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As medicine quickly adapted to ensure that millions of Americans could still receive care during the coronavirus pandemic, some of the innovations made health-care accessibility more difficult for those with disabilities.

Divya Goel, a 35-year-old deaf-blind woman in Orlando, Florida, has had two telemedicine doctors' appointments during the pandemic. Each time, she was denied an interpreter.Her doctors told her she would have to get insurance to pay for an interpreter, which is incorrect: Under federal law, it is…

As the country enters Year 3 of the pandemic emergency, people with disabilities across the U.S. are still finding it difficult to use innovations in telemedicine, teleworking and testing.

Telemedicine, teleworking, rapid tests, virtual school, and vaccine drive-throughs have become part of Americans’ routines as they enter Year 3 of life amid covid-19. But as innovators have raced to make living in a pandemic world safer, some people with disabilities have been left behind.

Telemedicine, rapid tests, & vaccine drive-thrus have become part of our routines. But as innovators have raced to make living in a pandemic world safer, some people with disabilities have been left behind.

As the country enters Year 3 of the pandemic emergency, people with disabilities across the U.S. are still finding it difficult to use innovations in telemedicine, teleworking and testing.

As the country enters Year 3 of the pandemic emergency, people with disabilities across the U.S. are still finding it difficult to use innovations in telemedicine, teleworking and testing.

Frequent testing increases chance of detecting COVID-19 infections The chance of detecting the virus that causes COVID-19 increases with more frequent testing, no matter the type of test, a new study found. Both polymerase chain reaction and antigen tests, paired with rapid results reporting, can achieve 98% sensitivity if deployed at least every three days. This study shows that frequent testing can be really effective at catching COVID-19 infections and potentially blocking transmission. Ther...