[ad_1] When I started my medical career in nephrology in the late 1960s, the best treatment we offered patients with end-stage kidney disease was dialysis. Kidney transplantation once […]
As case counts fall, WHO chief warns “COVID isn’t finished”
[ad_1] In all, WHO reported more than 19 million new COVID-19 cases and just under 68,000 new deaths from Jan. 31 to Feb. 6. Experts say the figures […]
Oklahoma AG OKs prescribing ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine
[ad_1] Oklahoma Attorney General John O’Connor said Tuesday his office has found no legal basis for medical boards to discipline doctors for prescribing ivermectin or hydroxychloroquine to treat […]
Moody’s: More healthcare organizations at risk of credit downgrades
[ad_1] More healthcare organizations are at risk of credit downgrades and defaults as they continue to battle high costs in an inflationary economic environment. Twenty-five North American entities across […]
COVID-19 vaccines, prescriptions fuel strong quarter at CVS
[ad_1] COVID-19 vaccines and the return of customers to stores to pick up prescriptions helped push CVS Health well past fourth-quarter earnings expectations. But the drugstore chain and […]
Locals weigh school mask rules as statewide mandates end
[ad_1] As some of the last statewide school mask mandates near an end, responsibility is shifting back to local leaders, who are caught in the middle of one […]
Anthem expands digital health partnerships
[ad_1] Anthem expanded its virtual primary care services to 11 new states on Tuesday, cementing its strategy of using tech to empower independent practitioners, rather than acquiring physician […]
Hospitals begin to limp out of the latest COVID-19 surge
[ad_1] Hospitals limped through the omicron surge with workforces that already were depleted after many staff members quit the profession. The remaining healthcare workers got sick in droves. […]
Caravan Health grows Medicare Shared Savings Program presence
[ad_1] Before the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services finalized regulations last year that require providers to transition to downside risk, Caravan Health began consolidating its ACOs. The […]
Women of color make up growing share of direct care workforce
[ad_1] Even though women and people of color make up the majority of the direct care workforce, they have less financial stability than male and white workers in […]