Pandemic

We need DOH’s 2021 budget to address crisis amid pandemic – Go“We cannot just operate next year on a re-enacted budget that is unresponsive to our current crisis.”Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go (Facebook / MANILA BULLETIN)Senator Christopher “Bong” Go, chairman of the Senate health and demography committee, stressed this as…

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Public and private insurers need to continue allowing psychiatrists and other behavioral health clinicians to see patients via telehealth even after the pandemic ends, Lori Raney, MD, said at this year's Population Health Colloquium. "My worry is that we're going to go back to the Dark Ages as soon as…

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Oct. 7, 2020Updated: Oct. 7, 2020 6:31 p.m.FILE - In this Oct. 22, 2011, file photo, a doctor examines a pregnant woman at the district women's hospital, in Allahabad, in India's most populous state of Uttar Pradesh. The World Health Organization, UNICEF and partners said there are about 2 million stillbirths…

Show notes On the podcast this week we have Patrick Rogers, the interim Co-CEO and VP of Corporate Affairs at Music Canada. It’s a fascinating and wide-ranging chat as Patrick takes you behind-the-scenes as the music industry grapples with the scope of the pandemic and its conversations with government. Given…

As the head of technology at a mutual company, Northwestern Mutual's CIO said his IT organization was largely insulated from the roller coaster budget changes and cash conservation brought by COVID-19While the year 2020 may have felt like a bit of a roller coaster for most of us, including those…

The coronavirus pandemic has made the need for health care pricing transparency more urgent, says the leader of an organization advocating for its implementation. No laws require hospitals or insurance companies to list the price of a procedure or drug before consumers make purchases, according to Heather Higgins, who leads…

Last week, Melania Trump managed to avert a potential P.R. disaster by contracting Covid-19. On Thursday, CNN released audio secretly recorded by Melania’s former friend and adviser Stephanie Wolkoff, in which the first lady complained about her treatment by the media; claimed that immigrant children lied in order to gain…

The latest headlines in your inbox twice a day Monday - Friday plus breaking news updates At least 38 per cent of older adults in psychiatric wards in London were infected with Covid-19 at the height of the pandemic, a new study has suggested. University College London (UCL) researchers found…