As the COVID-19 pandemic drags on, doctors, nurses, respiratory therapists, and other health care workers are struggling with exhaustion from long hours and a crushing emotional toll, even as they're being celebrated as heroes. More
A Bellingham, Wash., emergency physician is suing PeaceHealth and TeamHealth, claiming he was wrongfully terminated for publicly criticizing his hospital's COVID-19 response. More
Watchdog groups want President Trump's new coronavirus vaccine czar to disclose all of his ties to drug companies. More
The testing project is proving to be a national model, because of the challenges the organizers overcame and what it showed about the spread of Covid-19. More
Some communities considered community antibody testing as a way out of lockdown. But they’ve pulled back as they realized antibody testing is the Wild West in an oversight vacuum. More
Producers looking to meet “unprecedented” demand were told they could sell tests as long as they validated them internally and filed for FDA emergency use authorization within 15 days. Shortly after came complaints of scams and unreliable tests. More
Perspective from The New England Journal of Medicine — Covid-19 — A Reminder to Reason More
A new poll finds nearly half of Americans are suffering mental health problems due to a loss of income or job and missing medical care, with women suffering more than men. More
Across Texas, a growing number of poor, unemployed or unsuspecting patients are being sued for uncollected medical debt in a trend that some see as predatory. More
New details emerge in a lawsuit asserting that chains including CVS, Rite Aid and Walgreens sold millions of pills in small towns but rarely flagged suspicious orders to authorities. More