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Strategy
Lyft Healthcare Exec Shares 2021 Predictions, Innovative StrategiesMegan Callahan shares the rideshare organization's role in healthcare during the pandemic and what it hopes to accomplish in the...
Covid-19
Memphis-Area Residents Without Internet Must Wait Days for Vaccination Appointments, While Others Go to the Front of the LineThe county's decision to prioritize vaccinations for internet users ? and its failure to set aside any appointments for callers...
Covid-19
CVS and Walgreens Under Fire for Slow Pace of Vaccination in Nursing HomesAcross the country, some nursing home directors and healthcare officials say the partnership is actually hampering the vaccination process.
Covid-19
California Counties 'Flying the Plane as We Build It' in a Plodding Vaccine RolloutIn California, where public health is largely a county-level operation, the same departments managing testing and contact tracing for an...
Covid-19
In Search of a Baby, I Got Covid InsteadMy covid symptoms started Dec. 7, and we got our positive results back the next morning.
Covid-19
Delicate Covid Vaccines Slow Rollout — Leading to Shots Given Out of Turn or, Worse, WastedOne thing the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines have in common: They last only six hours once the first dose is...
Covid-19
California Budget Reflects 'Pandemic-Induced Reality,' Governor SaysNewsom's 2021-22 fiscal year spending plan does not include additional public health money for local health departments steering California's pandemic...
Strategy
Even With Senate Control, Democrats Will Need Buy-In From GOP on Key Health PrioritiesThe Democratic majority in the Senate is too small to eliminate the filibuster, meaning Democrats will not have enough votes...
Covid-19
Is Your Covid Vaccine Venue Prepared to Handle Rare, Life-Threatening Reactions?The rate of anaphylaxis so far is about five times higher for the covid vaccines than for flu shots.
Covid-19
CDC Shut Down a Lab Involved in Making Faulty Coronavirus TestsA CDC lab involved in making faulty coronavirus tests sent to state and local officials early in the pandemic was...
Covid-19
Do-It-Yourself Contact Tracing Is a 'Last Resort' in Communities Besieged by CovidIn recent weeks, it?s not just the number of positive cases that has increased, overwhelming the capacity of case investigators...
Innovation
Sentara Commits $10 Million to Improve Community HealthVirginia-based health system will issue grants to universities and community organizations support development of a school of public health and...