Mauna Kea Technologies Supports Clinical Research Evaluating the Use of Cellvizio on COVID-19 Patients with Respiratory Insufficiency
Regulatory News:
Mauna Kea Technologies (Euronext: MKEA) (Paris:MKEA) (OTCQX:MKEAY) inventor of Cellvizio, the multidisciplinary probe and needle-based confocal laser endomicroscopy (p/nCLE) platform, is supporting research to determine if Cellvizio can be effective in severe acute and/or long COVID-19 patients suffering from lingering respiratory complications. Mauna Kea Technologies is offering in-kind funding to researchers evaluating what role Cellvizio may play in the care management of COVID-19 patients, by assessing lung fibrosis and microvascularization changes, and alveolar and capillary morphology damages; symptoms observed in severe acute and/or long COVID-19 patients with mild to severe respiratory infections. Interested clinical teams can submit their projects to this website: www.landing.maunakeatech.com/covid19.
Medicare Insurance Industry Conference Sells Out Exhibit Hall From:
All 134 exhibit hall booth spaces for the National Medicare Insurance Sales Summit have been sold according to the American Association for Medicare Supplement Insurance (AAMSI). The conference takes place September 8-10, 2021 in Chicago. This is the largest exhibit hall for the conference an indication of the growing interest in Medicare insurance products, reports Jesse Slome, AAMSI s director and organizer of the industry conference.  Taking place at the Schaumburg Convention Center, the conference exhibit hall will be 32,400 square feet.
The event being held in the Chicago-metro area for the first time begins with a free day event. Hundreds of insurance agents and
State plans for vaccine push ahead of eligibility expansion
March 17, 2021
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1of5Lynn Cummings receives the first dose of the Moderna vaccine at a newly-opened COVID-19 vaccination clinic on Wednesday, March 17, 2021, in Auburn, Maine. The high-volume vaccination site at the Auburn Mall was opened by Central Maine Healthcare, the City of Auburn, the City of Lewiston and the State of Maine.Robert F. Bukaty/APShow MoreShow Less
2of5Pigeons take to the air from a sign at the Auburn Mall where a COVID-19 mass vaccination clinic opened on Wednesday, March 17, 2021, in Auburn, Maine.Robert F. Bukaty/APShow MoreShow Less
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MedPAC’s Nine “Medicare Challenges” Demonstrate Medicare Is Junk Coverage SHARE
“No one I have met who supports Medicare for All understands the Medicare program,” says Donna Shalala, who oversaw the Medicare program for eight years as President Bill Clinton’s (D) Secretary of Health and Human Services.
People who do understand the Medicare program pay attention to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, or MedPAC, a non‐partisan legislative‐branch agency that advises Congress on how Medicare is performing. This week, MedPAC released its annual
Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy. Like previous reports, this year’s report undercuts the narrative that Medicare is efficient, is an excellent price negotiator, “is high‐quality coverage,” and provides equitable access care.
Manufacturing Isnât Coming Back. Letâs Improve These Jobs Instead.
Health care workers are crucial to our society, yet we reward them with low wages and dangerous conditions.
By Gabriel Winant
Dr. Winant is the author of âThe Next Shift: The Fall of Industry and the Rise of Health Care in Rust Belt America.â
March 17, 2021
Credit.Dina Rudick/The Boston Globe, via Getty Images
In Congress and the White House, policymakers are developing a bill that is expected to pour trillions into updating American transit, energy and utility systems. Repairs are certainly necessary, and itâs impossible to overstate the urgency of such a program in terms of the transition to a more sustainable economy.