March 24, 2020 / Phoebe Wall Howard Ford Motor Company announced Tuesday that it will join the effort to “speed production” of respirators to help fight the coronavirus pandemic. The Dearborn, Michigan-based automaker said in a statement that it’s collaborating with 3M to manufacture “Powered Air-Purifying Respirators.” The two are working on a “new design leveraging parts from both companies,” …
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March 24, 2020 / John Bacon, USA TODAY The nation absorbed its 600th coronavirus death Tuesday as stocks roared higher, the Summer Olympics were delayed, and President Donald Trump said he hoped to “open up” the nation by Easter. In Congress, leaders on both sides of the aisle said a stimulus deal was near. The U.S. death toll reached …
March 21, 2020 / Jayne O’DonnellUSA TODAY U.S. hospitals face a critical shortage of protective equipment and top federal officials have called for a halt to non-emergency surgeries amid the coronavirus pandemic. But some hospitals are ignoring the directive, raising concerns that patients and medical staff are at risk. Hospitals including University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, …
March 23, 2020 / Josh RiveraUSA TODAY Amazon announced Monday that it has removed more than 3,900 selling accounts in its U.S. store for “violating our fair pricing policies.” As coronavirus fears began to spread in early March, the company said it was investigating. On Monday, the retail giant also said in a blog post it has removed more …
March 21, 2020 / JESSICA KIM COHEN A new COVID-19 project from one of Google’s sister companies is the latest big-tech foray into healthcare to spark privacy concerns. Verily Life Sciences, a research subsidiary of Alphabet, last week released a website designed to screen users for COVID-19 risk—and, for those who qualify, point them to mobile testing …
March 23, 2020 / Modern Healthcare Healthcare providers are warning their communities not to self-medicate in an attempt to prevent or treat coronavirus, after a man died after ingesting an inappropriate household product. The man and his wife were admitted to a Banner Health hospital after ingesting chloroquine phosphate, which is typically used to clean fish …
March 24, 2020 / Ryan W. Miller USA TODAY A loss of a sense of smell or taste may be a symptom of COVID-19, medical groups representing ear, nose and throat specialists have warned. Citing a growing number of cases around the globe, the American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery and ENT UK each issued warnings about patients …
March 24, 2020 / ByMorgan Winsor and Emily Shapiro Over 1.5 billion people across the globe — more than one-fifth of the world’s population — have been ordered or urged to stay home amid a deadly pandemic of the novel coronavirus, which the World Health Organization has warned “is accelerating.” The new respiratory virus, known officially …
March 24, 2020 / Lauren Hirsch@LAURENSHIRSCH , Leslie Josephs@LESLIEJOSEPHS Democrats and Republicans are closing in on a massive stimulus package to combat the economic impact of the coronavirus. In perhaps the biggest signal that an agreement was close, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., told CNBC on Tuesday morning that there is “real optimism” Congress can …
March 23, 2020 / Associated Press A series of missteps at the nation’s top public health agency caused a critical shortage of reliable laboratory tests for the coronavirus, hobbling the federal response as the pandemic spread across the country like wildfire, an Associated Press review found. President Donald Trump assured Americans early this month that the …
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