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Americans trying to get new covid vaccine hit insurance snags, face bills
Insurers are supposed to pay for the updated coronavirus vaccine after the federal government stopped buying them. But some consumers are being turned away
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - September 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Fenit Nirappil Source Type: news
U.S. Will Resume Offering Free At-Home Covid Tests
The Biden administration is restarting a program that has provided hundreds of millions of free tests through the Postal Service.
Source: NYT Health - September 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Sheryl Gay Stolberg Tags: Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Tests (Medical) Health and Human Services Department Federal Aid (US) Biden, Joseph R Jr United States Politics and Government Source Type: news
Federal government to start providing free coronavirus tests once again
Americans can again order four free tests through covidtests.gov starting Sept. 25.
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - September 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Fenit Nirappil Source Type: news
Biden Administration Announces $600M to Produce No-Cost COVID Tests
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it is providing $600 million in funding to produce new at-home COVID-19 tests and is restarting a website allowing Americans to again order up to four free tests per household — aiming to prevent possible shortages during a rise in coronavirus cases that has typically come during colder months.
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The Department of Health and Human Services says orders can be placed at COVIDTests.gov starting Sept. 25, and that no-cost tests will be delivered for free by the United States Postal Service.
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Source: TIME: Health - September 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Associated Press Tags: Uncategorized Biden Administration Source Type: news
There ’ s No Sign of Widespread COVID-19 Mandates. Republicans Are Warning of Them Anyway
As Americans fend off a late summer COVID-19 spike and prepare for a fresh vaccine rollout, Republicans are raising familiar fears that government-issued lockdowns and mask mandates are next.
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It’s been a favorite topic among some of the GOP’s top presidential contenders. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis told reporters that people are “lurching toward” COVID-19 restrictions and “there needs to be pushback.” South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott posted online that the “radical Left” seeks to bring back school closures a...
Source: TIME: Health - September 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: ALI SWENSON / AP Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 wire Source Type: news
Child poverty in the US jumped and income declined in 2022 as coronavirus pandemic benefits ended
Child poverty in the United States more than doubled and median household income declined last year when coronavirus pandemic-era government benefits expired and inflation kept rising
Source: ABC News: Health - September 12, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Mask mandate update as first Republican state brings back restrictions
Members of the public entering some government buildings in one county in Alabama will have to wear a face mask going forward amid a rise in coronavirus cases in the U.S., according to local reports. News channel WAKA 8 reported on Thursday, citing official sources, that three court buildings in…#waka8 #dallascounty #selma #jimmynunn #nunn #covidact #gregabbott #texan #cdc #admissions
Source: Reuters: Health - September 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Mental health and governmental response policy evaluation on COVID-19 based on vaccination status in Republic of Korea
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has continued since the outbreak in December 2019. People experience depression and anxiety due to government policies and restrictions on physical activity due to t...
Source: BMC Public Health - August 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Dong-Kyu Kim, Inyup Lee, Chulhwan Choi and Sung-Un Park Tags: Research Source Type: research
What Happens When Private Equity Buys Your Doctor ’ s Office?
Private equity ownership of American health care facilities has grown massively in the last few decades. A 2021 study of U.S. hospice agencies found private equity ownership more than doubled, to 7%, between 2011 and 2019 while in 2021, 63% of deals in hospice and home care were with private equity. Twice as many companies providing fertility care were bought between 2017 and 2019 than in the previous seven years combined, according to a 2020 study. The trend of accelerating acquistion stretches overseas, as well, with international health care buyouts by private equity firms totaling $240 billion in 2021 and 2022, compare...
Source: TIME: Health - July 31, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Haley Weiss Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Biden Picks Paul Friedrichs to Lead New White House Pandemic Office
Dr. Paul Friedrichs, a military combat surgeon and retired Air Force general, will lead the new office, which was created by Congress.
Source: NYT Health - July 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Sheryl Gay Stolberg Tags: Paul Friedrichs Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Biden, Joseph R Jr Appointments and Executive Changes Epidemics National Security Council United States Politics and Government Source Type: news
Next pandemic could be even deadlier than Covid, Government adviser warns
Professor Mark Woolhouse said the coronavirus outbreak, which killed at least 227,000 in the UK, was potentially nowhere near as bad as it could have been.
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
German Cabinet approves a lower 2024 budget as it eyes a return to financial ' normality '
BERLIN -- Germany's Cabinet on Wednesday approved a draft 2024 budget that foresees lower spending, with defense among the exceptions, as Europe's biggest economy sticks to rules limiting borrowing that were suspended during the coronavirus pandemic. The government's plan calls for spending of…#berlin #cabinet #defense #nato #ukraine #olafscholz #scholz #finance #christianlindner #democrats
Source: Reuters: Health - July 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Anthony Fauci to Teach at Georgetown University
Dr. Fauci was the federal government ’s top infectious disease expert for decades, and helped steer the U.S. response to Covid-19.
Source: NYT Health - June 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Mike Ives Tags: Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Colleges and Universities United States Politics and Government Fauci, Anthony S Georgetown University Source Type: news
Next Vaccine You Should Get? U.S. Health Advisers Back RSV Shots
A nurse carries a patient sample at a Seattle drive-through testing site for coronavirus, flu and RSV. The U.S. government took a big step toward making the first RSV vaccines available for older adults.#seattle #rsv
Source: Reuters: Health - June 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Biden Says He Plans to Appoint Mandy Cohen as C.D.C. Director
Dr. Cohen will replace Dr. Rochelle P. Walensky, an infectious disease expert who has overseen the agency since the beginning of Mr. Biden ’s term and started a broad effort to reorganize it.
Source: NYT Health - June 16, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Noah Weiland Tags: Cohen, Mandy K Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Appointments and Executive Changes Biden, Joseph R Jr United States Politics and Government Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Walensky, Rochelle Source Type: news
