Category: Public Health

Jails And Prisons Spring Thousands To Prevent Coronavirus Outbreaks

As wardens across the country grapple with COVID-19 outbreaks, inmates are being released to prevent widespread contagion in overcrowded prisons.

‘I Wasn’t Eating’: Senior Twin Sisters Battle Pandemic Anxiety Together

Twins Edna Mayes and Ethel Sylvester, 92, are relying on each other through the pandemic, in which one of the hidden dangers is to their mental health.

15% of pregnant women in study tested positive for COVID-19, most asymptomatic

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What Pew poll reveals about Americans’ COVID-19 concerns: 8 findings

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Global registry tracks exposure risks for clinicians intubating COVID-19 patients

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New York gets $12K per COVID-19 case; California releases 6 indicators to reopen economy + 16 other updates from the hardest hit states

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White House freezes WHO funding, unveils ventilator-sharing program: 9 COVID-19 updates

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COVID-19 immunity for recovered patients uncertain, WHO officials say

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Handlers of coronavirus corpses need protective gear, NYC professor says

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More Americans now know someone with COVID-19, poll shows

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