Dr. Howard Smith Oncall

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/aHuKzrsiDCc   Let’s review some the healthcare-related business news for this 2nd week of May, 2022   Bill Gates just tested positive for CoVid despite the fact that he is fully vaccinated and boosted.  His case so far is symptomatically mild.  He is attending the first in-person meeting that the Gates Foundation has had in several years, but he will be doing so virtually.  Ironically, his latest book “How to Prevent the Next Pandemic” was published last week.   https://www.businessinsider.com/bill-gates-says-he-has-tested-positive-for-covid-19-2022-5   Yelp and Microsoft now join Citibank, Apple, Tesla, and Amazon in adding a unique health benefit for their employees.  In support of access to a full panel of reproductive health care including pregnancy termination, these companies and likely others will pay travel costs if services are unavailable in in an employee’s home state.   https://www.businessinsider.com/yelp-exec-abortion-travel-expenses-benefit-miriam-warren-2022-4 h