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- Algorithm Compares Risk of Cancelled Ophthalmology Appointments Against COVID-19https://modernod.com/news/algorithm-compares-risk-of-cancelled-ophthalmology-appointments-against-covid-19/2478075/The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many ophthalmologists across the US to cancel potentially necessary eye examinations with patients since March. A team, led by Nikhil K. Bommakanti, MD, W.K. Kellogg Eye Center, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Michigan, developed a f
- Study Points to Potential New Approach to Treating Glaucoma and Alzheimer’s Diseasehttps://modernod.com/news/study-points-to-potential-new-approach-to-treating-glaucoma-and-alzheimers-disease/2478060/Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) have shown for the first time that when one optic nerve in the eye is damaged, as in glaucoma, the opposite optic nerve comes to the rescue by sharing its metabolic energy. In doing so, however, the undamaged optic nerve becomes vu
- Apple Was Already Developing Handwashing Sensing Before COVID-19 Hithttps://modernod.com/news/apple-was-already-developing-handwashing-sensing-before-covid-19-hit/2477981/When Apple vice president of technology Kevin Lynch announced at WWDC last week that Apple Watch would add an automatic handwashing-detection feature in its next update, many people naturally assumed the feature was prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic – a public health emergency that has strongly u
- CMS Finalizes Plan to Allow Medicare Advantage Plans to Expand Telehealth Benefitshttps://modernod.com/news/cms-finalizes-plan-to-allow-medicare-advantage-plans-to-expand-telehealth-benefits/2477820/The Trump administration has finalized several changes in Medicare Advantage (MA) and Part D in anticipation of bid submissions on June 1, according to a FierceHealthcare
- Early Data Show Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine Generates Immune Responseshttps://modernod.com/news/first-covid-19-vaccine-tested-in-the-us-shows-promise-in-data-from-eight-people/2477791/Moderna reported positive interim data from a phase 1 study of its vaccine candidate against SARS-CoV-2, with results showing that mRNA-1273 elicited neutralizing antibody titer levels in all eight initial participants in the low- and mid-dose cohorts, reaching or exceeding levels generally seen
- Report: More Than Half of All Age-Related Macular Degeneration Cases Go Undiagnosedhttps://modernod.com/news/report-more-than-half-of-all-age-related-macular-degeneration-cases-go-undiagnosed/2477776/In the nine major pharmaceutical markets, less than half of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) cases were diagnosed in 2019 in adults aged 50 years and older, according to analytics company GlobalData. The company’s latest report, ‘
- Trump Administration Allocates $11B for COVID-19 Testing as Faster Tests Get Approvedhttps://modernod.com/news/trump-administration-allocates-11b-for-covid-19-testing-as-faster-tests-get-approved/2477749/The Trump administration will provide $11 billion to states to ramp up testing capabilities to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a FierceHealthcare
- Federal Guidelines Establish Criteria for Providing Elective Surgeries During Reopening of Economyhttps://modernod.com/news/federal-guidelines-establish-criteria-for-providing-elective-surgeries-during-reopening-of-economy/2477605/On Thursday, the federal government issued revised guidelines, “Opening Up America Again,” establishing three phases for reopening the economy. With respect to ambulatory s
- Statement From the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association Regarding Elective Surgery and COVID-19https://modernod.com/news/statement-from-the-ambulatory-surgery-center-association-regarding-elective-surgery-and-covid-19/2477393/With the growing concern that hospitals may be overwhelmed by a surging number of patients with COVID-19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended that some inpatient surgeries be shifted to outpatient settings, when feasible. However, there has been conflicting guidan
- AAO Alert: Coronavirus Update for Ophthalmologistshttps://modernod.com/news/aao-alert-coronavirus-updates-for-ophthalmologists/2477347/The Academy is sharing important ophthalmology-specific information related to the novel coronavirus, referred to as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which was previously known by the provisional name 2019-nCoV. The highly contagious virus can cause a severe respirato