As the nation heads further into flu season, it’s unclear whether more shutdowns are likely as people are driven indoors, risking worse spread of the novel coronavirus at a time hospitals are already strained by the flu. The decision to shut down businesses and gatherings earlier this year may have been a prudent public health… Read More: How Banner Health is using AI to keep electives going »
ATLANTA — Georgia will become the first state to offer federally subsidized health insurance to its residents only through private brokers under a plan being approved by President Donald Trump‘s administration. A separate part of the plan would offer Medicaid to some of the state’s poorest able-bodied adults, but only on the condition that they… Read More: Feds approve Georgia health insurance changes sought by Kemp »
Young people’s risk of becoming ill with Covid-19 is tiny – but could the long-term mental health impact of virus restrictions be far more damaging? Thousands of students are in enforced self-isolation at universities, and thousands more children are missing out on school because of positive Covid tests in their midst. This follows nearly four… Read More: Covid: What is the mental health cost to the young? »
I have been a doctor for twenty years, but I’m also a patient. We are all patients. This summer, my previously mild heart rhythm problem got a lot worse. By July, I was having frequent episodes of heart rates four times normal, causing me to almost lose consciousness. It was dangerous and scary. I consulted… Read More: Why socialized health care is not right for America »