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Google to release your location data to help fight coronavirus pandemic

April 3, 2020 / By Amy Woodyatt, CNN Business London (CNN Business) – Google (GOOGL) is publicly releasing the data it’s already collecting about people’s movements during the coronavirus pandemic. The company said it plans to publish a series of “Community Mobility Reports” to show the types of places people are visiting across 131 countries and …

White House considers using hospital relief funds to pay for uninsured

April 2, 2020 / RACHEL COHRS Vice President Mike Pence said Thursday that the Trump administration is considering using $100 billion that Congress designated for hospital relief to pay for COVID-19 treatment for the uninsured. “The White House Coronavirus Task Force is working on a proposal for the president to use some of the $100 billion we …

VA hospitals lack adequate coronavirus testing, protocol according to new report

April 3, 2020 / By Perry Chiaramonte | Fox News The hospital system set up for nation’s veterans is ill-equipped to handle the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new report from the VA’s Office of Inspector General. The specialized division within the Department of Veterans Affairs launched an investigation at the start of the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. …

HHS eases HIPAA enforcement on data releases during COVID-19

April 2, 2020 / HARRIS MEYER HHS won’t enforce penalties for violations of certain provisions of the HIPAA privacy rule against healthcare providers or their business associates for good-faith disclosures of protected health information for public health purposes during the COVID-19 emergency. The HHS Office for Civil Rights said Thursday that it was exercising its enforcement discrimination …

Outpatient care gets walloped by COVID-19 in March job losses

April 3, 2020 / TARA BANNOW  Dentists’ offices, physicians’ offices, home health providers and other outpatient healthcare sectors shouldered the brunt of healthcare’s steep job losses in March as the novel coronavirus ravaged the economy and forced businesses to shed workers. The healthcare industry shed 42,500 jobs last month. The ambulatory sector, which typically captures …

White House coronavirus task force to announce face covering guidance

April 3, 2020 / By Alexandria Hein | Fox News The White House coronavirus task force is said to be preparing to announce new guidelines formulated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that recommend Americans in areas hit hardest by the novel coronavirus wear some type of facial covering while out in public. The change in guidelines signals a …

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Touts Potential COVID19 Vaccine

by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed., April 3, 2020 In what is a much-needed ray of sunshine, on April 2, 2020 scientists from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine announced a potential vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, the new coronavirus (COVID19). Their paper is published in EBioMedicine, which is published by The Lancet, and is the first study to …

Ventilator shortage during coronavirus crisis forcing doctors to decide who lives or dies

April 2, 2020 / By Hollie McKay | Fox News It’s the most heartwrenching decision any medical professional on the front lines could make: deciding who to save and who to let die. As coronavirus, officially called COVID-19, attacks across the globe – amid a vast shortage of life-saving devices – it’s a decision more and more doctors every …

Banks warn of ‘utter chaos’ in new small business lending program

April 2, 2020 / By Stephanie Ruhle, Ben Popken and Michael Cappetta Millions of small businesses are anxiously awaiting their slices of a $350 billion relief program that forms part of the government’s $2 trillion economic support package. However, with just hours to go before launch, it wasn’t until Thursday night that banks received their 31 pages …

FDA OKs first coronavirus blood test, crucial for showing immunity and testing vaccines

April 2, 2020 / Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY The FDA has authorized the first test for coronavirus that measures antibodies in the blood. Such tests could identify people who have recovered from COVID-19, key for knowing who’s immune and developing a vaccine. Cellex Inc. of Research Triangle Park, North Carolina received an emergency use authorization for its …

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