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The North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society, in alliance with the Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library at the University of Utah, is offering the Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library.

In letters to several major health insurers and health insurance associations in the United States, the American College of Physicians suggested recommendations about how to keep the new COVID-19 flexibilities in place after the period of the public health emergency has ended. 

In the ever-changing landscape of the COVID-19 pandemic, the global population must refocus daily to remain tuned in to the latest understandings about the virus. Some of the most important observations involve new ways in which the virus affects patients. 

While ophthalmologists and their staffs continue to face challenges with the availability of proper personal protective equipment amid the COVID-19 pandemic, an internal Federal Emergency Management Agency slideshow detailed that N95 masks may have to be reused into October. 

As protests continue to take place in cities across the United States in the wake of the death of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis, MN, police officer, the American Academy of Ophthalmology, and other physician groups are stepping up to add their voices to groups calling for an end to racism and discrimination.

Information about the COVID-19 virus changes rapidly as scientists learn more about its behavior.