Tag: COVID-19

February 27, 2023

Lucira was one of the diagnostic companies that rose to prominence during the pandemic. In November 2020, the California-based company received the first EUA for a fully at-home COVID-19 test. Early the following year, Lucira raised $176 million through an […]

February 20, 2023

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a few updates last week to its child and adolescent immunization schedule. One update was the addition of COVID-19 vaccines to the child and adolescent immunization schedule. The schedule, which is posted […]

February 8, 2023

Nearly three years after its onset, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to effect providers, insurers and other stakeholders in the healthcare industry. Trends this year include rising hospital expenses as staffing shortages and a reliance on contract labor continue to plague […]

February 7, 2023

In a post-COVID-19 world, people who perceive themselves as less attractive than others are more likely to keep wearing masks when they’re highly motivated to make a good impression. That’s according to a recent study published in Frontiers in Psychology. […]

January 31, 2023

It seems every burnout story these days can be attributed to COVID-19 and how could it not? The pandemic exposed the existing protocols and care pathways in place for the past decade that were not dynamic enough to support the […]

January 30, 2023

The nation’s healthcare workforce still is trying to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic nearly three years after it began as labor shortages stress hospitals and clinicians, spurring increased burnout among staff ranging from nurses to executives. In addition, healthcare workers […]

January 23, 2023

The Food and Drug Administration on Monday proposed approaching COVID-19 vaccines like the annual flu shot many Americans receive in order to protect against mutations of the virus. The proposal aims to simplify future vaccination efforts. Under this strategy, most […]

January 10, 2023

Amid a “triple-demic” of respiratory illness, vaccination rates for COVID-19 and influenza are concerningly low. Instead of misplaced attention to the per-unit commercial list price of vaccines, we should be focused on vaccinating as many people as possible to reduce […]

January 6, 2023

As people in the US and abroad celebrate the holiday season, policymakers, scientists, and doctors are struggling to solve the most important problems in finance and healthcare. This year has been difficult for many people around the world, bringing several […]

December 12, 2022

Healthcare workers across the country have waged strikes throughout the year to address issues like staffing and wages in employment contracts following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. At Cedars-Sinai, low pay, high turnover and the rising cost of living […]

December 9, 2022

Recent research indicates that there were more than 32.5 million deaths worldwide in 2019 due to selected types of chronic diseases. Cardiovascular diseases alone accounted for 17.9 million deaths, while cancer, respiratory diseases and diabetes made up the rest. However, […]

December 9, 2022

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, labor unions have pushed for greater protections for healthcare workers — especially concerning adequate personal protective equipment, or PPE, and measures to protect workers from viral transmission. The rule OSHA submitted Thursday is under review and […]

December 2, 2022

In addition to heavily increased rates of anxiety and depression, researchers at Stanford University discovered the COVID-19 pandemic aged teenagers’ brains by almost three years, according to a study published Thursday. In “Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Mental Health […]

November 22, 2022

The White House on Tuesday encouraged Americans to talk about COVID-19 vaccination at the Thanksgiving table, insisting that widespread vaccination could prevent almost every coronavirus death in the country. At a press briefing, White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Dr. Ashish […]

November 10, 2022

The risk of death, hospitalization and serious health issues from COVID-19 jumps significantly with reinfection compared with a first bout with the virus, regardless of vaccination status, according to a study published on Thursday. “Reinfection with COVID-19 increases the risk […]

November 3, 2022

Telehealth use has fluctuated throughout the pandemic, typically picking up amid waves of new COVID-19 variants. As coronavirus diagnoses fell at the end of this summer, telehealth utilization overall remained fairly stable, rising 1.9% nationally and accounting for 5.4% of […]

November 3, 2022

Biopharmeceutical company Pfizer Inc. is teaming up with the German BioNTech SE to conduct an early-stage study to analyze a vaccination capable of protecting individuals against COVID-19 and influenza. The companies announced on Thursday that the single-dose vaccine candidate would […]

October 31, 2022

CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky tested positive for COVID-19 again on Sunday, 10 days after initially contracting the virus. Walensky, who is up to date on her vaccines, started a course of Pfizer’s antiviral drug Paxlovid when she first started […]

October 14, 2022

Last year, the emergence of the highly transmissible omicron variant of the covid-19 virus caught many people by surprise and led to a surge in cases that overwhelmed hospitals and drove up fatalities. Now we’re learning that omicron is mutating […]

October 11, 2022

Healthcare workers have dealt with widespread burnout challenges throughout the coronavirus pandemic, but for those in certain roles, feelings of stress and emotional exhaustion continue to rise even as COVID-19 cases have waned this year. Burnout among physicians has risen […]