Category: Public Health

California Lawmakers Struggle To Conduct Business Amid COVID-19 Lockdown

In an interview with California Healthline, the state’s Senate leader, Toni Atkins, makes clear that with social-distancing measures in force it will be difficult to debate and pass complicated budget measures ― but public health, education and public safety will be priorities.

Hospital Suppliers Take To The Skies To Combat Dire Shortages Of COVID-19 Gear

As the coronavirus sweeps the nation, a new survey reveals widespread medical gear shortages while hospitals give up on a fractured supply chain and take matters into their own hands with planes sprinting past cargo ships.

Georgia hospital worker with COVID-19 found dead in her home 

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40,000 people have signed up for New York’s surge healthcare force, governor says

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New York creates surge healthcare workforce + 25 other updates from the hardest-hit states

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Senate agrees on $2 trillion aid deal; FEMA secures 60K tests without wartime law & 6 other COVID-19 updates

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Some States Are Reporting Incomplete COVID-19 Results, Blurring The Full Picture

Maryland, Ohio and others are reporting only positive tests, which skews tracking and an understanding of how the virus spreads.

Are Vital Home Health Workers Now A Safety Threat?

Hundreds of thousands of health care workers go into homes to provide important services for seniors and disabled people. But with the rising concerns about the danger of the coronavirus pandemic, especially for older people, these health workers could be endangering their patients and themselves.

Why Hoarding Of Hydroxychloroquine Needs To Stop

Six states — Idaho, Louisiana, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio and Texas —  have taken steps to limit inappropriate prescriptions for the medicine and preserve supplies for patients who take it for lupus and rheumatoid arthritis.

Photo Essay: LA Under Lockdown

Californians are under orders to stay home to slow the spread of the coronavirus — and the result is that some of Southern California’s best-known spots are shuttered or deserted, from Santa Monica Pier to Olvera Street.