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statnews.com – If 2020 was defined by the explosion of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes Covid, 2021 could be about its dwindling. Tweeted by @statnews ...
Read More »Five key milestones in the pandemic that we’re anticipating in 2021 – STAT
Seniors Face Crushing Drug Costs as Congress Stalls on Capping Medicare Out-Of-Pockets
khn.org – While many private insurers cap what members pay in health costs, Medicare does not. Democrats and Republicans in Congress have proposed annual limits ...
Read More »A Q&A with Helen Branswell, one year after Covid became a full-time job
statnews.com – STAT’s infectious disease reporter reflects on her own experience of reporting on the pandemic one year after publication of her first story.
Read More »A nursing home in Belgium had a holiday party. It led to 27 coronavirus deaths.
tampabay.com – At last count, the home had 88 infections among residents and 42 among staff. Tweeted by @EvanKirstel https://twitter.com/EvanKirstel/status/1345574680611192835
Read More »NJAOPS Supports the Health Care Transparency Act Signed by Governor Murphy
einnews.com – Win for D.O.’s: Law Will Require Advance Practice Nurses, Physicians Assistants Are Now Required to be Properly Identified on Name Tags in Patient ...
Read More »Spend Less, and Smarter, in 2021
nytimes.com – Last year we were just trying to roll with the punches. Hopefully now we can apply some of those survival skills to our ...
Read More »California hospitals struggle to cope under strain of virus surge
dailymail.co.uk – Physicians in California have revealed how hospitals are so overstretched amid the coronavirus pandemic that patents can only be admitted when another patient ...
Read More »Indian regulators are pushed to release Covid-19 vaccine trial protocol
statnews.com – Consumer groups are urging drug regulators in India to release key documents on a Covid-19 vaccine from the Serum Institute of India. Tweeted ...
Read More »U.S. Posts New Records in COVID Deaths, Hospitalizations
medscape.com – The United States is wrapping up 2020 with record-setting coronavirus numbers. Tweeted by @Medscape https://twitter.com/Medscape/status/1345196870696632320
Read More »Married mother-of-four describes the hospital blunder that cost her job and health
dailymail.co.uk – Shares Janice Johnston often took a bath fully clothed, so that if she had the stroke she feared may be
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