BILLERICA, Mass., March 23, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Conformis, Inc. (NASDAQ:CFMS), an orthopedic arthroplasty medical technology company, today announced proactive steps it is taking and planning to mitigate the negative financial and operational impacts of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. “Our core product areas of knee and hip surgery are being impacted in unprecedented ways by …
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March 23, 2020 / By Emily Mavrakis Exactech, a developer and producer of implants and instruments for joint-replacement surgery founded and headquartered in Gainesville at 2320 NW 66 Court, on Monday laid off 54 employees in Gainesville and nine at its Sarasota operation. The announcement comes a few days after Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed …
March 23, 2020 / TARA BANNOW UPMC on Monday defended its policy of continuing to perform elective procedures on a case-by-case basis amid the COVID-19 outbreak, even as nearly 300 doctors urged the health system to cancel such procedures across the board. In a letter to UPMC administrators signed by 291 of its resident physicians, fellows and …
May 22, 2020 / By Mary Kay Linge | New York Post There will be 27 million coronavirus test kits available to patients by the end of the month, the White House said Saturday. More than 10 million test kits were distributed to labs nationwide in the first two weeks of March, US Assistant Health Secretary Brett Giroir said at a …
March 22, 2020 / By Fernando Alfonso III, CNN (CNN)- While the world collectively shelters in place to protect against coronavirus, medical professionals flock to the front lines to work long hours tending to a burgeoning number of infected people. One of them is Dr. Nicola Sgarbi, 35, who unknowingly became part of a growing photo trend of …
March 23, 2020 / Javier Zarracina, Ledyard King, and Nicholas Wu, USA TODAY The coronavirus pandemic is not just a global health crisis but an economic calamity as well. Travel has been severely restricted. Thousands of restaurants, bars and other small businesses across the country have been ordered to close. Workers face mass layoffs, with little end in sight. …
March 23, 2020 / By Hollie McKay | Fox News As the novel coronavirus spreads through much of the globe, the debate over the effectiveness of “herd immunity” continues to swirl in public health and policy circles. So what exactly is this strategy when it comes to fighting an infectious disease? “Herd immunity is protection in a community from an …
March 23, 2020 HUNTLEY, Ill.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Life Spine, a medical device company that designs, develops, manufactures and markets products for the surgical treatment of spinal disorders, announced today that in partnership with Gizmo Medical they are currently working on a production quantity of surgical masks and gowns and identifying ways to scale other medical equipment to …
March 20, 2020 / JULIET LINDERMAN The critical shortage of medical supplies across the U.S., including testing swabs, protective masks, surgical gowns and hand sanitizer, can be tied to a sudden drop in imports, mostly from China, The Associated Press has found. Trade data shows the decline in shipments started in mid-February after the spiraling …
March 23, 2020 / Modern Healthcare Dr. Zeke Emanuel and several other experts write in NEJM that COVID-19 has already sparked medical resource rationing. Ultimately, providers need to consider four values as they allocate resources and treat patients: maximizing benefits, treating equally, promoting and rewarding instrumental value and giving priority to those worst off. While coronavirus is …
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