March 27, 2020 / Associated Press Some political leaders are hailing a potential breakthrough in the fight against COVID-19: simple pin-prick blood tests or nasal swabs that can determine within minutes if someone has, or previously had, the virus. The tests could reveal the true extent of the outbreak and help separate the healthy from the …
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March 27, 2020 / By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) – Across the country, health care professionals have mobilized to treat patients suffering from the novel coronavirus, and many are doing so without adequate supplies and equipment. Now, some are sharing what it’s like inside their hospitals as they face an unprecedented crisis. Here’s what they have …
March 27, 2020 / By Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) – The N95 respirator masks that health care workers need to protect themselves while treating coronavirus patients are in dangerously short supply. So much so that physicians are wearing used respirators, risking infection to care for patients. But now, Duke University researchers have developed a method to clean them so they …
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, AdvaMed President and CEO Scott Whitaker released a statement applauding congressional passage of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. “These are extraordinary times, and we appreciate Congress for responding in an extraordinary way,” said Scott Whitaker, President and CEO of AdvaMed. “The latest relief package will help keep medical …
March 27, 2020 / Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY SAN FRANCISCO — At least eight strains of the coronavirus are making their way around the globe, creating a trail of death and disease that scientists are tracking by their genetic footprints. While much is unknown, hidden in the virus’s unique microscopic fragments are clues to the origins of its …
March 27, 2070 / By Greg Norman | Fox News Andrew Cuomo is calling on President Trump Friday to approve the construction of four additional temporary hospitals to help fight the coronavirus outbreak in New York City. The demand from New York’s governor comes as FEMA, the Army Corps of Engineers and the National Guard have already started building such facilities in Manhattan, Westchester, Nassau and Suffolk …
March 27, 2020 / Kevin McCoy and Katie Wedell, USA TODAY As the coronavirus threatens the nation’s health care system, hospitals are seeking tens of thousands of ventilators to help patients breathe as the disease attacks their lungs. But someone needs to operate those breathing machines. And there aren’t enough specially trained personnel, health care experts and reports warn. “They’re …
March 27, 2020 / Rick Jervis, Maria Clark, Lorenzo Reyes NEW ORLEANS — Throngs of revelers may have brought the coronavirus to New Orleans during Mardi Gras celebrations here. But the city’s poverty rate, lack of healthcare and affordable housing, and high rates of residents with preexisting medical conditions may be driving its explosive growth and could make it the …
March 27, 2020 / By Kasie Hunt and Alex Moe WASHINGTON — Shortly before the House vote Friday on the massive relief package in response to the coronavirus outbreak, Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., said he planned to force a recorded vote on the legislation, arguing that House members should have to go on the record like …
The basics on the coronavirus: What you need to know as the US becomes the new epicenter of COVID-19
March 27, 2020 / Grace Hauck, USA TODAY Two months after the first coronavirus case was confirmed in the United States, the nation has become the new epicenter of the worldwide pandemic. More than 1,300 people have died in the U.S. after contracting COVID-19, tens of thousands have been infected, and it’s still hard to get tested …
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