Tag: healthcare
Health Workers Once Saluted as Heroes Now Get Threats
(Associated Press) More than a year after U.S. health care workers on the front lines against COVID-19 were saluted as heroes with nightly clapping...
Pfizer Takes Big Step Toward Kids’ Vaccine
(Associated Press) Pfizer's CEO says "it's a question of days, not weeks" before the company and German partner BioNTech submit data to U.S. regulators...
COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters Could Mean Billions for Drugmakers
(Associated Press) Billions more in profits are at stake for some vaccine makers as the U.S. moves toward dispensing COVID-19 booster shots to shore...
States Ranked: Where Prescription Drug Costs Are Highest and Lowest
(The Center Square) A new analysis published by MedicareGuide reports that many elderly Americans continue to have trouble affording to pay for prescription drugs but some...
DeSantis to ‘Fight Like Hell’ Against Biden’s Rationing of COVID Treatment
(Headline USA) Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vowed this week to “fight like hell” to keep expanding the state’s supply of monoclonal antibody treatments for COVID-19 after the Biden administration...
4 Ways to Manage Retirement Health Care Costs
(Kate Ashford, NerdWallet) Health care in retirement is a big-ticket item. Experts estimate that an average 65-year-old retired couple in 2021 would need about...
Sweetgreen CEO Smeared as ‘Fat-Phobic’ for Stating Obesity Increases COVID-19 Risks
(Leslie Eastman, Legal Insurrection) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) noted that about 78% of people who have been hospitalized, needed a...
How to Minimize Credit Damage from Medical Bills
(Bev O’Shea, NerdWallet) If you’re facing big bills from COVID-19 or other medical issues and you’re worried about your credit, keep this in mind:...
Government Regulation Is Creating a Hospital Bed Shortage
(Hannah Cox, Foundation for Economic Education) Hospital beds are again filling up across the country as America copes with another variant of the COVID-19 virus. Three...
Contact Tracing Takes a Back Seat During Latest COVID Surge
(Associated Press) Health investigators across the U.S. are finding it nearly impossible to keep up with the deluge of new COVID-19 infections and carry...
