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2d ago

AI company pivots to helping people who lost their job find a new source of health insurance

Now the company is helping hospitals protect the bottom line by identifying which patients are most likely to have lost insurance and helping them find a new policy. 1

Many people who have lost their jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic also have lost their health insurance. 1

The Commonwealth Fund found that 41% of people who lost their jobs had insurance through that job. 1

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2d ago

from CNN

There has been a 90% increase in Covid-19 cases in US children in the last four weeks, report says

"It's not fair to say that this virus is completely benign in children," said O'Leary. 1

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Every year we worry about influenza in children, and there are roughly around 100 deaths in children from influenza every year." 1

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"When you see a lot more infections in the general population, you're going to see a lot more infections in children," said O'Leary. 1

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9d ago

from Truthout

White House Testing Czar Says It’s Time to “Move On” From Hydroxychloroquine

“The evidence just doesn’t show that hydroxychloroquine is effective right now,” Brett Giroir, assistant secretary at the Department of Health and Human Services, said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday. 2

“I think we need to move on from that and talk about what is effective.” 2

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17d ago

from Evening Standard

Early lockdown could have saved lives of London bus drivers, study says

Professor Sir Michael Marmot, the director of the UCL Institute of Health Equity, said that "because London was an early centre of the pandemic, it is likely that the increased risk among London bus drivers is associated with exposure". 1

"Our review explicitly suggests that lockdown was the main factor that saved bus drivers’ lives," he said. 1

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