Drawing a comparison between the three COVID-19 vaccines authorized in the U.S. is a bit difficult due to lack of head-to-head trails. Instead, let’s look at the some of the important characteristics of each vaccine.
Using telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic
Telehealth platforms have created a support system for healthcare professionals to reach out to more patients. At the same time the patients are not hassled about being exposed to the virus as they don’t need to visit the hospital.
COVID-19 has made us forget those with acute and chronic health conditions
Prioritizing the prevention of the spread of COVID-19, has globally and unintentionally led to leaving behind those who already live on the brink of life and death everyday. They are people with chronic health conditions. Patients suffering with cancer or any rare disease and hospitals shutting their doors to people not having COVID-19 is a problem.
Some young and middle-aged coronavirus patients are dying of strokes
Doctors have reported that COVID-19 appears to be causing sudden strokes among people in their 30s and 40s who are not otherwise seriously ill. Some young and middle-aged Americans have experienced strokes after testing positive for the novel coronavirus. There is growing evidence that COVID-19 infection can lead the blood to clot unnaturally, and an expected consequence of that would be a stroke.
Half a century ago June Almeida discovered coronavirus, but got little recognition
June Almeida viewed into her electron microscope in 1964 to observe a round, grey dot with tiny spokes. Almeida and her colleagues noted that the pegs formed a halo around the virus just like the sun’s corona.
Lifecycle Health Sees Surge for Telehealth!
Lifecycle Health has seen interest for its telehealth offering surge well over 10x in the past 2 weeks due to the corona virus pandemic. In the view of the COVID-19 pandemic, social distancing is being used as a preventive measure. Demand for telehealth has skyrocketed since it is safer to get access to healthcare in the confines of your home without getting exposed to coronavirus.
President Trump expands telehealth benefits for Medicare beneficiaries to combat Coronavirus
The Trump Administration is encouraging use of telehealth facilities to help patients and providers to combat the sudden outbreak of Coronavirus. It has announced expanded Medicare telehealth coverage to enable beneficiaries to get a wider range of healthcare services from their doctors without travelling to a healthcare facility. Starting from March 6, 2020, Medicare - administered by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) - will temporarily pay clinicians to extend telehealth services to beneficiaries living across the entire nation.