Patients will be able to say, "Alexa, I want to talk to a doctor," to connect with Teladoc Health's call center. It's the latest example of Amazon adding health services to its voice assistant.
Wild demand swings have been a subplot in the pandemic, from vaccines to hand sanitizer, along with tests. On the first day of the White House test giveaway in January, COVIDtests.gov received over 45 million orders.
The CDC will focus on hospital beds and admissions to determine a community's COVID-19 risk level, but hospitals are concerned about pulling back safety precautions during an ongoing pandemic.
The California Supreme Court upheld a lower court's decision to cut a $4.25 million malpractice award for pain and suffering to the $250,000 state limit for noneconomic damages.
Most Americans live in places where healthy people, including students in schools, can safely take a break from wearing masks under new U.S. guidelines released Friday.
A new study from Kaiser Permanente saw mortality rates drop, while the gap between Black and white patients declined, as screening for colorectal cancer increased more than 80% for both demographics in a 19-year study.
