A recent study conducted by Cynerio, a healthcare IoT security platform, found that over half of medical devices found in hospital settings contain critical vulnerabilities.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has recently focused its enforcement efforts on protecting Americans from scammers looking to take advantage of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic by making false claims about cures and treatments.

The Biden Administration is taking steps to try and make home COVID-19 tests more accessible by requiring health insurers to cover a certain number of tests monthly (depending on the size of a family). There is some fear from the health insurance industry that the policy may cause the price of tests to increase.