The increase in home dialysis has accelerated recently, spurred by social-distancing requirements, increased use of telehealth and remote monitoring technologies — and fear of the virus.

While it's long been known that smoke can be dangerous when in the thick of it — triggering asthma attacks, cardiac arrests, hospitalizations and more — the Seeley Lake research confirmed what public health experts feared: Wildfire haze can have consequences long after it's gone.

Industry experts say Florida is likely to be the first state to win federal approval for a drug importation plan — something that could occur before the November election.

The Physicians Foundation survey of 2,334 physicians finds that the COVID-19 pandemic has significantly worsened the problem.

The bond rating agency credited the for-profit hospital sector for its "rapid and aggressive responses to the pandemic" that included cost cuts to labor and supplies to limit cash burn.