Patient, Can You Spare a Dime?
Hospitals are increasingly soliciting donations from patients, and the patients don’t much like it, a new survey finds. View original article Contributor:
Hospitals are increasingly soliciting donations from patients, and the patients don’t much like it, a new survey finds. View original article Contributor:
The global health agency sent two experts to China, but it is unclear how much access they are getting. They must first complete a two-week quarantine. View original article Contributor:
A large study, published in the journal Pediatrics, suggests that disparities exist in surgery outcomes, even among healthy children. View original article Contributor:
Experts say one popular test that the president might have taken is by no means definitive, or even diagnostic. View original article Contributor:
A small study of an inhaled form of a commonly available drug, interferon beta, suggested it could reduce the odds of patients becoming severely ill. View original article Contributor:
Doctors are seeing more cases a day than they had in previous outbreaks, and a number of infections with unknown origin have made the outbreak harder to contain. View original article Contributor:
Health workers assigned to care for Brazil’s Indigenous people have exposed remote communities to the virus. Some Republican leaders are starting to distance themselves from President Trump’s handling of the pandemic. View original article Contributor:
The resistance to a funding proposal drafted by Senate Republicans has angered several members of the president’s party on Capitol Hill. The F.D.A. has issued emergency approval for pooled testing, a method that allows for much faster tracking of new infections. View original article Contributor:
Airlines, hotels and restaurants are lobbying for part of a new pandemic relief package. The Bahamas closes its doors to U.S. citizens. View original article Contributor:
Public health experts say delays in testing continue to hinder attempts to track and contain the spread of disease. View original article Contributor: