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A father spends time with his children outside. — Why are enrollees losing Medicaid coverage? In 2020, Congress established the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) to allow a continuous enrollment provision helping people with medical coverage during the pandemic. For three years, the federal government instructed states to maintain enrollment of nearly all Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance […]

Are You Losing Medicaid Coverage?

March 24, 2023 in Health tagged CHIP / covid-19 / insurance and government / insurance industry changes / medicaid / SEP by Joey Hinojosa

Medicare may provide coverage for Covid-19 — Covid-19 and Medicare Medicare has released the new Medicare & You 2022 handbook. Looking through it, you’ll notice some new coverages and listed updates, including a section that details coverage for Covid-19 through the ongoing crisis. Coverage has been expanded to include vaccinations, testing, antibody testing, and monoclonal antibody treatment. […]

Does Medicare Cover Covid-19?

October 29, 2021 in Health / Medicare tagged covid-19 / medicare / pandemic by Cali Naughton

Importance of visiting nursing homes — Within the last year, nursing homes were deeply affected by extreme COVID-19 guidelines and restrictions. Nursing homes are especially vulnerable to outbreaks due to the special care required by residents, the residents’ ages, and the residents living in close proximity to one another and staff. Additionally, nursing facilities are clinical […]

Visiting Loved Ones in Nursing Homes

September 11, 2021 in Health / life / Medicare tagged covid-19 / geriatrics / mental health / quarantine / relationships by Brittany Herring

Vaccines or Nil: The NFL Cracks Down on COVID-19 as Season Approaches New NFL COVID protections are sending a clear message: get vaccinated or risk losing games. The new protocols maintain that teams that do not have the proper personnel to play games due to COVID outbreaks within their ranks […]

NFL Covid Protections

August 2, 2021 in Health / life tagged covid-19 / healthcare news / pandemic / Vaccinations by Jeffrey Cooperstein

Another Health Risk Tags Johnson & Johnson Vaccine The FDA’s new warning pertaining to the Johnson & Johnson one-shot COVID-19 vaccine has caused concern throughout the health community. The new warning, issued by the United States Food and Drug Administration, says the shot has been linked to a disease called […]

Johnson & Johnson one-shot COVID-19 vaccine has caused concern

July 20, 2021 in Uncategorized tagged covid-19 / health risks / healthcare news / pandemic / Vaccinations by Jeffrey Cooperstein

After extensive research over the last few months, experts have concluded symptoms of the COVID-19 delta variant are different than the original COVID-19 strain. The highly contagious delta variant is the latest major COVID-19 concern throughout the world due to its easily spreadable nature and the difficulty to diagnose it. […]

Symptoms of the COVID-19 Delta Variant

July 12, 2021 in Health / life tagged cdc / covid-19 / disease awareness / Disease Prevention by Jeffrey Cooperstein

The FDA may soon receive a request to extend Moderna's emergency use authorization, in which it would approve Moderna for teens. — Following the recent announcement that Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine was approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in 12- to 16-year-olds, Moderna has announced that its COVID-19 vaccine is 100 percent effective in the same age group. Expect to see an announcement from the FDA approving […]

Study Shows 100% Effective Rate of Moderna for Teens

June 6, 2021 in Health tagged covid-19 / fda / Vaccinations by Macee Hall

After a fairly nonexistent flu season last year due to masks, social distancing, reduced travel, and other various factors, Flu season 2021 could be a long one. As people wear masks less, in-person school learning reopens, and people begin to travel more often, the ability for the flu to spread […]

Flu Season 2021

June 3, 2021 in Health / life tagged covid-19 / influenza / pandemic / Vaccinations by Jeffrey Cooperstein

With the public school enrollment rate down, experts believe we're in the middle of a missing student crisis. Photo by bantersnaps on Unsplash. — School is back in session, but not for all… It’s been over a year since American public schools closed their doors to protect against the spread of the coronavirus. Now, school is back in session with varying degrees of in-person and virtual learning, but that doesn’t mean that every student […]

America’s Missing Student Crisis: School Systems Struggle to Locate Thousands ...

June 1, 2021 in Uncategorized tagged covid-19 / pandemic by Cristin Dickey

College students' return to campus this fall may be accompanied by mandatory vaccines, according to hundreds of institutions. — With more than 1.5 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses administered worldwide and the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) promoting loosened mask restrictions for those who have been fully vaccinated, America is rapidly attempting to return to some sense of normalcy. Recent changes have left many hopeful that […]

College Students’ Return to Campus May Include Mandatory Vaccines

May 30, 2021 in Health tagged covid-19 / pandemic / Vaccinations by Macee Hall