Advertisement Continue reading the main story Supported by Continue reading the main story Outcry Forces UnitedHealthcare to Delay Plan to Deny Coverage for Some E.R. Visits Within days of announcing a policy shift aimed at cutting back on reimbursements for emergency room care, the major insurer retreated — for now. Though the Covid-19 crisis has… Read More »
SATURDAY, May 2, 2020 — As the U.S. coronavirus death toll neared 65,000 on Friday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved emergency use of the first drug that seems to boost recovery among COVID-19 patients. Remdesivir, Gilead Sciences’ intravenous antiviral medication, is to be used for hospitalized patients with “severe disease,” such as those… Read More »
With the number of outbreaks rising and the need for increased prevention measures, here are some of the ways first responders are now responding to emergency calls and what you can expect. March 9, 2020 by the Editors Leave a Comment By Joel Sellinger, Firefighter and Founder of LifeDoor Preventing the spread of the Coronavirus… Read More »
The World Health Organization on Thursday decided not to declare the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak a global emergency, despite the spread of the dangerous respiratory infection from China to at least five other countries. Although the disease has reached beyond China, the number of cases in other countries is still relatively small, and the disease does… Read More »
The year-old Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo is now considered a global health emergency, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, in a formal declaration that many public health experts called long overdue. “This is still a regional emergency and by no way a global threat,” said Robert Steffen of the University… Read More »