Health Care

The unsigned editorial sharply criticizes the Trump administration, saying it has marginalized the CDC to a degree that is dangerous for both the U.S. and the world.

The state’s purchase of 200,000 tests gives officials the ability to test up to 80,000 people monthly for the virus that has already infected more than 7,000 residents.

Facing growing criticism, the VA said Friday that it will not halt use of an unproven malaria drug on veterans with COVID-19 but that fewer of its patients are now taking it.

The state’s largest nurses’ union says health-care workers don’t have essential face masks, access to testing, and other safety measures.

Doctors say that information about the virus’ community-specific impacts will only become more critical as the economy reopens.

Health networks say they are now better prepared with COVID-19 tests and precautions, so can slowly bring patients for in-person visits and procedures.

Officials say more tests and speedy results are key to reopening the economy.

The video visits are geared for non-emergency and non-life-threatening conditions such as rashes, fever, seasonal allergies and sore throats.

Widespread availability of testing is seen as critical to reopening the economy because it would allow public health officials to identify and contain a rebound of the virus.

In Vikram Paralkar's new novel, a surgeon in India has one night to bring three people back from the dead, raising questions about medicine, corruption, and the afterlife.

Would-be ER visitors are weighing their fear of worsening symptoms with their fear of exposure to the coronavirus. Doctors say that’s not a good thing.

Why one expert believes the termination of the Fox Chase Cancer Center sale is just the start of some tough times for hospitals.

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People may be trying harder than usual to avoid the hospital.

Does signing a form expressing a religious objection to providing birth control to employees burden the religious freedom of employers as much as paying for the birth control?