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email article Welcome to the latest edition of Investigative Roundup, highlighting some of the best investigative reporting on healthcare each week. Why Haven Never Got Off Ground Haven, the healthcare venture launched three years ago by Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JPMorgan Chase, fell apart because one of its partners began its own independent health services arm that competed with the joint project, Haven announced last week it is folding in February. After promising to streamline ...

email article When the pandemic suddenly rearranged educational programs at Rowan School of Osteopathic Medicine last March, many students were eager to get into clinics or elsewhere in the community to help fight COVID-19. Alas, like most students, they were pushed to stay home largely for their own safety. But when Rowan students were offered an opportunity to assist their south New Jersey community in late November, many jumped at the chance. Now dozens are helping co-run a COVID-19 va...

With little science to guide them, experts clash on best use of limited supply

In August, MedPage Today published a story on how applications to medical schools were coming in at a higher rate than usual. Heres a review of whats happened since. The surge in medical schools applications reported over the summer has held, as applications to MD programs are closed and most submissions to DO schools have arrived. Applications to Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) schools are up 18% over the last cycle, while those to American Association of Colleges of Osteopathi...

email article The District of Columbia received only enough COVID-19 vaccines for fewer than one in 10 healthcare workers during the first distribution, drawing criticism from local medical authorities. "Its a little disappointing," said E. W. Emanuel, MD, the District of Columbia Medical Society president and an obstetrician with Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group. Emanuel is particularly upset that officials did not account for the transience of the regional workforce with the first ...

Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Congress passed a $900 billion coronavirus relief bill in the wee hours of Tuesday morning that included money to distribute COVID-19 vaccines and a compromise on surprise billing. (New York Times) Stay tuned to MedPage Today for further coverage later today. The rapidly spreading SARS-CoV-2 variant in the U.K. may be more likely to infect children, some scientists say; meanwhile, Pfizer and Moderna are testing their vaccines agains...

email article While airlines tout on-board mask mandates and pre-flight symptom checks, its still easy for people with COVID-19 to get on a plane. In a review by MedPage Today of policies from six major U.S. airlines, all mandate masks while on board. These can be taken off to eat and drink, and in most cases children under 2 arent required to wear them. Most of the airlines also require passengers to confirm at check-in that they havent had COVID-19 symptoms in the previous 14 days. But...

email article Welcome to the latest edition of Investigative Roundup, highlighting some of the best investigative reporting on healthcare each week. Hospitals Struggle to Prioritize Vaccine Hospitals are struggling to decide who should receive the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine first among their workforce, sometimes having to choose certain teams and personnel over others, according to A CDC advisory committee recommended that healthcare workers be among the first recipients of the new...