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Mental health experts believe young people might not speak up when they are in a crisis and people who love them need to be aware about the warning signs.
Adam Andreassen, chief operating officer of Burrell Behavioral Health, during a virtual discussion titled, "Youth & Suicide: Supporting our Kids' Mental Health During the Holidays," shared tips on the signals you need to look out for and when to seek help.
Joe Biden formally announced the important members of the administration’s health team. It includes Indian American doctor Vivek Murthy who will manage the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The President in his briefing from Wilmington, Delaware outlined three key goals for the first 100 days in office with regards to masking, vaccinations and opening schools for children.
The death rate or re-hospitalization in the 60 days that follows hospital discharge due to coronavirus exceeds 21% among patients that were admitted in the early months of the pandemic according to a new study. This study was conducted by a team of US-based investigators and published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
Hospitals that currently fail to report daily COVID-19 data have a few months to get in compliance. If they fail to do so, they will risk being thrown out of Medicare and Medicaid. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will be sending notices to all hospitals about the requirements for reporting COVID-19 data to the Trump administration.
There is an association of close contact with COVID-19 patients, dining at restaurants and pubs, with testing positive for the novel coronavirus infection, reveals a study of outpatients from 11 US health care facilities.
