Why won’t more older Americans get their COVID booster?
[ad_1] Even as top US health officials say it’s time America learns to live with the coronavirus, a chorus of leading researchers say faulty messaging […]
States can again directly pay for home health aides’ insurance
[ad_1] Medicaid can directly pay for independent home health aides’ benefits, including health insurance, according to a final rule the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid […]
Biden co-hosts 2nd global COVID summit as US nears 1M deaths
[ad_1] President Joe Biden will appeal for a renewed international commitment to attacking COVID-19 as he convenes a second virtual summit on the pandemic and […]
Medicare ACOs need financial support to promote home care, study finds
[ad_1] One-quarter of accountable care organizations provide home-based care programs, but financial risks are holding others back, according to a study published in the American […]
Healthcare startup PatientIQ raises $20 million
[ad_1] The software integrates into electronic health records, and logs feedback directly from patients via surveys before and after treatments, surgeries and other procedures. Capturing […]
Demand for US Travel Nurses Plunges – Healthcare Economist
[ad_1] In the past months, many hospitals and other health care providers have noted the steep rise in the cost of hiring nurses. Many providers […]
Creeping COVID-19 cases result in few schools mask mandates
[ad_1] US COVID-19 cases are up, leading a smattering of school districts, particularly in the Northeast, to bring back mask mandates and recommendations for the […]
EU lifts mask recommendation for air travel as pandemic ebbs
[ad_1] Germany’s Health Ministry said it will continue to require all passengers over the age of 6 to wear medical masks on flights to, from […]
Los Angeles schools postpone student vaccination mandate
[ad_1] A COVID-19 vaccination mandate for 12 and older students in the Los Angeles Unified School District has been postponed from this fall to next […]
U.S. overdose deaths hit record 107,000 last year, CDC says
[ad_1] More than 107,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year, setting another tragic record in the nation’s escalating overdose epidemic, the Centers for Disease […]