Category: Public Health

Californians, New Yorkers ordered to stay home & 25 other updates from the 6 hardest-hit states

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Now On The Menu At Closed Schools: Drive-Thru Lunches

As schools shutter to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus, many districts are still offering free meals to their most vulnerable students. In two Southern California districts, families roll through school lunch drive-thrus to grab hot meals.

National COVID-19 response: US raises health alert to highest level and 9 other notes

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Washington nursing home with 34 coronavirus deaths mistook outbreak for pneumonia, flu

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Providence donates $500K to bolster coronavirus response efforts

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Extreme social distancing needed to suppress COVID-19 spread, study finds

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Gig Economy Workers Hurt By Coronavirus Eye New Federal Funds For Relief

A law signed by Trump on Wednesday will provide financial help for self-employed workers, who generally don’t have paid leave. Some states also have family and medical leave programs that can be helpful.

White House partners with digital platforms, media networks for COVID-19 messaging

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Was The Novel Coronavirus Really Sneaky In Its Spread To The U.S.? Experts Say No.

Public health professionals dismissed the president’s claims that the spread of the coronavirus, in particular, and the threat of a pandemic, in general, snuck up on us as being “simply astonishing” and “simply untrue.”

Coronavirus response: Updates from the 6 hardest-hit states

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