COVID
How to make sure your COVID test isn’t fake
Finding an at-home COVID-19 test is tricky at the moment, and fraudulent tests are now making the rounds. Here’s how to spot a fake. By Kim Wong-Shing, CNET, Jan. 13, 2022. The beginning of 2022… Read More
Sincerely Held Belief Not Enough in Suit Over Denied Religious Exemption to School’s COVID Vaccination Policy
“If a private school can articulate a good business reason for why they do what they do … you’re allowed to have a policy in place,” like the one at issue here, defense counsel said…. Read More
‘Nursing Is in Crisis’: Staff Shortages Put Patients at Risk
“When hospitals are understaffed, people die,” one expert warned as the U.S. health systems reach a breaking point in the face of the Delta variant. By Andrew Jacobs, New York Times, Aug. 21, 2021. Cyndy… Read More
A Judge Has Thrown Out A Lawsuit Brought By Hospital Workers Over A Vaccine Mandate
By EMINE YÜCEL, NPR, June 13, 2021. A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by 117 employees at Houston Methodist Hospital who were suing the hospital system over its COVID-19 vaccine requirement. In a… Read More
The Most Influential Spreader of Coronavirus Misinformation Online
By Sheera Frenkel, The New York Times, July 24, 2021. SAN FRANCISCO — The article that appeared online on Feb. 9 began with a seemingly innocuous question about the legal definition of vaccines. Then over its… Read More
To Vax or Not to Vax
There has been a lot of confusion about the Covid-19 vaccine. The following answers to the most common questions and concerns have been provided by reliable and unbiased sources. Covid is mostly made up or exaggerated… Read More
‘No one was listening’ Long Covid patients struggle to get care for their symptoms
By Allison Bond, STAT, Apr 21, 2021. Summary: COVID long haulers are struggling hard to receive the medical care for their symptoms and being dismissed. Last summer, in the six weeks after she began feeling… Read More
How to Avoid a Surprise Bill for Your Coronavirus Test
More Americans are getting tested for coronavirus than ever before — and that could mean more surprise medical bills. Congress wrote rules in March that aimed to make coronavirus testing free for all Americans. Patients,...
Hospital Bills For Uninsured COVID-19 Patients Are Covered, But No One Tells Them
By Blake Farmer, NPR, Oct 22, 2020. When Darius Settles died from COVID-19 on the Fourth of July, his family and the city of Nashville, Tenn., were shocked. Even the mayor noted the passing of… Read More