It’s Election Day here in the US. By the time the next edition of this newsletter hits your inbox, we could know quite a lot about the results — or very little.
I'm spending the next few days in the Midwest before finishing up a move to Denver. I'm excited to be near family for the next year of the pandemic, enjoying a socially distanced ski season and a smidge more space to work from home!
Some team news before we get into your typical healthcare updates: We have a new reporter in our ranks!
Shelby Livingston joined us Monday as a senior reporter covering the new ways people are going to the doctor and how that's being paid for. I'll be sure to let you know when she drops her first byline, but in the meantime, be sure to follow her on Twitter and send her tips at [email protected].
Medical staff wearing full PPE push a stretcher with a deceased patient to a car outside of the Covid-19 intensive care unit at the United Memorial Medical Center on June 30, 2020 in Houston, Texas. Go Nakamura/Getty Images
Texas overtook California on Saturday as the state that has recorded the most COVID-19 infections during the pandemic, according to Johns Hopkins University.
As of that day, Texas had recorded 931,750 total cases, the university said.
