‘You’ve Been Served’: Wisconsin Hospitals Sued Patients Even During Pandemic

When her doorbell rang Sunday night, Blanche Jordan was just starting a new Game of Thrones puzzle on her living room floor. Jordan, 39, is a breast-cancer survivor who is taking social distancing seriously, so she put on a mask before opening the door. A woman handed Jordan a paper and said: “You’ve been served.” The… Read More: ‘You’ve Been Served’: Wisconsin Hospitals Sued Patients Even During Pandemic »

Dr William Frankland, allergy scientist pioneer, dies aged 108 – BBC News

Dr William Frankland, a British immunologist who transformed the world’s understanding of allergies, has died aged 108. His pioneering work included developing the idea of a pollen count to help hay fever sufferers. Dr Frankland, whose medical career spanned 70 years, was known as “the grandfather of allergy”. As a British army doctor in World… Read More: Dr William Frankland, allergy scientist pioneer, dies aged 108 –… »

COVID-19 Hits Some Health Care Workers With Pay Cuts And Layoffs – NPR

Enlarge this image Amid the COVID-19 epidemic, there has been a steep drop in patients seeking nonurgent primary care and specialty care. LM Otero/AP hide caption toggle caption LM Otero/AP Just three weeks ago, Dr. Kathryn Davis worried about the novel coronavirus but not about how it might impact her group of five OB-GYNs who… Read More: COVID-19 Hits Some Health Care Workers With Pay Cuts And… »