Category: Public Health

COVID-19 may disproportionately affect African Americans 

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Few children with COVID-19 are hospitalized, CDC finds

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The 4 benchmarks needed to end social distancing

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To Curb Coronavirus, What’s Behind The Wearing Of A Mask?

The CDC recommends that Americans wear facial masks when they go to public places, such as the grocery store. But this is only one part of a multipronged effort to stop the virus’s spread.

Hospitals need more rules waived to better respond to pandemic, AHA says

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California loans 500 ventilators to national stockpile; Navy ship to accept COVID-19 patients + 23 other updates from the 6 hardest-hit states

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White House taps 3M for 166M face masks; Fauci ‘cautiously optimistic’ US can avoid worst projections — 6 COVID-19 updates

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1 in 8 Americans know someone with COVID-19

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Nursing Homes Have Thousands Of Ventilators That Hospitals Desperately Need

The prospect raises a grim dilemma: Should doctors take people off life support in order to save COVID-19 patients who might recover?

Cancer Patients Face Treatment Delays And Uncertainty As Coronavirus Cripples Hospitals

As hospitals across the country are forced to delay or cancel certain medical procedures in response to the surge in patients with COVID-19, those hard choices are disrupting care for some people with serious illnesses.