The growth or use bit in the past couple of months . Dr. Kvedar it has been around some people think since the 1920s. They had a different name for than that chose a family huddled around the radio having a visit with the doctor on the other side. The concept has been around for a while, the late 1960s is when i got going and it puttered along for the next several decades until a couple of months ago when we told everyone, in the u. S. , that they had to stay in their home. And we as clinicians had to take care of them so i blossomed overnight at the point. Host how can it be used today . Guest it can be used in a number of ways. The best uses, Mental Health is the number one probable youths. Probable use. And a growing need, so that is wonderful. A lot of urgent care type things such as sore throat, ear aches. And screening for the coronavirus is handily done using this technology. Virtual urgent care. And chronic illness management followup visits for patients with diseases like hype
Cspan. Org election. Interactive election vote tallies state by state. Balance of power in congress. Latest video on demand and about the election process go. To cspan. Org election. And this commune on the communicators, its a discussion about a growing form of telecommunications. And that is telemedicine. Joining us are dr. Joseph kavidar of the American Medical Association and Harvard Medical School, along with our guest reporter, Kimberly Leonard of Business Insider. Dr. Kavidar, how long has telemedicine been around . And whats been the growth or use of it in the past couple of months . Dr. Kavidar its been around some people think since the early 1920s. It was a lovely picture in one of the early magazines now poplar science. But it shows a family huddled around the radio having a visit ith the doctors. Really the 1960s is when it puttered along. We told everyone in the u. S. That we had to stay in our home and we as clinicians had to take care of them. How can it be use today .
144,000, 65000 people hospitalized and we are averaging over a thousand deaths a day. A new round of restrictions would surely slow the economy and put more people out of work, heard even more with travel, retail and Entertainment Industries perhaps, thats one reason the market is selling this morning. After the huge recent gains the dow looks to be down about 200, s p down about 10. Look at the nasdaq with a modest bounce to the upside with the dana may be a quarter of a percent of the standout political headline comes from Bernie Sanders. He says yes, if offered the job of labor secretary in a biting next he would take it. On that, we will say this, varney co. Is about to begin. Stuart born to be wild, well i guess thats fairly appropriate. What you are looking at is rather empty new york city on a rainy thursday morning. Of course, its been half empty for about eight months and Governor Cuomo has more restrictions on businesses. Ashley, bring me up to speed. Ashley he certainly has.
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Joe biden making that final push to win over voters just days before the election. Brian sullivan lays out the big guide in one big battleground stooit stat state. And well go live overseas into the deep dive an app hes success. Youre watching World Wide Exchange good morning, im dominic chu in for Brian Sullivan. Lets get right to how the money and the markets are shaping up right now as you have been seeing in the corner of your screen, stock futures are indicating a lower open, right now the dowism app isdow implie nearly 400 points. S p by about 49. And the nasdaq lower by 220. Well get in to that more. Stocks are looking to cap off what has been an incredibly turbulent week the three major indices are now done between 3 and nearly 6 so far in just that short time span alone. It is also the last trading day of the month and october proving to be a tough one for investors. The dow down nearly 4 , the s p down 1. 5 . And the nasdaq with a fractional gain, although we know the nasdaq