With a few COVID-19 vaccines making their way through the clinical trial phase and seeing...
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Coronavirus: Many older adults at risk because they are unable...
Older adults who are not tech savvy and cannot navigate in a digital world are particularly at risk...
Coronavirus: Trump demands Social Security cut in next stimulus...
Jake Johnson writes for Common Dreams about Trump’s plan to cut Social Security and Medicare...
It’s time to rethink nursing home care
For decades now, nursing homes in the US have failed to provide older residents with a dignified...
Coronavirus: President Trump’s immigration policy leaves...
President Donald Trump’s recent change to US immigration policy is leaving many hospitals...
Coronavirus: Should you travel?
Paula Span reports for the New York Times on how older adults are weighing the risks of traveling...
Coronavirus: Another reason to stay home, deadly mosquitoes
By now, we all recognize that we will not be able to contain the novel coronavirus effectively...
Coronavirus: Blame corporate health insurers for our failure to...
Wendell Potter, a former health insurance executive at Cigna, knows first-hand how poorly corporate...
Big non-profit hospitals put revenue ahead of social mission
Philip Longman and Udit Thakur write for The Washington Monthly about non-profit hospitals that put...
Coronavirus: Older workers might be forced to retire early
Older adults working in jobs that put them in close contact with others might be forced to retire...