Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar

U.S. outlines sweeping plan to provide free COVID-19 vaccines

September 16, 2020 at 7:32 a.m.

The federal government outlined a sweeping plan Wednesday to make vaccines for COVID-19 available for free to all Americans, even as polls show a strong undercurrent of skepticism rippling across...

Jean Grady wears an insulin pump to help manage her diabetes at her home in Westford, Vt., on Aug. 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Wilson Ring)

Fad or future? Telehealth expansion eyed beyond COVID-19 pandemic

September 13, 2020 at 6:00 a.m.

Consultations via tablets, laptops and phones linked patients and doctors when society shut down in early spring. Telehealth visits dropped with the reopening, but they鈥檙e still far more common than...

In this Aug. 24, 2020, photo Jean Grady smiles as she poses at her home in Westford, Vt. Grady wears an insulin pump to help manage her diabetes. Before the pandemic, Medicare rules required her make regular two-hour, one-way trips to New Hampshire to meet with her doctor to discuss her treatment. Medicare rule changes during the pandemic now makes it possible for her to meet with her doctor remotely, saving her from hours on the road. (AP Photo/Wilson Ring)

Fad or future? Telehealth expansion eyed beyond pandemic

August 31, 2020 at 9:25 a.m.

Telehealth is a bit of American ingenuity that seems to have paid off in the coronavirus pandemic. Medicare temporarily waived restrictions predating the smartphone era and now there's a push...

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Chasm grows between Trump and government coronavirus experts

August 5, 2020 at 10:43 a.m.

As the crisis has spread to all reaches of the country, with escalating deaths and little sense of endgame, a chasm has widened between the Republican president and the experts....

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Trump nursing home plan limits supply of free COVID-19 tests

August 4, 2020 at 8:53 a.m.

The Trump administration鈥檚 plan to provide every nursing home with a fast COVID-19 testing machine comes with an asterisk: The government won鈥檛 supply enough test kits to check staff and...

Fauci optimistic COVID-19 vaccine will be widely available

July 31, 2020 at 1:07 p.m.

Once a coronavirus vaccine is approved as safe and effective, Americans should have widespread access within a reasonable time, Dr. Anthony Fauci assured lawmakers Friday.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., ...

With a jab at Trump, Pelosi unveils new “Obamacare’ bill

June 24, 2020 at 3:01 p.m.

Flicking a dismissive jab at President Donald Trump, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi unveiled a plan Wednesday to expand “Obamacare," even as Trump's administration is about to file arguments in a...

From left, Dr. Robert Redfield, director ...

Fauci: Next few weeks critical to tamping down virus spikes

June 23, 2020 at 4:41 p.m.

The government抖阴ap top infectious disease expert said Tuesday he is cautiously optimistic that there will be a COVID-19 vaccine by the end of the year or early 2021, but warned...

Dr. Fauci to testify on Capitol Hill at a fraught time for U.S. pandemic response

June 23, 2020 at 6:55 a.m.

With coronavirus cases rising in about half the states and political polarization competing for attention with public health recommendations, Dr. Anthony Fauci returns to Capitol Hill on Tuesday at a...

Grim blame game over coronavirus deaths in besieged nursing homes

June 15, 2020 at 8:10 a.m.

A grim blame game with partisan overtones is breaking out over COVID-19 deaths among nursing home residents, a tiny slice of the population that represents a shockingly high proportion of...

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