Dive Brief: UPMC reported a small operating loss but higher revenues for the quarter ending March 31. The Pittsburgh-based regional healthcare system attributed the red ink to the COVID-19 pandemic and suggested the next quarter could be even tougher. The healthcare services division “experienced significant reductions in patient volumes during the last two weeks” of… Read More »
How many people have died of Covid-19 in YOUR area? Birmingham has had more than 1,000 coronavirus fatalities – as analysis shows 18 areas in England and Wales have yet to see a peak in deaths Eighteen councils in Britain have still not yet seen their coronavirus death peak, it was revealed today North Somerset,… Read More »
By Sam Wong , Adam Vaughan , Conrad Quilty-Harper and Layal Liverpool Prime minister Boris Johnson appearing before the House of Commons Liaison Committee.parliamentlive.tv/Crown Copyright/PA Wire/PA Images Latest coronavirus news as of 6 pm on 27 May Johnson admits the UK was unprepared for the coronavirus crisis “We didn’t learn the lesson on SARS and… Read More »
William Li, MD, president and medical director, The Angiogenesis Foundation, Cambridge, MA. Steven Mentzer, MD, professor, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston. Todd Bull, MD, professor, Medicine-pulmonary sciences & critical care, The University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO The New England Journal of Medicine: “Pulmonary Vascular Endothelialitis, Thrombosis, and Angiogenesis in… Read More »
“The COVID-19 pandemic has altered every aspect of American life, from health and work to education and exercise,” the new Stress in America 2020 study from the American Psychological Association begins. The APA summarizes the impact of these mass changes on the nation: “The negative mental health effects of the coronavirus may be as serious… Read More »
Doctors maintain their top status as U.S. patients’ most-trusted source of coronavirus information. However, as patients continue to be concerned about exposure to COVID-19, 3 in 5 are concerned about being at-risk to the virus in their doctor’s office, according to research from the Alliance of Community Health Plans (ACHP) and AMCP, the Academy of… Read More »