In a rare departure from his usual deference to powerful member countries, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said getting access to raw data had been a challenge for the international team that traveled to China earlier this year to investigate the source of COVID-19.
Both sides will pay their own costs related to the three-year-long case.
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy on Thursday called for a national effort to fight misinformation about COVID-19 and vaccines, urging tech companies, healthcare workers, journalists and everyday Americans to do more to address an “urgent threat” to public health.
Telehealth companies continue to dominate funding in 2021, which is set to be a record year for digital health investments. So far, digital health companies have raised $14.9 billion—already more than the $14.8 billion that digital health companies raised in full-year 2020.
The budget package Democrats are assembling in Congress would likely provide the biggest jolt to the American healthcare system since the passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010, according to sources familiar with work on the plan.
UnitedHealth Group boosted its full-year outlook for a second time this year after a surprisingly strong second quarter despite sustained, elevated spending tied to the pandemic.
About 3% of U.S. adults have weakened immune systems. Among them are people with HIV or AIDS, transplant recipients, some cancer patients and people with autoimmune disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease and lupus.
With COVID-19 on the rise again and many nursing home staffers unvaccinated, families still lack easy access to crucial Medicare immunization data that will help them pick the right facility for their loved one.
Arizona on Wednesday reported its largest daily number of COVID-19 infections in four months, but public health officials attributed the rise to an "electronic reporting issue" that had lowered the numbers the two previous days.
