Many overwhelmed hospitals, with no beds to offer, are putting critically ill COVID-19 patients on planes, helicopters and ambulances and sending them hundreds of miles to far-flung states for treatment.
The administration continues to look for ways to use mandates to encourage vaccine holdouts to get shots. The nursing home mandate could take effect as soon as next month.
Northwell Health system is administering a third dose of COVID-19 vaccine to their immunocompromised patients.
The agreement is expected to be finalized toward the end of 2021, pending regulatory approvals.
Optellum received FDA clearance for a clinical decision-support software tool that analyzes radiology images and assigns lung cancer prediction scores to lung nodules in March.
Michigan's large health insurers — including Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Priority Health — are sunsetting their programs that waived all costs to patients treated for COVID-19.
A small school district in northeastern Oklahoma said Tuesday it is closing due to positive COVID-19 tests among students and staff, just as major hospitals in the state warned they are overwhelmed due to a surge in infections driven by the highly contagious delta variant.
U.S. health officials Wednesday recommended all Americans get COVID-19 booster shots to shore up their protection amid the surging delta variant and evidence that the vaccines' effectiveness is falling.
Nurses overwhelmingly support COVID-19 vaccines, and a majority also back healthcare worker vaccine mandates, poll results show.
