St. Claire HealthCare in Morehead said it will furlough a quarter of its staff this week, signaling that not even hospitals are immune to financial hardship amid Kentucky’s blooming COVID-19 outbreak. More
We are hostages of our lack of information, and that makes our government a bad investor. More
Some worry the gag orders are muddying the picture of how hospitals are faring in the pandemic, while placing the safety of frontline workers at risk. More
Two leading theories of the differences seen so far have to do with the ages of people who are getting infected, and the fact that the US health care system — for all its failings and inefficiencies — has more critical care beds for the seriously ill. But there is no room for complacency: If the number of new cases builds up too quickly, even US intensive care units will be unable to cope. If there are not enough critical care beds to handle the demand, said Vikas Saini, president of the Lown Institute, a health care think tank in Brookline, Massachusetts, “the best critical care in the world is not going to move the needle.” More
Three senators on a revived subcommittee received more than $100,000 each from drugmakers. More
The COVID-19 pandemic has uncovered "fault lines" in the health care system that need to change. One of these major fault lines is fragmentation. More
Hospitals including University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami as of Friday were still doing elective surgeries. More
Across the nation, hospitals, nurses and physicians are sending out desperate pleas for donations of personal protective gear as supplies dwindle in the regions that have emerged as hot spots for the fast-spreading new coronavirus. More
Investment bankers have been candid about the opportunity to raise drug prices on critical drugs and medical supplies. More
Getting hospitalized in the U.S. for COVID-19 may cost thousands. How much of that you'll pay depends on your insurance. More