CMS estimates national health spending grew 7.5% in 2023 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services estimates national health spending grew 7.5% in 2023, reflecting increases in insurance growth, the agency reported June 12 in Health Affairs. 06/13/2024 - 10:36 am | View Link
CDC estimates 1.4 million ED visits per year for those experiencing homelessness During 2016 to 2021, an estimated 1.4 million emergency department visits were made per year among people experiencing homelessness, according to a study published online June 11 in the National ... 06/12/2024 - 11:59 pm | View Link
New COVID variant KP.3 climbs to 25%, now largest in CDC estimates KP.3 is now estimated to be outpacing the KP.2 variant, a so-called "FLiRT" strain that this week inched up to 22.5% of cases. KP.2 had risen to dominance in previous weeks, but its growth has now ... 06/7/2024 - 6:05 am | View Link
Covid will still be here this summer. Will anyone care? Correction: A previous version of this article said the CDC revised its covid quarantine ... Leading the pack of those variants in the United States is KP.2, accounting for 28 percent of all ... 05/30/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
Covid will still be here this summer. Will anyone care? A person wearing a mask works the information desk of the Natural History Museum in D.C. on May 25. (Rosem Morton for The Washington Post) By now, it’s as familiar as sunscreen hitting the ... 05/26/2024 - 1:00 am | View Link