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AMA and others struggling to perform testing urge HHS to reprioritize COVID-19 guidelines
August 11, 2020 / Mallory Hackett, Associate Editor Testing shortages continue along with gaps in the supply chain for reagents, swabs,…
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Pandemic hampers reopening of joint replacement gold mine
August 10, 2020 / Bernard J. Wolfson, Kaiser Health News Dr. Ira Weintraub, a recently retired orthopedic surgeon who now…
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NYC Hip Fracture Patients with COVID-19: Higher Death Rates
by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. Several New York City institutions have banded together to get a clear picture of how…
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Stimulus Bill Expected Next Week—Here’s When Benefits Would Likely Go Out
August 5, 2020 / Rob Berger, Senior Contributor As negotiations over the next round of Covid-19 relief plodded along, hope…
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Single Dose of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate Demonstrates Robust Protection in Pre-clinical Studies
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., July 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) (the Company) today announced that its lead vaccine candidate protected against…
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U.S. government engaging Pfizer to produce millions of COVID-19 vaccine doses
July 22, 2020 / Jeff Lagasse, Associate Editor The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Defense announced an…
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HHS to dole out $10B in additional COVID-19 funds to hospitals in ‘high-impact’ areas
July 17, 2020 / by Tina Reed The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) plans to begin distributing $10 billion…
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Healthcare’s Crystal Ball: Ortho Spine Partners
by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. With most hospitals on crutches and care providers drained from overwork and stress, everyone is…
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First COVID-19 vaccine tested in U.S. poised for final testing
July 14, 2020 / Associated Press The first COVID-19 vaccine tested in the U.S. revved up people’s immune systems just…
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Florida HCA hospitals to pause elective surgeries again
July 9, 2020 / ALEX KACIK More than a dozen HCA Healthcare hospitals in Florida will delay certain inpatient surgeries and procedures…
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Texas hits new record for virus deaths as hospitals scramble
July 10, 2020 / Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Worsening coronavirus trends in Texas again set another grim milestone Thursday as the state…
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Coronavirus Vaccine Approval Might Be Sought This Year, According To CEO
July 10, 2020 / Karen Robinson-Jacobs, Forbes Staff TOPLINE A German biotech firm working with New York-based pharma giant Pfizer…
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Moderna Completes Enrollment of Phase 2 Study of its mRNA Vaccine Against COVID-19 (mRNA-1273)
July 8, 2020 CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Moderna, Inc., (Nasdaq: MRNA) a clinical stage biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and…
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Trump Officially Withdraws U.S. From World Health Organization
July 7, 2020 / Andrew Solender, Forbes Staff TOPLINE President Trump on Tuesday officially withdrew the United States from the…
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Orthopaedic Trauma During COVID-19: Safety for All
by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. In these tumultuous times, some orthopedic researchers are training their efforts on bringing a bit…
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