

WEDNESDAY, June 17, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Most adults in New York City, Los Angeles, and the United States support stay-at-home orders and nonessential business closures during the COVID-19 pandemi...

Proactive Monitoring Program Beneficial for COVID-19 Home Care

Jun 18, 2020

WEDNESDAY, June 17, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- A proactive monitoring program for COVID-19 can track illness, provide support, and identify cases that need hospitalization, according to a study publishe...

U.S. Insurers Should Not Charge Copays for COVID-19 Vaccine

Jun 18, 2020

WEDNESDAY, June 17, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Health insurance companies are expected to cover vaccines for the new coronavirus without charging copays, U.S. officials say. At a media briefing Tuesday...

Record-High Spikes in COVID-19 Cases Seen in Arizona, Florida, Texas

Jun 18, 2020

WEDNESDAY, June 17, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- After reopening, states such as Arizona, Florida, and Texas are all seeing record-high one-day increases in COVID-19 cases. According to The New York Ti...

Risk for COVID-19 Reinfection Remains Unknown

Jun 18, 2020

WEDNESDAY, June 17, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- The potential risk for reinfection with COVID-19 remains a concern, but evidence is scarce, according to Jeffrey Shaman, Ph.D., director of the climate and...

A Teen’s Death From COVID

Jun 18, 2020

INDIANAPOLIS — It started as a normal day. Dawn Guest, 54, got up and headed out to her job as a nurse around 5 a.m. She heard her 16-year-old son, Andre, stirring in his room, but he had always bee...

Health Experts Link Rise In Arizona COVID Cases To End Of Stay-At-Home Order

Jun 18, 2020

With new daily coronavirus cases rising in at least two dozen states, an explosion of new infections in Arizona is stretching some hospitals and alarming public health experts who link the surge in c...

Covid-19: FDA Warns of Drug-Drug Interaction if Remdesivir Given with HCQ, Chloroquine

Jun 17, 2020

Agency strikes another blow for malaria agents’s use against Covid-19 WASHINGTON — Hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine were dealt a one-two punch by the FDA, when on the same day, not only did t...

Covid-19: Dexamethasone May Help Severely Ill Patients

Jun 17, 2020

Preliminary RECOVERY study results show mortality reduction for those requiring respiratory support Dexamethasone appears to be beneficial for severely ill Covid-19 patients, according to results f...

CDC: Cumulative Incidence of COVID-19 403.6 Per 100,000 in U.S.

Jun 17, 2020

TUESDAY, June 16, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- The cumulative incidence of COVID-19 is 403.6 cases per 100,000 persons in the United States, and hospitalization and death rates are six and 12 times higher...

Hydroxychloroquine-Remdesivir Combo Dangerous for COVID-19 Patients

Jun 17, 2020

TUESDAY, June 16, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- In the treatment of COVID-19 patients, chloroquine phosphate or hydroxychloroquine sulfate should not be used with the experimental drug remdesivir because o...

Public Health Officials Face Wave Of Threats, Pressure Amid Coronavirus Response

Jun 17, 2020

Emily Brown was stretched thin. As the director of the Rio Grande County Public Health Department in rural Colorado, she was working 12- and 14-hour days, struggling to respond to the pandemic with...

If You’ve Lost Your Health Plan In The COVID Crisis, You’ve Got Options

Jun 17, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic — and the economic fallout that has come with it — boosted health insurance enrollment counselor Mark Van Arnam’s workload. But he wants to be even busier. The loss ...

Face Masks Most Effective Means to Avert COVID-19 Transmission

Jun 16, 2020

TUESDAY, June 16, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Mandated face coverings represent the most effective means to prevent interhuman transmission of COVID-19, according to a study published online June 11 in t...

Self-Collected Nasal Swabs Acceptable for SARS-CoV-2 Testing

Jun 16, 2020

TUESDAY, June 16, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Patient-collected lower nasal specimens may be acceptable for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV2) testing, according to a research le...

Correlates of COVID-19 ID'd on American Indian Reservations

Jun 16, 2020

TUESDAY, June 16, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- The rate of COVID-19 cases is increased on American Indian reservations with larger proportions of homes lacking complete indoor plumbing, according to a stu...

Steroid May Reduce COVID-19 Death Risk by Up to One-Third

Jun 16, 2020

TUESDAY, June 16, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- The cheap and widely available steroid dexamethasone reduced the risk for death among seriously ill COVID-19 patients by up to a third, according to research...

Black Americans Much More Likely to Have Lost Loved Ones to COVID-19

Jun 16, 2020

MONDAY, June 15, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Black Americans are much more likely than other Americans to say a relative or close friend has died of COVID-19, surveys reveal. While 11 percent of black a...

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