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OrthoPediatrics Corp. Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance and Expanded Neuromuscular Indications for its RESPONSE™ Scoliosis System

WARSAW, Ind., March 31, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — OrthoPediatrics Corp. (“OrthoPediatrics”) (Nasdaq: KIDS), a company focused exclusively on advancing the field of pediatric orthopedics, today announced it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to expand the indications for its RESPONSE™ Scoliosis System to include neuromuscular implants. This 510(k) clearance represents a significant …

As coronavirus patients surge, medical students rushed into practice to fight pandemic

April 1, 2020 / By Kelly Cannon The United States health care system is mobilizing to triage a public health emergency that is rapidly taking members of its workforce out of the ranks. Grim projections from the country’s leading health officials over the weekend emphasized the toll the novel coronavirus could have on the U.S. healthcare workforce, one that is buckling …

How Will Coronavirus Change the Health-Care Industry?

April 1, 2020 / By DAVID SHAYWITZ COVID-19 has altered how we think about health and medicine — but will these changes outlast the pandemic? Gripped by the COVID-19 pandemic, we now wash our hands obsessively; hand sanitizer has been out of stock for weeks. We are grateful for the hospitals in our communities that take care …

Military building 250-bed field hospital in Seattle, other makeshift centers expected in Washington

April 1, 2020 / By Stephen Sorace | Fox News U.S. Army soldiers have been deployed to build a 250-bed, fully functioning field hospital inside a Seattle convention center to relieve the pressure on local hospitals buckling under an influx of coronavirus patients. Soldiers from Fort Carson, Colo., and Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) near Tacoma, Wash., were working Tuesday to set up the makeshift facility …

Overwhelmed NYC Hospitals Reportedly Implementing ‘Do Not Resuscitate’ Policies For Coronavirus Patients

April 1, 2020 / Lisette Voytko, Forbes Staff Topline: Some New York City hospitals are activating policies allowing doctors to not revive dying COVID-19 patients, the Washington Post reported Tuesday night, an idea that had been dismissed earlier by Deborah Birx, the White House’s coronavirus coordinator, as cases surge across the five boroughs and facilities are stretched thin. The policies, …

The US has more than 200,000 cases of coronavirus. And carriers who don’t feel sick are fueling the spread

April 1, 2020 / By Holly Yan and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) – The number of US coronavirus cases surged by more than 14,000 in just a few hours Wednesday as the death toll topped 4,400. As of Wednesday afternoon, more than 203,000 people in the United States have been infected, and at least 4,473 have died. Now, more …

Some hospitals are facing an oxygen shortage amid coronavirus crisis

April 1, 2020 / By John Santucci, Benjamin Siegel, Kaitlyn Folmer and Aaron Katersky Hospitals across the U.S. battling the coronavirus have been consistently reporting shortages of personal protective gear, ventilators and drugs used to help patients with pain management. But medical professionals in the state that’s become the front line in America’s fight against COVID-19 say they’re concerned about …

The True Impact of Underlying Health Conditions on Coronavirus Severity

April 1, 2020 / BY JEFFREY KLUGER  Of all of the new terms we’ve had to get accustomed to in the era of COVID-19, few are as powerful—and yet as vague—as “underlying conditions.” If you’re young and you don’t have them, you feel invincible. If you’re old and you do, you feel like a sitting duck …

HCA CEO donating salary to employee fund

March 31, 2020 / MATTHEW WEINSTOCK  Boasting a healthy financial sheet, HCA Healthcare does not have any immediate plans to furlough staff due to the COVID-19 outbreak. “Many companies have had to use furloughs or even layoffs to deal with the dire economic consequences caused by this pandemic. We are not in that financial position and hope …

Pennsylvania gives $8 million to keep for-profit hospital open through April

March 31, 2020 / TARA BANNOW Pennsylvania is coming to the rescue of a roughly 200-bed hospital whose private equity-owned operator announced plans to shutter the facility amid the deadly COVID-19 pandemic. Gov. Tom Wolf’s office has agreed to hand over $8 million in emergency funding to Easton Hospital in Easton, roughly 70 miles north …

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