President Joe Biden’s administration plans to rescind a rule devised under his predecessor Donald Trump that was intended to make it easier for healthcare providers including doctors and nurses to avoid performing abortions or other medical services on religious or moral grounds, Politico reported on April 19.

Kaleido Biosciences said on March 24 the company’s experimental oral treatment cut recovery time as well as hospitalizations and emergency room visits in patients with mild to moderate Covid-19, in an early trial.

Cytokinetics’ stocks plummeted after the company released topline results from a Phase III cardiovascular clinical trial with partners Amgen and Servier in which the secondary endpoint to prove potential to save lives failed. 

The COVID-19 global pandemic, overcrowding of hospitals, the highly contagious virus affecting healthcare professionals and unrelated illnesses has led to a more than 1,000 percent increase of telemed application downloads and memberships. Is this a paradigm shift?