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News Stories
Stories about the public health crisis related to delays in care have appeared in dozens of newspapers, magazines, and medical journals. Below are just a few of the many articles published on this topic:
It’s Time to Go Back to the Doctor’s Office. In Person This Time. (6/16/21)
The Washington Post
COVID Led More Women to Forgo Needed Health Care (6/15/21)
WebMD Health News
Missed Doctor Visits Have Created Covid’s Shadow Health Crisis (2/9/21)
Bloomberg Business Week
Heart Trouble: Cardiovascular Death Spikes an Indirect Cost of COVID-10 Pandemic (1/11/21)
Harvard Medical School News
#ReturnToCare Campaign Seeks to Reunite Patients with Their Doctors (12/29/20)
Forbes.com
The Pandemic is Delaying Cancer Screenings and Detection (12/24/20)
Scientific American
How Safe is the Doctor's Office During the Pandemic (12/8/20)
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Doctors Have Message for Patients: Don’t Skip Non-urgent Appointments (11/30/20)
Boston Globe
Four-Week Cancer Treatment Delay Raises Death Risk by 10% – Study (11/4/20)
The Guardian
The COVID-19 Pandemic Has Erased Decades of Progress on Childhood Vaccination (9/15/20)
Time Magazine
Cancer Did Not Stay Home for COVID-19 (9/11/20)
Science Advances
Missed Vaccines, Skipped Colonoscopies: Preventive Care Plummets (9/10/20)
New York Times
Cancer Radiation Can Safely Proceed During COVID-19 Pandemic: Study (8/27/20)
U.S. News and World Report
Half of Breast Cancer Care Survivors Had Delays in Care Due to COVID-19 (8/18/20)
Science Daily
Coronavirus Effect: States Where the Most People Delayed Getting Medical Care Because of Pandemic (7/29/20)
USA Today
Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Cancer-Related Patient Encounters (7/27/20)
Journal of Clinical Oncology Clinical Cancer Informatics
Patients are Still Delaying Essential Care out of Fear of Coronavirus (7/13/20)
The Washington Post
The US Healthcare Crisis is About to Get $52 Billion More Expensive (7/6/20)
Forbes
Coronavirus Could Cause 35,000 ‘Extra’ Cancer Deaths (7/6/20)
Yahoo
COVID Has Derailed Health Care for Many Americans, Causing Countless Deaths (7/2/20)
USA Today
Excess Deaths From COVID-19 and Other Causes, March-April 2020 (7/1/20)
Journal of the American Medical Association
Physicians Urge Cancer Screening to Avoid Second Health Crisis (6/22/20)
Modern Healthcare
Nation’s Cancer Chief Warns Delays in Cancer Care are Likely to Result in Thousands of Extra Deaths in Coming Years (6/18/20)
The Washington Post
After Enduring COVID, Hospitals Brace for Cancer Onslaught (6/11/20)
Bloomberg
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