Category: Public Health

51 recovered COVID-19 patients in South Korea retest positive

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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?