healthcare
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COVID-19
FDA is working on treatment of coronavirus with blood from recovered patients
March 20, 2020 / By Mike Hixenbaugh Dr. Arturo Casadevall was working from home in Baltimore on Thursday when his phone…
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WHO officials warn health systems are ‘collapsing’ under coronavirus: ‘This isn’t just a bad flu season’
March 20, 2020 / William Feuer World Health Organization officials warned Friday against dismissing the coronavirus that’s swept across the globe as…
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‘Working at ground zero:’ How Nashville’s health care giants are sharing virus info
March 17, 2020 / Joel Stinnett, Reporter Music City’s massive health care industry is coming together to fight coronavirus. The Nashville…
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Our health system is struggling to fight coronavirus. Med students could help
March 19, 2020 / by Nathan Hollister and Rebecca Allen (CNN)As the novel coronavirus pandemic has spread, it has required…
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Hospitals ask vets, dentists for supplies
March 20, 2020 / Stephanie Goldberg and A.D. Quig As coronavirus cases mount in Illinois, healthcare providers face a shortage of personal…
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The battle to protect health care workers on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic
March 18, 2020 / ByEden David As the U.S. combats the spread of the novel coronavirus, health care experts continue to debate how to…
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Doctors, hospitals, nurses seek $1 billion to combat COVID-19
March 17, 2020 / Kevin B. O’Reilly, News Editor, AMA What’s the news: Congress must ensure that its next COVID-19 economic…
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What Went Wrong with Coronavirus Testing in the U.S.
March 16, 2020 / By Robert P. Baird On February 5th, sixteen days after a Seattle resident who had visited relatives…
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Covid-19 hits doctors, nurses and EMTs, threatening health system
March 17, 2020 / By Lenny Bernstein, Shawn Boburg, Maria Sacchetti and Emma Brown Dozens of health-care workers have fallen ill with covid-19, and…
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COVID-19 Update; 3/18/2020. A Message From Concerned Physicians
March 18, 2020 – by Howard J. Luks, MD “EVERYTHING WE DO BEFORE A PANDEMIC WILL SEEM ALARMIST. EVERYTHING WE…
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AMA Applauds Medicare Telemedicine Policy Change During Pandemic
March 17, 2020 AMA: Medicare Policy Change on Telemedicine Enhances Nation’s Digital Health Care Capacity. Statement Attributed To Patrice A.…
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Biologics
COVID-19 Molecular Test From XCR Diagnostics Delivers Results in Half the Time of Existing Coronavirus Tests
March 17, 2020 SALT LAKE CITY–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Molecular diagnostics company XCR Diagnostics has successfully completed the verification and validation of its XCR® COVID-19 assay…
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Biologics
When will a coronavirus vaccine be ready?
Mon 16 Mar 2020 / Laura Spinney Even at their most effective – and draconian – containment strategies have only…
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Financial
Practices Beyond burnout: Docs decry ‘moral injury’ from financial pressures of healthcare
by Melissa Bailey, Kaiser Health News | Feb 5, 2020 Keith Corl, M.D., was working in a Las Vegas emergency room when a…
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Financial
HCA revenue beats the hospital chain’s expectations in 2019
TARA BANNOW / January 28, 2020 HCA Healthcare either surpassed or came in at the high end of its 2019…
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