“This case should be taken into consideration as blood donation policies are being crafted," the researchers wrote. 

Radiologists and rad techs have been hit hard by the pandemic and need help in maintaining their arsenal of diagnostic tools, the American College of Radiology, Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, and others wrote recently.  

Where policy on coverage for COVID testing meets real people, the intended effect is snagging on two words: “medically appropriate.”

CEOs with the American Hospital Association, American Medical Association and American Nurses Association underscored the pandemic’s outsized impact on people of color in a letter to lawmakers sent Friday. 

Reports are arriving of filled hospitals turning away transfers, backlogged ambulances waiting hours to transport patients and shorthanded staffs appealing for relief workers.

The researchers tracked infection rates at Boston’s Mass General Brigham health system, which announced a plan to require all 78,000 employees to wear a surgical mask in March.

The team found that approximately one in seven heart scans revealed abnormalities expected to “have a major effect” on the patient’s survival and recovery.

One point of easier-than-normal entry is nonclinical employees working from home. Another is providers’ weakened state. Many are strapped for cash and, as a result, stretching resources.