COVID-19

Outside of the loss of human life due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the past two years have greatly affected hospitals, health systems and the way providers deliver care. Healthcare executives are grappling with federal monetary assistance, growing burnout rates, workforce shortages and federal oversight of vaccines and testing. This channel is also designed to update clinicians on new research and guidelines regarding COVID patient treatment strategies and risk assessments.

Even two years after recovery, damage to multiple regions of the brain persists in COVID patients
On imaging some former COVID patients show significant alterations in several parts of the brain related to emotional regulation.
COVID-19 vaccines helped heart failure patients stay out of the hospital and live longer
Vaccination was linked to key benefits in terms of all-cause mortality, heart failure hospitalizations, stroke, heart attack, myocarditis, venous thromboembolism and testing positive for COVID-19.
Worries rise over bird flu in cows
Infectious disease experts are ratcheting up their watchfulness of the H5N1 influenza virus. That’s because the strain of “bird flu” has continued turning up in domestic livestock.
Bird flu in cows: Interesting anomaly or troubling harbinger of things to come?
The avian influenza virus H5N1 has only turned up in two humans in the U.S., but its recent spread to dairy cattle has some experts on at least slightly elevated alert.
Measles is on the march from airports to places near us
The U.S. eradicated measles in 2000. Today it’s making a comeback. What explains the unhappy revival?

Where COVID-19 is hitting state economies the hardest

Louisiana is the most exposed state economy when it comes to the new coronavirus, COVID-19.

March 31, 2020

CMS eases regulations for COVID-19 response

CMS is allowing healthcare providers to react to the COVID-19 pandemic with greater flexibility by loosening some federal requirements and issuing sweeping new rules.

March 31, 2020

Hypertension and COVID-19: 4 key things patients should know

What, exactly, do patients need to know about the relationship between hypertension and COVID-19?

March 31, 2020

HHS accelerates clinical trials for COVID-19 vaccines

HHS is speeding up the development and manufacturing of COVID-19 vaccines by partnering with Johnson & Johnson-owned Janssen Research and Development and Moderna Therapeutics.

March 30, 2020

EuroHeartCare 2020 canceled over COVID-19 concerns

The event was scheduled to occur June 4-6 in Seville, Spain. It has been rescheduled for June 17-19, 2021.

March 30, 2020

Humana, Cigna waive out-of-pocket costs for members treated for COVID-19

Humana and Cigna both announced March 30 that consumers would not have to pay for treatment related to COVID-19-covered services.

March 30, 2020

Doctor wearing a COVID N95 mask in the hospital. #Coronavirus #COVID19 #Sarscov2

As COVID-19 pandemic continues, healthcare groups call for government action on equipment shortages

Healthcare workers throughout the country have reported being unable to find the necessary ventilators, test kits and personal protective equipment (PPE) needed to care for patients affected by this ongoing pandemic.

March 30, 2020

Exhaustion and solidarity: Cardiologists share experiences from front lines of COVID-19 pandemic

The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) is collecting first-hand accounts from healthcare workers all over the world who have been diagnosing, treating and caring for COVID-19 patients.

March 27, 2020

COVID-19

Even two years after recovery, damage to multiple regions of the brain persists in COVID patients

COVID-19 vaccines helped heart failure patients stay out of the hospital and live longer

Worries rise over bird flu in cows

Bird flu in cows: Interesting anomaly or troubling harbinger of things to come?

Measles is on the march from airports to places near us