Health Care

Not just COVID: Nursing home neglect deaths surge in shadows

As more than 90,000 of the nation’s long-term care residents have died in a pandemic that has pushed staffs to the limit, advocates for the elderly say a tandem wave of death separate from the virus has quietly claimed tens of thousands more, often because overburdened workers haven’t been able to give them the care they need.

COVID-19 double-edged sword for health care innovation

According to General Electric's 2020 Global Innovation Barometer, business leaders believe innovation is both crucial to addressing the world's challenges caused by COVID-19 and under threat due to the pandemic itself.