Health Care

The hospital said it made a humane decision to end treatment. His widow says doctors ended his care because they underestimated the life of a man with disabilities.

After the Trump administration moved hospital COVID-19 data reporting to HHS, bypassing the CDC, the new data system has been rife with erratic updates and anomalies.

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A growing number of researchers think until there's an effective vaccine, the coronavirus will simply persist in the population, causing illness indefinitely.

It will take a while to work through the backlog, because of social distancing and testing issues. But postponed procedures are being rescheduled.

In Pittsburgh, adults who are afraid they’ve been exposed to the coronavirus are being asked to skip testing if they can quarantine at home for 14 days to help reduce delays.

The absence of the data will make it harder for health and public officials, as well as the general public, to understand how the virus is spreading.

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Patients still receive more than twice the volume of opioids considered normal before the prescribing boom began in the late 1990s.

They made it more difficult for women to get access to birth control as part of their health plans if their employer has a religious or moral objection to contraceptives.

“We’re five months into this and there are still shortages of gowns, hair covers, shoe covers, masks, N95 masks,” said Deborah Burger, president of National Nurses United.

Unable to work in hospitals, these Philly area medical students decided to help the helpers by tutoring the children of frontline workers.

Coronavirus shutdowns canceled regular exams for months. Weighing the risk of postponing against the risk of infection can make for anxious moments.

"That's the tough part about all this, because you get all ready for this big emergency and then nothing happens and then you have to fight complacency a little bit,"

It’s unclear how many people might pass the coronavirus along through asymptomatic spread. WHO estimates range as high as 41%. One study put it at 81%.