Category: Public Health

HHS changed testing guidelines despite CDC experts’ objections; health workers account for 14% of global cases — 5 COVID-19 updates

By Becker's Hospital Review - Healthcare News in Becker's Hospital Review, Channels, Featured, Public Health
September 18, 2020

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Wildfires’ Toxic Air Leaves Damage Long After the Smoke Clears

By Katheryn Houghton in Kaiser Health News, Public Health, states
September 18, 2020

As fires burn longer and closer to cities throughout the West, researchers are trying to understand the lasting health impacts by studying a Montana town previously smothered by wildfire smoke.

A Pandemic Upshot: Seniors Are Having Second Thoughts About Where to Live

By Judith Graham in Aging, COVID-19, Kaiser Health News, Navigating Aging
September 18, 2020

More than 70,000 residents and staff members at nursing homes and assisted living facilities have died of COVID-19, and others are under strict rules designed to keep the disease from spreading. That has evoked concern that living in a communal facility could be dangerous.

In Face of COVID Threat, More Dialysis Patients Bring Treatment Home

By Heidi de Marco, Kaiser Health News in California, COVID-19, Diabetes, Kaiser Health News, Medicare, Multimedia, Public Health, states
September 18, 2020

Since the COVID-19 pandemic hit, more patients are administering dialysis to themselves at home rather than receiving it in a clinic. Although home dialysis limits exposure to the virus, it comes with its own challenges.