Category: Public Health

As Coronavirus Patients Skew Younger, Tracing Task Seems All But Impossible

Although younger people are hospitalized and die less frequently than their elders when infected with COVID-19, their cases are harder to trace. As a result, the virus is spreading uncontrollably throughout much of Southern California. Even hospital staffs are affected by community spread.

COVID-19 death rate rising; FEMA sends refrigerated mortuary trucks to Texas — 4 updates

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85 infants test positive for COVID-19 in Texas county

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US governors urge White House to delay changes to hospital reporting requirements

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10 states with largest spikes in daily coronavirus deaths since June 1

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Oxford English Dictionary now defines ‘contact tracer,’ ‘corona’

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Social distancing may reduce polio-like illness in kids this year, experts say

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Must-Reads of the Week

KHN’s Midwest correspondent Lauren Weber drills through the vital health care policy stories of the week, so you don’t have to.

Texas, Arizona counties ask for refrigerated trucks as coronavirus deaths rise

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Trump Administration’s Sudden Shift on COVID Data Leaves States in the Lurch

Missouri Hospital Association says the switch of data collection from the CDC to a new HHS contractor is “a major disruption.” In Kansas, the move likely will delay hospitalization data.