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Category: Public Health
Palliative Care Helped Family Face ‘The Awful, Awful Truth’
Elizabeth and Robert Mar would have celebrated 50 years of marriage in August. Instead, they died within a day of each other. Their two very different deaths illustrate how palliative care is changing to help patients and families cope with the coronavirus pandemic.
Lost on the Frontline
A lab assistant who spoke out about employee safety. A disease intervention specialist who hoped to follow her mother into nursing. A father of three who juggled jobs at three nursing homes. These are some of the people just added to “Lost on the Frontline,” a special series from The Guardian and KHN that profiles health care workers who died of COVID-19.
Pandemic may last 2 years; remdesivir approved for emergency use — 8 COVID-19 updates
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8 states reporting spikes in COVID-19 cases, deaths
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COVID-Plagued California Nursing Homes Often Had Problems In Past
Nursing homes with COVID-19 infections tend to violate health rules more often and have more complaints and fines, records show. But infections also plague highly rated facilities — while sparing some low-ranked ones.
COVID-19 isolation doesn’t have to lead to overeating
If you’ve felt an uptick in urges to munch and crunch your way through the day since COVID-19 has revamped our lives, you’re not alone. It’s hard enough not to fall prey to emotional and mindless eating in the best of times. Enduring skyrocketing stres…
COVID-19 is 3rd leading cause of death, STAT analysis suggests
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COVID-19 outpatient visits fall for 2nd week: 4 CDC findings
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CMS loosens more regulations; CDC drafts reopening guidelines + 3 other COVID-19 updates
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