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Hit by higher prices for gear, doctors and dentists want insurers to pay Treating patients has become more expensive during the pandemic, and doctors and dentists don't want to be on the hook for all the new costs. For instance, the box of 100 gloves that cost $2.39 in February 2020 costs $30 now, said Dr. Judee Tippett-Whyte, president of the California Dental Association, who has a private dental practice in Stockton. Her practice used to rely on surgical masks that cost 20 cents each but has upgraded to N95 masks at $2.50 a pop. On top of that, her office is scheduling two or three fewer p...

Some doctors and dentists, facing higher costs for personal protective equipment while seeing fewer patients, say insurance companies must step up.

Crocheters celebrate one of their own: Vice President Harris Crocheting’s cool factor was already on the upswing. Now Harris’s association has the fiber arts community positively giddy. By Jura Koncius The Washington Post,Updated April 14, 2021, 2 hours ago Email to a Friend Karida Collins, owner of Neighborhood Fiber Co. in Baltimore, holds Observatory Circle, the yarn color she created to honor the vice president.Beth Weaver/The Washington Post WASHINGTON — When Vice President Harris visited a suburban woman-owned yarn shop last month, she mentioned a little-known fact about ...

Former President Donald Trump's defense team used just a few of the 16 hours they were allotted to make their case for his acquittal on Friday, and

The Coronavirus Vaccine Could Be the Ultimate Gateway Drug Bloomberg 12/16/2020 Stephanie Baker and Tara Patel (Bloomberg Businessweek) -- It’s mid-2021, and people arrive at the airport, or line up to attend a concert or a baseball game. They pull out their phones and tap an app that shows whether they’ve had a coronavirus vaccine, or perhaps a test, and breeze through the gates. Popular Searches That’s the brave new world businesses are contemplating as humanity embarks on the biggest mass-vaccination program in history. On Dec. 2 the U.K. became the first country ...