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By Doug Tardio President, CEOand Patrick MurphyExecutive Vice-President, Chief Financial Officer As part of the recently enacted Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, $350 billion has been set aside to provide small businesses…
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Rheumatologists, rheumatology patients and the organizations who represent both have reacted this week with a mixture of hope and dread following the FDA’s decision allowing the emergency use of hydroxychloroquine to treat some…
Read MoreThe nonprofit Global Healthy Living Foundation, and its digital advocacy community CreakyJoints, have launched of an online COVID-19 support and education program for patients with chronic conditions and their families.“This free public health…
Read MoreIn this Guest Commentary, Peter R. Honig, DO, a family physician with a private practice in Philadelphia, spoke with Healio Primary Care about the strategies he is using to manage his practice during…
Read MoreMore than 50 rheumatology societies, including the American College of Rheumatology, have urged U.S. governors to ensure judicious use of hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine for investigational COVID-19 purposes, given that these drugs are essential…
Read MoreEULAR has launched a European database to monitor and report outcomes of COVID-19 among pediatric and adult patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases, according to a press release.Established with support from the newly…
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The post ‘There’s No Right Way to Get Through This’: A Psychologist’s Coronavirus Perspective appeared first on CreakyJoints.
Read MorePeople with asthma and COPD are more at risk for COVID-19 complications because they already have damage to their lung tissue and/or over-reactive airways. The post Asthma, COPD, Lung Disease, and Coronavirus: What…
Read MoreFibromyalgia is not an autoimmune disease, so it doesn’t make you immunosuppressed. But managing fibromyalgia does have unique needs and concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic. The post Fibromyalgia and Coronavirus: What Patients Need…
Read More‘Even though I was only on the ventilator for a couple days, it seemed like a lifetime. The memory is still vivid more than five years later.’ The post Being on a Ventilator…
Read MoreDoes having IBD make you immunocompromised or at higher risk for COVID-19 complications? Learn more about your risk and how to protect yourself. The post Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Coronavirus: What People with…
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New York tells insurers they can’t collect premiums for the next two months from individuals and small businesses experiencing financial hardships.
Read MoreTrinity Health announced furloughs are coming across the system’s 92 hospitals due to the lack of revenue stemming from the COVID-19 outbreak.
Read MoreThe Pew Charitable Trusts is calling for federal policymakers to move forward with data-sharing regulations in light of increased use of virtual care during the COVID-19 outbreak. Many other groups are calling for…
Read MoreThe American Hospital Association teamed up with AVIA to develop an online tool to help hospitals quickly roll out virtual capabilities to combat COVID-19. The COVID-19 Digital Response Pulse is a resource that allows hospitals and…
Read MoreThe Bureau of Labor Statistics reports total nonfarm payroll employment fell by 701,000 in March, and the unemployment rate rose to 4.4% as a result of the effects of COVID-19 and efforts to contain it.
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JAMA features a report on the controversy of stem cell treatments for musculoskeletal (MSK) disorders. Stem cell clinics are popular and proliferating as they are largely a cash business and fall outside of…
Read MoreImplementing a treat-to-target approach for the care of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) did not result in an increase in adverse events or resource use, a post-hoc analysis of a randomized trial showed. In an…
Read MoreA population based analysis from Israel suggests that giant cell arteritis (GCA) patients may be at increased risk for inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) mainly target. This research was based on sporadic reports in…
Read MoreIn response to the growing opioid crisis, the US Food and Drug Administration has approved the final Opioid Analgesic Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS), designed to reduce the risk of abuse, misuse,…
Read MoreThe Annals of Surgery reports on an anlaysis of FDA-mandated postmarket studies, including nearly 100,000 breast implant pprocedures, that showed silicone implants to be associated with higher rates of Sjögren’s syndrome, scleroderma, rheumatoid…
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