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Finance
After 2 Years of Pandemic, CA Hospitals Face Massive Financial LossesCalifornia hospital margins ? a measure of financial performance ? were 26% lower on average than before the pandemic.
Telehealth
UnitedHealthcare Sees 2.5K% Increase in Telehealth UsageThe payer's 2021 data show a massive increase in telehealth use when compared with pre-pandemic levels.
Nursing
A Travel Nurse Leaves Fears of Hospital Drug Tampering Across Three StatesThe travel nurse, Jacqueline Brewster, 52, of Belfry, Kentucky, was arrested by her local sheriff's this week office on undisclosed...
Covid-19
As U.S. Nears 1M COVID Deaths, One Hard-Hit County Grapples with Unthinkable LossPennsylvania's Mifflin County offers a snapshot into how one hard-hit community, with more than 300 dead, is coping.
Covid-19
Pfizer CEO Pushes Yearly Shots for COVID. Not So Fast, Experts Say.Critics say CEO Albert Bourla's comments create public pressure for a fourth dose before experts have time to assess the...
Innovation
COVID's 'Silver Lining': Research Breakthroughs for Chronic Disease, Cancer, and the Common FluAmbitious scientific endeavors have provided technological windfalls for consumers.
Covid-19
One California University Has Unified Town and Gown to Fight COVID. Why Haven't Others?A cooperative project placing UC-Davis and its adjoining city inside a single, coordinated health bubble has delivered superior results.
Covid-19
The CDC's New Guidelines on COVID Risk and Masking Send Confounding SignalsA recent KFF poll pointed to an underlying tension.
Strategy
Sacklers, Purdue Pharma to Pay $6B in New Opioid SettlementThe payout is 40% higher than the $4.55 billion deal that was vacated by a federal court in December, and...
Covid-19
J&J-Vaxxed, mRNA-Boosted, and Pondering a Third ShotWith J&J seemingly destined to be a benchwarmer among COVID vaccines in the U.S., it often has been left out...
Covid-19
From Alabama to Utah, Efforts to Vaccinate Medicaid Enrollees Against COVID Run Into ObstaclesThere is no nationwide compilation of how many Medicaid enrollees have been vaccinated.