Tuesday, Apr 21 2020 6:30 AM First Edition: April 21, 2020 Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations. Kaiser Health News: The Inside Story Of How The Bay Area Got Ahead Of The COVID-19 Crisis Sunday was supposed to be a rare day off for Dr. Tomás Aragón after weeks of working around-the-clock.Instead,… Read More: First Edition: April 21, 2020 »
The chair of the House subcommittee charged with legislative oversight of the VA’s Cerner electronic health record implementation is concerned about the agency’s decision to delay the EHR’s initial go-live. “I’m concerned that as we’ve moved closer to the go-live date, we have been told repeatedly that there were no showstoppers in the implementation, that… Read More: House panel to hold hearing on VA delay of first… »
By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Jan. 31, 2020 (HealthDay News) — The rate of colon cancer among Americans spikes sharply between the ages of 49 and 50, a new study finds — supporting the case for earlier screening for the disease. Researchers say the uptick between those two ages does not reflect an actual… Read More: New Study Supports Lowering Age of First Colonoscopy »
A man has died of the coronavirus in the Philippines, the first confirmed fatality outside China. The patient was a 44-year-old Chinese man from Wuhan, in Hubei province, where the virus was first detected. He appeared to have been infected before arriving in the Philippines, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. More than 300 people… Read More: Coronavirus: First death outside China reported in Philippines »