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Business

Greater Houston Orthodontics Introduces Virtual Appointments

Greater Houston Orthodontics announces the addition of remote patient treatment monitoring in its two Houston-area practice locations: Memorial and West University.

March 20, 2020
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1 min read
Biotech Bay

Blue Shield of California Gives $500,000 to Oakland COVID-19 Relief Fund

Nonprofit health plan’s contribution to support urgently needed drive-through testing

March 20, 2020
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3 min read
Biotech Bay

Biome Cardiovascular Solution Helps Clients Increase the Availability of Ventilator Time

Biome, the leading cardiovascular performance solution provider, announces client success decreasing extended ventilator times by 44%, with no impact to patient outcomes.

March 20, 2020
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2 min read
BioMidwest

Joint Statement on Collaboration to Increase Ventilator Production

GM and Ventec Life Systems, in cooperation with StopTheSpread.org, the nation’s coordinated private sector response to the COVID-19, are collaborating to enable Ventec to increase production of its respiratory care products to support the growing fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

March 20, 2020
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1 min read
Pharm Country

Cigna Expands Benefits To Support And Protect Its Workforce In Response To COVID-19

Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, Cigna announced several actions to support and protect its colleagues in the United States so they can continue serving the company’s more than 170 million customer relationship worldwide.

March 20, 2020
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2 min read
Biotech Bay

Nurx Launches First COVID-19 Home Testing & Online Consultation Service

Leading health tech company is the first to introduce novel approach to addressing the COVID-19 pandemic

March 20, 2020
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6 min read
Biotech Bay

Forward Announces Launch of COVID-19 Home Testing Kits

With the offering of its first at-home testing kit, Forward expands COVID-19 testing options to scale its ability to treat the growing population experiencing the barricades of an overwhelmed healthcare system

March 20, 2020
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4 min read
Policy

Prime Minister announces temporary border agreement with the United States

COVID-19 continues to evolve rapidly, and the Government of Canada is working around the clock to limit its spread and do everything necessary to protect the health and safety of Canadians.

March 20, 2020
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6 min read
Biotech Beach

New telehealth app, drive-through specimen collection to speed COVID-19 testing

The University of Mississippi Medical Center is leading an effort to address the state’s community COVID-19 outbreak by offering triage for symptoms via a new smartphone telehealth app and collection of testing samples at the Mississippi State Fairgrounds.

March 20, 2020
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7 min read