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• With Telehealth Platform, Folx, A.G. Breitenstein Aims To Revolutionize Queer Healthcare
  
  With Folx, Breitenstein hopes to completely change the way queer people see healthcare. The company is not only designed to provide care that is safe and informed, but also something even more radical: care that is enjoyable.
  Forbes.  Thursday, 21 Jan 2021.
• North Carolina begins vaccinating inmates and prison staff
  
  The vaccinations will be offered to prison healthcare workers and inmates aged 75 and older.
  CBS News.  Thursday, 21 Jan 2021.
• Why is it Advisable to Hold on to Cigna (CI) Stock Now?
  
  Cigna (CI) looks poised to grow on the back of business rejig, which involves growing its healthcare business while lowering debt.
  Zacks.  Thursday, 21 Jan 2021.
• Healthcare ETFs in Focus on UnitedHealth's Solid Q4 Earnings
  
  UnitedHealth Group (UNH) reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter 2020 results wherein it breezed past the Zacks Consensus Estimate on both earnings and revenues.
  Zacks.  Thursday, 21 Jan 2021.
• A trial in London is using tech to monitor the wellbeing of vulnerable people in their homes
  
  Digital tech is starting to play in important role in many people's healthcare regime.
  CNBC.  Thursday, 21 Jan 2021.
• Covid in Scotland: No more 'easy wins' for hospital staff
  
  Medics at Glasgow's QEUH are seeing the effects of people delaying healthcare during lockdown.
  BBC News.  Thursday, 21 Jan 2021.
• Covid-19: Back office healthcare staff are on priority vaccine list
  
  There has been confusion over the eligibility of workers in non-patient facing roles.
  BBC News.  Thursday, 21 Jan 2021.
• LinkedIn says these are the fastest growing job sectors in the UK
  
  Jobs in e-commerce, health care and digital content freelancing are seeing the fastest growth in the U.K., according to LinkedIn.
  CNBC.  Thursday, 21 Jan 2021.
• COVID-19 Illinois: Lake County mass vaccination site opens at fairgrounds for health care workers
  
  A mass COVID-19 vaccination site opened at the Lake County, Illinois fairgrounds.
  ABC News.  Wednesday, 20 Jan 2021.
• NHS worker whose sister died with coronavirus on same ward where she works vows to carry on working
  
  Healthcare assistant Andrea Haysman was with her sister Wendy Dennis, 60, when she died from Covid-19 at Royal Cornwall Hospital.
  Daily Mail.  Tuesday, 19 Jan 2021.
• We Need To Talk About Another Pandemic Mental Health Crisis: Therapist Burnout
  
  There is a growing need for mental health care in the U.S. and with more need comes more demand for services. Yet there has long been a shortage of mental health providers and the current therapists are burning out supporting everyone. ...
  Forbes.  Tuesday, 19 Jan 2021.
• Many health care workers refuse to get COVID-19 vaccines
  
  "We have a lot more work to do to get health care workers to take the vaccine," one expert said of worker resistance to shots.
  CBS News.  Tuesday, 19 Jan 2021.
• COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil has overwhelmed its health systems, analysis shows
  
  An analysis of the first 250,000 patients admitted to hospital with coronavirus reveals a high mortality and inequities in the quality of healthcare across regions.
  Science Daily.  Sunday, 17 Jan 2021.
• Nearly 40% of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Brazil died amid surge
  
  Nearly 40 percent of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Brazil died of the virus as the nation's health care system was inundated with coronavirus cases last year, a new study estimates.
  Daily Mail.  Saturday, 16 Jan 2021.
• C.D.C. Warns New Virus Variant Could Fuel Huge Spikes in Covid Cases
  
  The more contagious version, first identified in Britain, is expected to spread widely and lead to further strains on an already overburdened health care system.
  New York Times.  Saturday, 16 Jan 2021.

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