On Friday, 52 medical students became doctors two months early so they could help in the fight against the coronavirus in New York. From dorm rooms and apartments, 52 medical students watched video of themselves roll across their screens. Miles away, their proud families followed online. Gazing into webcams, the …
Read More »Mayo Clinic starts using autonomous vehicles to deliver coronavirus tests and medical supplies
The Mayo Clinic today announced a partnership with Bestmile and the Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA) to deploy autonomous shuttles that transport medical equipment and COVID-19 tests collected at the hospital’s drive-thru testing site. The hope is that they’ll expedite the delivery of much-needed supplies while reducing the risk of human …
Read More »White House Airlifts Medical Supplies From China in Coronavirus Fight
WASHINGTON — A commercial aircraft carrying 80 tons of gloves, masks, gowns and other medical supplies from Shanghai touched down in New York on Sunday, the first of 22 scheduled flights that White House officials say will funnel much-needed goods to the United States by early April as it battles …
Read More »Coronavirus Live Updates: State and City Leaders Clamor for Medical Supplies as U.S. Cases Top 135,000
新冠病毒疫情最新消息 Here’s what you need to know: Mayor Bill de Blasio and many other elected leaders stress their urgent need for medical supplies. A delivery of medical supplies arrives in New York from China, the work of Jared Kushner’s public-private partnership. With global cases passing 675,000, Syria reports its first …
Read More »Microsoft, White House, and Allen Institute release coronavirus data set for medical and NLP researchers
The COVID-19 Open Research Dataset (CORD-19), a repository of more than 29,000 scholarly articles about coronavirus family viruses from around the world, is being released today for free. The result of work by Microsoft Research, the Allen Institute for AI, the National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of …
Read More »5 Common Medical Expenses That Medicare Won’t Pay For
sirtravelalot / Shutterstock.com Turning 65 brings access to senior discounts galore, but there is no benefit of senior citizenship quite like Medicare. The federal program extends subsidized health insurance primarily to folks age 65 and older. But, while Medicare coverage comes with numerous freebies, it is hardly free. Medicare beneficiaries …
Read More »Kept at the Hospital on Coronavirus Fears, Now Facing Large Medical Bills
Get an informed guide to the global outbreak with our daily Coronavirus newsletter. Frank Wucinski and his daughter Annabel in Marine Corps Station Miramar, where they were quarantined after arriving from Wuhan, China.Credit…Courtesy Frank Wucinski Frank Wucinski and his 3-year-old daughter, Annabel, are among the dozens of Americans the government …
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