Companies said there would not be surprise billing for treatment costs US health insurance companies will waive copays for testing and cover the cost of treatment for the novel coronavirus, said Vice President Mike Pence during a press briefing today. Medicare and Medicaid will also ...
Concerns have been expressed that the dominant Omicron variant of the COVID virus could generate a new mutant as it spreads in China. According to Dr Jasper Chan, a clinical associate professor at the Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine at the University of Hong Kong, the...
China says its focus of COVID-19 management has shifted from "infection prevention" to "health protection" and "severe symptoms prevention." The announcement was made after the country says it will downgrade management of the virus from Class A to Class B, a major shift in ...
"ASPR has delivered over 1.8 billion free COVID-19 tests to the American people through COVIDTests.gov and direct distribution pathways and will continue distributing millions of tests per week to long-term care facilities, food banks, health centers, and schools," the spokesperson said. This ...
Will the virus SARS-CoV-2 become endemic like the flu, or can it be eliminated with vaccine-induced herd immunity? Herd immunity is when a large part of the population is immune to a specific disease. If enough people are resistant to the cause of a disease, such ...
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has created an economic crisis alongside a health care crisis. During the 2 weeks ending on March 28, nearly 10 million people filed for unemployment insurance, dwarfing any previous monthly numbers. Estimates suggest that the US economy will contract by 10% ...
The U.S. announced new COVID-19 testing requirements Wednesday for all travelers from China, joining other nations imposing restrictions because of a surge of infections. The increase in cases across China follows the rollback of the nation's strict anti-virus controls. China's “zero...
BEIJING, May 5 (Xinhua) -- China will surely win the war against COVID-19 with its scientific and effective epidemic control policy that will stand the test of time, according to a meeting of the top leadership on Thursday. The meeting of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of...
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Olympics-USOPC Will Require COVID-19 Vaccine for All US Athletes at Beijing Games More Reuters FILE PHOTO: Attendees walk past an emblem of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games next to a screen showing the slogan, "Together for a shared future", following a ceremon...