Healthcare
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Fauci says reluctance to follow health guidelines is ‘frustrating’
Top government infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci said Friday that it was “frustrating” that the public was ignoring health guidelines to prevent further coronavirus spread.
Italy had coronavirus as far back as December, new analysis finds
The coronavirus may have been in Italy as early as December.
Masks get politicized
Mask-wearing is becoming increasingly politicized.Structural racism may not be the cause of health disparities between blacks and whites
“Black people suffer from dramatic health disparities in life expectancy, maternal and infant mortality, chronic medical conditions, and outcomes from acute illnesses like myocardial infarction and sepsis,” stated a recent open letter signed by more than 1,200 public health experts and medical students supporting the George Floyd protests. “They result from long-standing systems of oppression and bias which have subjected people of color to discrimination in the healthcare setting.”Republicans and Democrats split on investigating COVID-19 nursing home deaths
June 18, 2020 11:00 PM California’s Newsom mandates face coverings be worn in public statewide
June 18, 2020 04:40 PM Anthony Fauci lied about masks; now he complains that people 'distrust authority'
June 18, 2020 12:22 PM Trump says China may have intentionally spread coronavirus
June 18, 2020 12:05 PM Fauci warns of ‘anti-science bias’ in US
Top government infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci warned that an “anti-science bias” is pervasive in the United States.
States on 'cusp of losing control' of coronavirus outbreaks, former FDA head warns
Former Food and Drug Administration head Dr. Scott Gottlieb said the states hardest hit by the latest coronavirus surge are "on the cusp of losing control."
NYC eyes reopening as Beijing cracks down
New York City, once the coronavirus epicenter of the world, is “on track” to enter its next phase of reopening as soon as next Monday, while Beijing has been forced to raise its emergency response level as a new round of coronavirus infections in the capital worsens.States fail to get ready as coronavirus outbreaks rise
A number of states facing worsening outbreaks of the coronavirus have not created robust contact tracing programs to help contain the spread, despite having bought weeks or months of time to prepare via costly stay-at-home orders.Outdated regulations are hampering a coronavirus cure
June 18, 2020 12:00 AM New York hospitals, group homes can accept visitors again
June 17, 2020 07:00 PM More than 1,200 flights grounded as 'extremely grave' coronavirus outbreak hits Beijing
June 17, 2020 01:20 PM Protect our nation's grandparents: Investigate coronavirus in nursing homes
June 17, 2020 12:00 AM Pence says second-wave fears are overblown as hospitalizations rise in some states
Vice President Mike Pence said that fears of a second wave of coronavirus infections were “overblown” as hospitalizations rise in several states.