Category: Public Health

Before ‘Tidal Wave’ Of Illness, Nursing Home Thought It Had COVID-19 Contained

Though it already had one staff member testing positive for the coronavirus, the Gallatin Center for Rehabilitation and Healing did not tell 911 operators this fact as it called ambulances to take residents in respiratory distress to the hospital, a WPLN investigation reveals.

How Climate Change Is Putting Doctors In The Hot Seat

Health care providers are seeing the effects of climate change in hospitals across the U.S. ― and urging their peers to take action.

In Fine Print, HHS Appears To Ban All Surprise Billing During The Pandemic

Language in the CARES Act says providers who take emergency funding cannot balance-bill coronavirus patients ― and “every patient” is considered a possible COVID-19 patient.

COVID-19 activity continues to rise: 4 CDC findings

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Texas governor announces plan to reopen state next week

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Duke registry to collect clinicians’ clinical, personal experiences with COVID-19

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African Americans make up one-third of all US coronavirus cases

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44% of secondary COVID-19 cases linked to presymptomatic patients, study suggests

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Epidemiologists question accuracy of IHME’s COVID-19 projections

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Most Americans worry states will lift coronavirus constraints too quickly, survey finds

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