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Deep Dive: Although COVID-19 will remain a challenge in 2021, the vaccines raise hope that progress is being made in the battle with the coronavirus and countries are racing toward the light at the end of the tunnel.

Varsha Rao, CEO of Nurx, talks about the trends in women's health that are propelling telemedicine into the new year.

This week's top stories include President Biden appointing new coronavirus czar Jeffrey Zients as head of the White House's COVID-19 response team and Micky Tripathi as head of National Coordinator for Health IT.

Amwell CEO Roy Schoenberg talks about how telehealth jumped ahead generations in 2020 and what he is excited about for 2021.

Sarah Jones, VP at Best Buy Health, shares her thoughts about the future of telehealth, senior care and the regulatory space.

Jim Rogers, president of HealthConnect Networks and Mission Broadband, discusses the hurdles healthcare providers face when connecting with patients.

This week's top stories include Flo Health settling with the FTC over data sharing allegations, the feds telling states not to hold the COVID-19 vaccine in reserve and health IT heavy hitters creating the Vaccine Credential Initiative.

Lina Shadid, health industries lead at PwC Middle East, says the Middle East's investment in healthcare over the past 10 years has prepared it to meet patient needs and leverage its digital transformation to fight COVID-19.

From electronic case reporting to PDMP to disaster response, eHealth Exchange Executive Director Jay Nakashima says he's optimistic as network architecture improves and public-private data sharing efforts make progress.

This week's top stories include Optum and Change uniting; Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase's Haven joint venture calling it quits; and patient engagement tools playing a key role in streamlining the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.