Category: Public Health

Keeping The COVID Plague At Bay: How California Is Protecting Older Veterans

Even as COVID-19 has ravaged nursing homes around the country, California has managed to keep the virus at bay at its eight state-run homes for frail and older veterans. What exactly went right?

Southwest CEO’s Boast About Airplanes’ Low COVID Risk Flies By Key Concerns

Airplanes are small enclosed spaces where social distancing poses special challenges, making this statement an overstatement.

COVID Survivors’ Blood Plasma Is A Sought-After New Commodity

A possibility that the blood of people who had COVID could save others has set off a mad scramble for donors — with top-dollar offers and a plan that relies on the blood of 10,000 Orthodox Jewish women.

COVID-19 mortality dips; hospitalizations continue to rise — 4 CDC findings

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5-year-old dies of mysterious condition potentially linked to COVID-19

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U.S. coronavirus cases stuck at top of curve

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COVID-19 could cause 75K deaths from suicide, substance use

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9 states performing enough COVID-19 tests to reopen safely, Harvard researchers say

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1.4M healthcare jobs lost in April; US needs 900K tests daily to safely reopen — 4 COVID-19 updates

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NYC Health + Hospitals to lead city effort to track COVID-19 spread

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