States and insurers resurrect barriers to telehealth, straining patients As emergency provisions end, patients are scrambling — in some cases, driving across state lines — to keep their telehealth appointments. Katie Palmer STAT

Telemedicine is here to stay. But its free-for-all era may be coming to an end.

Delta variant said to be far more widespread than federal estimates The reality on the ground is likely much higher because states and private labs are taking weeks to report testing results to the CDC. POLITICO

The more-transmissible Delta coronavirus variant is believed to be significantly more widespread than the current federal projections, according to two senior Biden administration health officials with knowledge of the situation.