Insurers must begin covering at-home COVID-19 tests by Jan. 15Insurers must begin covering at-home COVID-19 tests by Jan. 15Insurers must begin covering at-home COVID-19 tests by Jan. 15

Insurers must begin covering at-home COVID-19 tests by Jan. 15

Easing access to coronavirus tests is part of President Joe Biden's pandemic response plan.

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COVID-19 tests range gamut on user friendliness COVID-19 tests range gamut on user friendliness COVID-19 tests range gamut on user friendliness

COVID-19 tests range gamut on user friendliness

ECRI on Monday released a report rating the ease of use of seven at-home rapid antigen COVID-19 tests.

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Medtronic to buy Affera, gain cardiac treatment techMedtronic to buy Affera, gain cardiac treatment techMedtronic to buy Affera, gain cardiac treatment tech

Medtronic to buy Affera, gain cardiac treatment tech

Medtronic plans to acquire Affera, a private medical technology company, for $925 million in a move to expand its portfolio of advanced ablation products as physicians see more patients with cardiac arrhythmias.

The acquisition will likely close during the first half of Medtronic's fiscal year 2023, according to a company presentation shared at J.P. Morgan's annual healthcare conference on Monday.

The deal fits into the company's ongoing move to accelerate revenue growth through tuck-in mergers and acquisitions, said Geoff Martha, Medtronic chairman and CEO, at the conference.

"With Affera, we'll be entering advanced cardiac mapping and navigation for the first time," Martha said. "Enhancing our ability to compete head-on in this important high-growth market."

In recent years Medtronic has made a number of acquisitions in the artificial intelligence space as a way to add emerging technologies and data analytics to its medical devices. The company is already a strategic investor in Affera and holds a 3% ownership stake.

Affera's technologies include a rapid cardiac mapping and navigation platform used to diagnose arrhythmias and a cardiac ablation catheter used to deliver cardiac ablation therapy.

Worldwide, atrial fibrillation affects almost 60 million people, and contributes to an $8 billion market of ablation products used to treat the progressive disease and prevent heart failure, stroke and death.

The items designed and manufactured by Affera will add to Medtronic's existing atrial and ventricular arrhythmia disease management portfolio and aid the company in providing safe and effective cardiac ablation solutions.

"Affera offers technologies that support physician customers as they work to improve clinical workflows, procedural efficiencies, and ultimately optimize patient care," said Stacy Beske, vice president of strategy at Medtronic's Cardiac Ablation Solutions business, in a news release.

Currently, not all of Affera's products are approved or on the market. In December 2021, the company said it was partaking in a U.S. Food and Drug Administration investigational device exemption trial to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of its system for persistent atrial fibrillation treatment.

In 2021, Medtronic changed its operating model by selecting leaders to manage units focused on more specific medical specialties and diseases, and setting performance incentives and compensation that aligned with market share growth.

In the year's third quarter, 14 of Medtronic's 20 operating units had held or grown their market share year-over-year, compared to only nine in 2020's third quarter, according to the company's J.P. Morgan presentation.

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U.S. hospitals letting infected staff members stay on the jobU.S. hospitals letting infected staff members stay on the jobU.S. hospitals letting infected staff members stay on the job

U.S. hospitals letting infected staff members stay on the job

Hospitals around the U.S. are increasingly taking the extraordinary step of allowing nurses and other workers infected with the coronavirus to stay on the job if they have mild symptoms or none at all.

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HHS: CMS must reassess Part B premiums after Aduhelm price cutHHS: CMS must reassess Part B premiums after Aduhelm price cutHHS: CMS must reassess Part B premiums after Aduhelm price cut

HHS: CMS must reassess Part B premiums after Aduhelm price cut

Medicare regulators will issue a preliminary decision by Wednesday on whether to approve coverage of Aduhelm.

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'இந்த' நாளில் நீங்க முட்டை சாப்பிடுவது ஆரோக்கியமானதா? அப்படி சாப்பிட்டா என்ன நடக்கும் தெரியுமா? 'இந்த' நாளில் நீங்க முட்டை சாப்பிடுவது ஆரோக்கியமானதா? அப்படி சாப்பிட்டா என்ன நடக்கும் தெரியுமா?

மிகக்குறைந்த விலையில் கிடைக்கும் ஆரோக்கியமான உணவு முட்டை. வேகவைத்த முட்டை, முட்டை பொரியல், ஆம்லெட், முட்டை குழம்பு போன்ற வெவ்வேறு வகைகளில் முட்டைகளை எடுத்துக்கொள்ளலாம். முட்டை உங்களுக்கு பல்வேறு ஆரோக்கிய நன்மைகளை வழங்குகிறது என்பது அனைவரும் அறிந்ததே. இவற்றை தயாரிப்பது மிகவும் எளிதானது. இது காலை உணவு அல்லது விரைவான உணவுக்கு சிறந்த தேர்வாக அமைகிறது. முட்டைகள்

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கோவிட் பூஸ்டர் டோஸ் குறித்து பலரது மனதில் எழும் கேள்விகளும்.. அதற்கான பதில்களும்...கோவிட் பூஸ்டர் டோஸ் குறித்து பலரது மனதில் எழும் கேள்விகளும்.. அதற்கான பதில்களும்...

கடந்த ஆண்டு கொரோனா இரண்டாம் அலை பெரும் அழிவை ஏற்படுத்திய நிலையில், இந்த ஆண்டின் தொடக்கத்தில் மூன்றாம் அலை பெரும் பீதியை ஏற்படுத்தியுள்ளது. உலகெங்கிலும் கொரோனா வைரஸின் தாக்கம் மோசமான அளவில் உள்ளது. கடந்த ஆண்டின் இரண்டாம் பாதியில் கொரோனாவின் வழக்குகள் குறைந்து வந்த நிலையில், தற்போது கொரோனா வழக்குகளின் எண்ணிக்கை அதிவேகமாக நாளுக்கு நாள் அதிகரித்து

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கொரோனாவிலிருந்து உங்கள பாதுகாக்க 'இந்த' சத்து நிறைந்த உணவுகள நீங்க கண்டிப்பா சாப்பிடணுமாம்! கொரோனாவிலிருந்து உங்கள பாதுகாக்க 'இந்த' சத்து நிறைந்த உணவுகள நீங்க கண்டிப்பா சாப்பிடணுமாம்!

கொரோனா வைரஸ் 2019 ஆம் ஆண்டிலிருந்து உருமாற்றம் அடைந்து தற்போது பாறை தன் தாக்கத்தை நிலைநிறுத்தி வருகிறது. உலக நாடுகள் பலவும் கொரோனாவிலிருந்து பாதுகாக்க தடுப்பூசியை செலுத்திக்கொண்டிருக்கின்றன. தற்போது ஓமிக்ரான் கொரோனா நாளுக்கு நாள் அதிகரித்து வருகிறது. கண்ணுக்குத் தெரியாத எதிரியான வைரஸ் தாக்கப்படுமோ என்ற பயத்தில் நாம் தொடர்ந்து வாழும் போது, ​​​​நம் உடலை ஆரோக்கியமாகவும்

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Dignity Health OKs virus-positive hospital workers in ArizonaDignity Health OKs virus-positive hospital workers in ArizonaDignity Health OKs virus-positive hospital workers in Arizona

Dignity Health OKs virus-positive hospital workers in Arizona

A major healthcare provider in Arizona will allow employees who are experiencing mild COVID-19 symptoms or are asymptomatic to keep working at its hospitals and facilities.

Because of the omicron variant’s rapid spread in Maricopa County and in anticipation of a continued increase, Dignity Health officials said they have enacted the “third tier” of the federal guidelines for health care workers with the coronavirus.

“These guidelines allow COVID-19 positive healthcare personnel who are asymptomatic or improving with mild symptoms to work without a quarantine period,” Dignity Health officials said in a statement. “We are doing everything we can to ensure our employees can safely return to work while protecting our patients and staff from the transmissibility of COVID-19.”

A memo sent to Dignity Health staff members said those who are infected with coronavirus and feel well enough to work may request clearance to work from their manager.

However, those employees would need to wear an N-95 mask for 10 days after they tested positive.

The omicron variant spreads even more easily than other coronavirus strains, and has already become dominant in many countries. It also more easily infects those who have been vaccinated or had previously been infected by prior versions of the virus.

Though early studies show omicron is less likely to cause severe illness and hospitalization than the previous delta variant, hospitals statewide remain crowded.

Health officials in Arizona on Sunday reported 69 more deaths from COVID-19 as the omicron variant continued to spread.

The state also reported 15,850 additional confirmed infections.

That followed Saturday’s total of 88 deaths and 16,504 cases, the most Arizona cases reported in one day in a year.

The state has tallied less than 1.5 million cases and under 25,000 deaths during the pandemic.

According to Johns Hopkins University data, Arizona’s seven-day rolling average of daily new cases tripled over the past two weeks from 2,945.6 on Dec. 23 to 9,091.6 on Thursday.

The state’s rolling average of daily deaths dropped from 60.9 to 55.3 during the same period.

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Omicron explosion spurs nationwide breakdown of servicesOmicron explosion spurs nationwide breakdown of servicesOmicron explosion spurs nationwide breakdown of services

Omicron explosion spurs nationwide breakdown of services

The current explosion of omicron-fueled coronavirus infections in the U.S. is causing a breakdown in basic functions and services — the latest illustration of how COVID-19 keeps upending life more than two years into the pandemic.

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