The Weekly Roundup is updated every Friday.
Topics
Telehealth success stories abound. Chicago's Rush says that the remote care is working beyond its wildest dreams, while Central Maine Healthcare reports high satisfaction and call completion rates. Remote second-opinion services are also seeing an uptick in adoption in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis.
How a homemade dashboard helped resume 3,000 elective but necessary surgeries during COVID-19.
GOP coronavirus relief bill fails to pass in Senate. How the FDA balances innovation, safety.
COVID-19 deaths among Black essential workers linked to racial disparities, new report finds.
Regions
UAE authorises emergency use of a COVID-19 vaccine, which G42 Healthcare has in Phase 3 clinical trials, for frontline health workers. Meanwhile, AstraZeneca is cleared to resume Phase 3 of its COVID-19 vaccine trial in the UK after a participant became ill. Also, the launch date for England and Wales' contact tracing app is announced.
Singapore distributes TraceTogether token to support and supplement contact tracing efforts.