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U.S. Records 500 Coronavirus Deaths In 24 Hours; Worldwide Cases Reach Over 800,000

March 31, 2020 / Lisette Voytko, Forbes Staff Topline: The U.S. on Monday recorded its highest one-day death toll from coronavirus, while globally, the number of cases surged past 800,000, as reports of patients overwhelming the healthcare system both domestically and abroad continue to emerge, and government officials saying the apex in infections is still weeks …

6 feet enough for social distancing? MIT researcher says droplets carrying coronavirus can travel up to 27 feet

March 31, 2020 / Jordan Culver, USA TODAY The novel coronavirus has prompted social distancing measures around the world. One researcher believes what’s being done isn’t enough. Lydia Bourouiba, an associate professor at MIT, has researched the dynamics of exhalations (coughs and sneezes, for instance) for years at The Fluid Dynamics of Disease Transmission Laboratory …

‘It’s surreal,’ nurse practitioner says of field hospital set up in Central Park amid coronavirus pandemic

March 30, 2020 / By Janelle Griffith Shelly Kelly, a nurse practitioner from Tulsa, Oklahoma, never imagined that on her first trip to New York City, she would be unable to visit some of the area’s biggest attractions. “I had no idea that on my first trip to New York I wouldn’t be able to see …

Pentagon to buy 8,000 ventilators in $84M deal, officials say

March 30, 2020 / By Louis Casiano | Fox News The Pentagon will spend $84.4 million to purchase 8,000 ventilators from four vendors, according to a contract signed over the weekend, with the first deliveries slated to happen in May. The Defense Department said the companies tapped to produce the much-needed equipment are Combat Medical Systems, Hamilton Medical, VyAire Medical and …

Google commits over $800 million for coronavirus crisis response

March 30, 2020 / By Christopher Carbone | Fox News Google is committing over $800 million to support health organizations and workers, small- and medium-sized businesses, and governments, to battle the global coronavirus pandemic. The tech giant’s CEO Sundar Pichai made the announcement on Friday. “Together, we’ll continue to help our communities—including our businesses, educators, researchers and nonprofits—to navigate the challenges ahead,” …

Limited testing poses challenges to mapping COVID-19 spread

March 30, 2020 / JESSICA KIM COHEN  As information continues to emerge about COVID-19, researchers and companies are trying new approaches to map the outbreak. But how to accurately display and project the spread of the disease has proven difficult, particularly given the limited number of tests available to confirm where cases of COVID-19 actually …

After Grassroots Uprising, AZ Governor Issues Stay-At-Home Order To Prevent Spread Of COVID-19

March 30, 2020 / Patricia Barnes, Senior Contributor Gov. Doug Ducey Monday capitulated to a mounting grassroots effort by Arizona citizens demanding that he issue a “stay-at-home” or “shelter-in-place” order to prevent the spread of COVID-19. In recent weeks, some 30 states have issued “shelter-in-place” orders and some are even discouraging visits by out-of-towners from …

Banner Health sends 10 Phoenix-based nurses to Colorado to help fight COVID-19

March 29, 2020 / James Carr, Arizona Republic Banner Health sent 10 nurses from its Phoenix-area hospitals to its hardest-hit Colorado hospital on Sunday. In response to the growing outbreak of the new coronavirus, Banner Health flew 10 nurses to serve a two-week assignment in Greeley, Colorado, at the North Colorado Medical Center, Banner Health said in …

Hospitals redeploy specialists to COVID-19 front lines

March 30, 2020 / Tara Bannow and Maria Castellucci What used to be the heart team at Manhattan’s Mount Sinai Morningside—its cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, intensivists, cardiovascular nurses—is now a COVID-19 team. As the pandemic sweeps the U.S., prominent health systems have rolled out plans to redeploy specialists who don’t typically treat infectious diseases to care …

Model cited by White House says 82,000 people could die from coronavirus by August, even with social distancing

March 30, 2020 / By Arman Azad, CNN (CNN) – President Donald Trump’s decision to extend social distancing guidelines until April 30 came after officials reviewed 12 different statistical models, said Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus response coordinator, during a Sunday press briefing. But standing in the Rose Garden, Birx also mentioned another model, …

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