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As Deaths Mount, Coronavirus Testing Remains Wildly Inconsistent In Long-Term Care

This story also ran on USA Today. This story can be republished for free (details). Mary Lanham’s assisted living complex in Florida tested all residents for COVID-19 — once in March and again in April — even though no one showed symptoms. The preventive measure put her daughter’s mind at ease, since testing can detect… Read More »

How Hospital Systems Invest in Digital Health | Brent Stackhouse, Mount Sinai Ventures

Health Tech Feb 28, 2020• By JESSICA DaMASSA, WTF HEALTH Savvy health tech startups can learn how the differing investment priorities of venture capital funds and strategic investors (those tied to large healthcare organizations like health plans, pharma companies, and health systems) can impact everything from their capital raise to their ability to gain new… Read More »

Drug costs should be a ‘prominent issue’ in Trump trade talks: Mount Sinai Health CEO

The Trump administration should make the rising cost of medicine a leading issue in trade talks with countries around the world, Mount Sinai Health System CEO Kenneth Davis told CNBC on Friday. “We marvel at the fact that U.S. drug costs are two to six times higher than they are in the rest of the… Read More »

Harmful Effects of Fluoride Continue to Mount

By Stuart Cooper, Campaign Director, Fluoride Action Network Ending the addition of hazardous fluoridation chemicals — primarily hydrofluorosilicic acid — to the public’s drinking water will be one of the greatest public health achievements of the 21st century. With each passing month, the case against artificial fluoridation builds as new research showing harm is published,… Read More »