America’s WHO pullout | $100M to Philips from VA | Walgreens + VillageMD = up to 700 clinics

Leaders of the American Medical Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Academy of Family Physicians and American College of Physicians all cautioned against the president's plan.

Somewhere between 500 and 700 full-service doctor offices will open inside Walgreens stores over the next five years, and hundreds more may follow at new as well as existing marts.

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs will be spending as much as $100 million over the next 10 years on Philips tele-critical care products.

In the heat of the present pandemic, the findings are fascinating even when they’re not startling—although in at least one instance they’re both. 

The treatment would shorten the course of the disease and cut the number of intensive care patients by one-third, researchers wrote in a letter to the editor published recently.

The comments come in response to an editorial penned by American Association for Women in Radiology leaders. 

Statin use can lower an older patient’s risk of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality, according to a new study of more than 325,000 U.S. veterans.

Physicians who spend time on leadership duties increasingly expect to be compensated for performing these “above and beyond” tasks.

It’s a painful paradox that hospitals can help COVID patients recover while helping the virus spread—and not only to non-COVID patients but also to healthcare workers, support staff and even visitors.