Healthcare Management Metablog

Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations.

Here’s how to navigate the emerging guidance on breastfeeding in a pandemic.

Experts offer four benchmarks that can serve as a guide for cities and states, eliminating some of the guesswork.

Josie and George Taylor stand on the porch of their home in Everett, Washington, on March 24. They are two of the first people in the U.S. to recover from novel coronavirus infections after joining a clinical trial for the antiviral drug remdesivir.(Dan DeLong for KHN) This story also ran on The Seattle Times. This…

FLORISSANT, Missouri — The Walker family never thought having an age range of 3 to 96 under the same roof would be risky. More From The Midwest Bureau View More That was before the coronavirus pandemic. Wilma Walker’s now nonagenarian mom moved into her daughter and son-in-law’s home about 15 years ago. Their party of…

While the focus of the COVID-19 pandemic has been on respiratory problems and securing enough ventilators, doctors on the front lines are grappling with a new medical mystery. In addition to lung damage, many COVID-19 patients are also developing heart problems — and dying of cardiac arrest. As more data comes in from China and…

The new coronavirus doesn’t discriminate. But physicians in public health and on the front lines said they already can see the emergence of familiar patterns of racial and economic bias in the response to the pandemic. In one analysis, it appears doctors may be less likely to refer African Americans for testing when they show…

Experts explain the pluses and minuses of digital, ear, rectal and other thermometers.

While self-quarantining I’m connecting outwardly with loved ones as well as inwardly with myself. It helps.

For the second straight day, the president pushed the use of hydroxychloroquine, which has not been proven to treat the coronavirus. Washington State is returning 400 ventilators to be redeployed to states in more dire need.