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Senate HELP Committee weighs the future of telehealth

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, federal policymakers have enacted 31 changes to enable greater access to telehealth. In a hearing this week, members of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions asked how many of those changes should be made permanent – and how to make sure the most vulnerable won’t get… Read More: Senate HELP Committee weighs the future of telehealth »

Why People Are Still Avoiding the Doctor (It’s Not the Virus)

At first, Kristina Hartman put off getting medical care out of concern about the coronavirus. But then she lost her job as an administrator at a truck manufacturer in McKinney, Texas. While she still has health insurance, she worries about whether she will have coverage beyond July, when her unemployment is expected to run out.… Read More: Why People Are Still Avoiding the Doctor (It’s Not the… »

Weekly coronavirus death toll in French nursing homes doubles to 73

PARIS (Reuters) – The number of people who died from coronavirus infection in France rose by 138 to 29,547 on Tuesday, as the health ministry included weekly data for the death toll in nursing homes. The number of people who died in hospitals increased by 38 to 19,090 on Tuesday, compared to 29 on Monday… Read More: Weekly coronavirus death toll in French nursing homes doubles to… »