Tag: healthcare
Trump’s $200 Prescription Cards Won’t Hit Mailboxes Just Yet
(Associated Press) If you're on Medicare, don't run to the mailbox looking for a $200 prescription drug card courtesy of President Donald Trump.
Government officials...
Sweden Spared Surge of Virus Cases But Many Questions Remain
(Associated Press) A train pulls into the Odenplan subway station in central Stockholm, where morning commuters without masks get off or board before settling...
Are Medicare Advantage Plans Worth the Risk?
(Liz Weston, Associated Press) About 1 in 3 people 65 and older in the U.S. enroll in Medicare Advantage, the private insurance alternative to...
Scarcity of Key Material Squeezes Medical Mask Manufacturing
(Associated Press) Rachel Spray is still grieving the loss of her fellow nurse who died after being exposed to the novel coronavirus at Kaiser...
Will Long Labor Day Weekend Mean Another Coronavirus Spike?
(Associated Press) Stir-crazy in some cases after the dreary Summer of COVID-19, Americans headed into the Labor Day weekend amid warnings from public health...
Apple, Google Build Virus-Tracing Tech Directly into Phones
(Associated Press) Apple and Google are trying to get more U.S. states to adopt their phone-based approach for tracing and curbing the spread of...
Fad or Future? Telehealth Expansion Eyed Beyond Pandemic
(Associated Press) Telehealth is a bit of American ingenuity that seems to have paid off in the coronavirus pandemic. Medicare temporarily waived restrictions predating...
Elon Musk Wants to Implant His Device Inside Your Brain
(Associated Press) Elon Musk isn't content with electric cars, shooting people into orbit, populating Mars and building underground tunnels to solve traffic problems. He...
Rapid $5 Coronavirus Test Doesn’t Need Specialty Equipment
(Associated Press) The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday authorized the first rapid coronavirus test that doesn't need any special computer equipment to get...
Biden Says He’d Shut Down Economy if Health ‘Experts’ Recommended
(Headline USA) Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said he would follow public health advisers’ advice if they called for a national shutdown should he take office and...
