President Donald Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis is raising fresh questions about the White House’s strategy for testing and containing the virus for a president whose cavalier attitude about the coronavirus has persisted since it landed on American shores.
Read More »Congress Provides Relief To Physician Practices Hit By Pandemic
Revisions to the Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payments program (AAP) will help keep physician practice doors open during the pandemic and continue to offer patients access at this time.
Read More »Medical Officials Concerned About A Rush To ‘October Surprise’ Vaccine
President Trump, who seems intent on announcing a COVID-19 vaccine before Election Day, could legally authorize a vaccine over the objections of experts, officials at the FDA and even vaccine manufacturers, who have pledged not to release any vaccine unless it’s proved safe and effective.
Read More »Without RBG, Threats To The ACA, Reproductive Rights Heighten
Ginsburg’s death throws an already chaotic general election campaign during a pandemic into more turmoil. But in the longer term, her absence from the bench could accelerate a trend underway to get cases to the Supreme Court toward invalidating the ACA and rolling back reproductive freedoms for women.
Read More »AAP Expands School Re-Opening Guidance to Reduce Community Spread of COVID-19
The ultimate goal should be having students physically present in school, according to the AAP, but unfortunately, in many parts of the U.S., the uncontrolled spread of the virus means that cannot be safely accomplished now.
Read More »Primary Care Doctors Face Financial Disruption After Coronavirus Pandemic
Physicians and health policy experts say the pandemic is accelerating efforts to restructure primary care — which accounts for about half the nation’s doctor visits every year — and put it on a firmer financial footing.
Read More »America Might Be Too Obese To Benefit From Any COVID Vaccine
Scientists know that vaccines engineered to protect the public from influenza, hepatitis B, tetanus and rabies can be less effective in obese adults than in the general population, leaving them more vulnerable to infection and illness.
Read More »Physician Group Wants Medical Schools To Waive The MCAT This Year
The American College of Physicians (ACP) issued a statement strongly encouraging medical schools to waive Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) requirements for applicants seeking admission ...
Read More »Dental and Medical Offices Struggle with COVID Job Loss
Across the U.S., thousands of doctors, dentists and other health care providers temporarily closed offices this spring as state health officials directed them to suspend non-urgent visits. Many others sat open but largely idle because patients were too scared to visit the doctor.
Read More »Dr. Fauci ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ About COVID Vaccines Despite Antibodies Obstacles
A handful of studies on COVID-19 survivors suggest that antibodies begin to disappear within months. Dr. Anthony Fauci, said he’s “cautiously optimistic” that researchers will overcome such obstacles.
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