Tag: Health

‘I’ve been an idiot’: New Zealand health minister demoted for going to beach during lockdown

Zach Halaschak · April 8, 2020 1:09 am

Workers in protective overalls walk past the Hankou railway station on the eve of its resuming outbound traffic in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province on Tuesday, April 7, 2020. Just after midnight Wednesday, the city's 11 million residents will be permitted to leave without special authorization as long as a mandatory smartphone application shows they are healthy and have not been in recent contact with anyone confirmed to have the virus.

China lifts Wuhan coronavirus shutdown

John Gage · April 7, 2020 7:59 pm

‘Fat studies’ professor: Advice on staying healthy during coronavirus ‘oppresses and abuses so many’

Emma Colton · April 7, 2020 5:50 pm

Medical workers wearing personal protective equipment wheel bodies to a refrigerated trailer serving as a makeshift morgue at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, Monday, April 6, 2020, in New York. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.

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If we can’t end gonorrhea, how can we possibly end coronavirus?

Tiana Lowe Doescher · April 7, 2020 4:00 pm

The View host claims ‘people are dying’ from information disseminated at Trump press conferences

John Gage · April 6, 2020 8:37 pm

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Andrew Cuomo says antimalarial drug promoted by Trump is ‘anecdotally’ effective against coronavirus

Anthony Leonardi · April 6, 2020 6:50 pm

President Donald Trump speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House, Saturday, April 4, 2020, in Washington.

‘I can’t take it anymore’: Democrat threatens Trump with Hague referral over hydroxychloroquine advocacy

Spencer Neale · April 6, 2020 3:20 pm

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks about the coronavirus in the Rose Garden of the White House, Monday, March 30, 2020, in Washington.

Los Angeles doctor says ‘very ill’ patients ‘basically symptom-free’ after taking Trump-touted drug

Dominick Mastrangelo · April 6, 2020 3:02 pm

Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., said Congress will probably have to pass a stopgap measure, amounting to a few days, to keep the government open as lawmakers reach an agreement. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

First member of Congress to test positive for coronavirus recovers and volunteers to donate plasma

Carlin Becker · April 5, 2020 10:20 pm

Dr. Drew Pinsky.

Dr. Drew apologizes for comparing coronavirus to the flu

Caitlin Yilek · April 5, 2020 6:04 pm

Tennessee boy with cystic fibrosis recovers from the coronavirus

Dominick Mastrangelo · April 5, 2020 5:24 pm

States need to close all nonessential services, including abortion clinics

Abby Johnson · April 5, 2020 4:38 pm