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HHS Continues Medical Response to Terrorist Attacks
HHS yesterday continued to respond to the aftermath of Tuesday’s terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Arlington, Va.
Southern California blood donation officials are hopeful that the outpouring of local donors in the wake of Tuesday’s terrorist attacks represents a step toward improving the region’s low donation rate, the Los Angeles Times reports.
FAA Grants Flight Clearance to UNOS, Other Medical Organizations
Despite closures of U.S. airports after the Sept. 11 attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C., the nation’s organ transplant system and other organizations transporting blood and emergency medical supplies have received a “green light” for air travel in the form of a special waiver from the Federal Aviation Administration, the Contra Costa Times reports.
Health Issues Not Likely to be a Priority for Congress
Although “as recently as Monday” health issues such as patients’ rights and a Medicare drug benefit appeared “likely to play a central role in the end-of-year budget battle this fall,” they are “among items now headed for the back burner” considering Tuesday’s attacks, CongressDaily/AM reports.
MCOS Lift Restrictions on Care in New York and D.C.
Several health plans with consumers in the New York and Washington, D.C., regions have suspended their restrictions on care following Tuesday’s attacks, the AP/Houston Chronicle reports.
Gov. Davis Signs Several Health Bills Into Law
With only two days remaining in the 2001 Legislative session, Gov. Gray Davis (D) has signed several health care bills.
NBC Interviews NYU Medical Staff
“Dateline NBC” producers carrying hand-held video cameras were “granted a rare opportunity” to interview medical professionals in the intensive care unit of the New York University Downtown Hospital yesterday about their experiences treating victims from the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center.
Patients Push For Online Consultations, While Doctors Resist
Patients and health plans looking to cut costs are turning to consultations with physicians via e-mail, but many doctors are hesitant to use the technology in their practices, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports.
Blood Donors Nationwide Wait Hours, Asked to Come Back
With thousands of people across the country waiting in lines for hours to donate blood in the wake of Tuesday’s terrorist attacks, America’s Blood Centers is urging donors to wait to donate, saying the “national blood supply for [the] victims is at capacity,” USA Today reports.
California Search-and-Rescue Workers, Volunteers Head to New York
In the wake of yesterday’s terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., about 200 specially trained search-and-rescue workers from Los Angeles, Riverside and Sacramento flew from California to New York City yesterday, and 100 more in Oakland and Menlo Park “stood by” for another flight, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.