Less than 20 per cent of Americans know in advance the cost of their health care --poll

Nearly half of older Americans postpone or don't have surgeries because of financial concerns--study

...Nearly half of people ages 50 and older who were very concerned about the cost of surgery wound up not having an operation they had considered, researchers reported Tuesday in the journal JAMA Network Open. 

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The difficulties in finding primary health workers in underserved areas of the U.S.

Measles making a comeback in US due to vaccine skepticism-- CDC

U.S. syphilis rates highest since 1950, other STD rates down or flat

Religious people coped better with the COVID-19 pandemic, research suggests

Thousands of front line workers may have survived Covid if US government regulations were better --study

California says those with COVID-19 can leave home sooner — but they have to mask up

California's relaxed COVID isolation guidance marks a milestone in public health messaging about the pandemic: Even newly infected people no longer need to isolate if they have no symptoms, or they can leave home sooner if the illness starts improving quickly. ...

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Misinformation issue: Fringe Anti-Science Views Infiltrated Mainstream Politics — And What It Means in 2024

Advice for those who test positive for COVID

Dr Mark Faghy is an associate professor in respiratory physiology at the University of Derby and leads several research projects on the virus. He explains that we are not out of the woods yet.

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EU needs trillions of investment for 2050 climate target - Green research

COVID patients with lower immunity showed varied viral clearance time --new studies

Analysis: Why COVID-19 isn’t seasonal so far

 

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Some recent data suggest that, for now, COVID-19 may be a year-round problem, driven more by human behavior and immunity levels than weather patterns.

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High turnover among American health workers documented in new study

 

Using US Census Bureau state unemployment insurance data, researchers from Johns Hopkins University documented a significant job turnover among healthcare workers (HCWs) during the COVID-19 pandemic, which suggests long-term implications for the US healthcare sector.

 

 

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American community health centers help millions of people but are under stress

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Since 2012, community health centers have seen a 45% increase in the number of people seeking care — and they’ve opened more and more service sites to expand their footprint to more than 15,000 locations.

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