Category: Public Health

Coronavirus Is Keeping Me Home From Work. Will I Get Paid?

If you are sick from the coronavirus outbreak or sent home, your financial protections may vary depending on what state you live in.

In Texas, white, college-educated people more likely to opt out of vaccinating their kids

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Kaiser Permanente donates $1M to bolster coronavirus response

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WHO: Coronavirus outbreak is a pandemic

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Looming lab supply shortage could set back COVID-19 testing as US cases surpass 1,000

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How To Avoid Coronavirus? Lessons From People Whose Lives Depend On It

As the new coronavirus continues its spread through the U.S., the general public can look for guidance from millions of Americans with weakened immune systems who long ago adopted the rules of infection control that officials tout to avoid contagion.

Emergency physicians recommend policy changes to combat coronavirus outbreak

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National Guard to create 1-mile containment area in New York to stop biggest US cluster of coronavirus

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Spread of COVID-19 could last into 2021; threat of pandemic ‘very real’

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Heart Association Puts Halt To Bayer’s Giant Displays Of Baby Aspirin

After Kaiser Health News’ questions, the association tells the aspirin maker to take down display bins at Walmart pharmacies that gave a false impression that the over-the-counter drug is recommended for everyone to prevent heart attacks.