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Trump fumes after CNN's Jim Acosta asks if his coronavirus briefings are just "happy talk"
Raw Story - Fri Apr 10, 2020
During Friday's coronavirus task force press briefing, President Donald Trump lost his patience with CNN chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta when he questioned whether the hearings were whitewashing the challenges facing the government. More»

Workers in full Hazmat suits bury rows of coffins in New York's Hart Island mass grave
Daily Mail - Thu Apr 9, 2020
Workers wearing hazmat suits have been spotted burying caskets in a mass grave on New York's Hart Island - as the number of burials quadruples amid the coronavirus pandemic and the city's death roll rises to more than 4,200. More»

Ten times as many New Yorkers are dying in their homes than normal and they aren't being tested for COVID-19
Raw Story - Tue Apr 7, 2020
As of this writing, 12,242 people have died in the United States as a result of COVID-19, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). More»

Doctors Say Hospitals Are Stopping Them From Wearing Masks
NPR - Mon Apr 6, 2020
Neilly Buckalew is a traveling doctor who fills in at hospitals when there's need. More»

Fauci: no evidence anti-malaria drug pushed by Trump works against virus
The Guardian - Mon Apr 6, 2020
Donald Trump's top coronavirus adviser has warned again that there is no scientific evidence to support the use of an unproven anti-malaria drug the president has been pushing as a possible remedy for Covid-19. More»

Why is California still waiting for nearly 60,000 coronavirus test results?
The Guardian - Sat Apr 4, 2020
Nearly two-thirds of the coronavirus tests conducted in California are still awaiting results - in part due to an initial bottleneck at a single laboratory - leaving medical providers and patients in the dark, and health officials without the information they need to understand the disease's spread. More»

Pentagon says it still hasn't sent ventilators because it hasn't been told where to send them
CNN - Wed Apr 1, 2020
Washington, DC - Despite having committed to transferring 2,000 ventilators in military stocks to the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Department of Health and Human Services to fight the coronavirus outbreak, the Pentagon has not shipped any of them because the agencies have not asked for them or provided a shipping location, the Pentagon's top logistics official said Tuesday. More»

Hospitals Tell Doctors They'll Be Fired If They Speak Out About Lack of Gear
Bloomberg - Tue Mar 31, 2020
Hospitals are threatening to fire health-care workers who publicize their working conditions during the coronavirus pandemic -- and have in some cases followed through. More»

Days After a Funeral in a Georgia Town, Coronavirus "Hit Like a Bomb"
New York Times - Mon Mar 30, 2020
A mourner came to Albany, Georgia to attend the funeral of a retired janitor. More»

Do I have COVID-19? Maybe. But like many Georgians, I've found it impossible to get a test.
Atlanta Magazine - Sat Mar 28, 2020
Since my husband, Jim, and I returned from a trip overseas on Monday, March 16, we've followed the instructions CDC workers distributed on our plane: avoiding others, checking our temperatures, keeping an eye out for the major symptoms of coronavirus infection - fever, coughing, and shortness of breath. More»

Donald Trump sends broken ventilators to blue state
KRON-TV - Sat Mar 28, 2020
SAN JOSE, California - As COVID-19 continues to spread throughout the United States - where it has the most cases in the world - local, state and federal governments have been working together to slow the spread of the deadly virus. More»

New Jersey nursing home is evacuated after ALL 94 residents are presumed positive for coronavirus
Daily Mail - Thu Mar 26, 2020
WOODBRIDGE, New Jersey - A nursing home in New Jersey has been evacuated after officials said that a coronavirus outbreak left all 94 patients presumed positive for the infection, and just three heroic nurses were left on staff to care for them. More»

Spanish Military Finds Dead Bodies And Seniors 'Completely Abandoned' In Care Homes
NPR - Wed Mar 25, 2020
The Spanish military has found older residents of some care homes "completely abandoned" and even "dead in their beds," Defense Minister Margarita Robles said in a television interview on Monday. More»

How did Matt Gaetz get a coronavirus test when the rest of us can't?
Raw Story - Fri Mar 13, 2020
I got the COVID-19 text at 8:30 Tuesday night, three days after returning from a journalism conference in New Orleans. More»

Trump declares national emergency over coronavirus
BBC - Fri Mar 13, 2020
US President Donald Trump has declared a national emergency to help handle the growing outbreak of coronavirus. More»

New York Govrnor Cuomo deploys National Guard to New Rochelle to establish coronavirus containment center
CNBC - Tue Mar 10, 2020
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has deployed the National Guard to New Rochelle, a coronavirus hot spot just north of New York City. More»

Italy Sets Mandatory Quarantine For 16 Million People In Region Including Milan, Venice
Huffington Post - Sun Mar 8, 2020
Italy instituted a mandatory quarantine for 16 million people in the northern part of the country that includes Milan and Venice, in a desperate bid to slow the spread of the coronavirus. More»

There Is a "Tipping Point" Before Coronavirus Kills
Bloomberg - Sun Mar 8, 2020
The new coronavirus causes little more than a cough if it stays in the nose and throat, which it does for the majority of people unlucky enough to be infected. More»

FDNY orders firefighters to STOP responding to 911 calls involving coronavirus symptoms and instead send lower-paid paramedics
Daily Mail - Sat Mar 7, 2020
The Fire Department of the City of New York has ordered firefighters to stop responding to calls involving potential coronavirus symptoms. More»

Coronavirus infected Nebraska woman, 36, being taken to a bio-containment unit
Daily Mail - Sat Mar 7, 2020
The number of cases of coronavirus in the US has topped 400, as the outbreak spreads quickly and the death toll reaches 19. More»

CPAC attendee tests positive for coronavirus
The Hill - Sat Mar 7, 2020
The American Conservative Union (ACU) announced Saturday that an attendee at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). More»

South Korea declares "war" on coronavirus as outbreak spreads rapidly and unpredictably outside of China
Washington Post - Tue Mar 3, 2020
Governments pledged urgent action on Tuesday as the novel coronavirus spread rapidly and unpredictably around the world and Americans braced for an increasing toll at home. More»

This is the coverup: CDC website stops reporting number of COVID-19 virus tests
Raw Story - Mon Mar 2, 2020
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) is no longer sharing vital statistics about the coronavirus on its website after a new death was confirmed this week. More»

Trump says coronavirus shows need for better flu shot
New York Post - Mon Mar 2, 2020
President Trump says the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak shows the need for a better flu shot. More»

South Korea's coronavirus cases surpass 3,100, more infections expected in Daegu
Korea Herald - Sat Feb 29, 2020
South Korea saw the number of the novel coronavirus cases surpass 3,100 with 17 deaths on Saturday afternoon, with the coming days until early March considered a watershed for the country's efforts to contain community spread of the deadly virus. More»

Trump administration says the coronavirus vaccine might not be affordable for all Americans
Business Insider - Wed Feb 26, 2020
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar on Wednesday declined to promise that a coronavirus vaccine would be affordable for all Americans. More»

Americans forced into bankruptcy to pay for prescriptions
The Guardian - Fri Feb 14, 2020
Millions of Americans can't afford the prescription drugs they require to survive, forcing them into bankruptcy, trips to Mexico or cutting off utilities. More»

Utah cuts healthcare costs by flying employees to Mexico for prescriptions
The Guardian - Tue Feb 11, 2020
A health insurer in Utah is seeking to reduce prescription drug costs by flying state employees to Mexico, where they can collect medications at a fraction of the US cost. More»

Why is the flu killing so many American children?
The Independent - Mon Feb 10, 2020
Kaylee Roberts had just earned her learner's permit - she was 16 years old and excited about getting behind the wheel. More»

County in rural Kansas is jailing people over unpaid medical debt
CBS News - Mon Feb 10, 2020
COFFEYVILLE, Kansas - There is at least one issue a divided electorate can come together on this election year: A recent poll finds 90% of those surveyed agreed on the importance of making health care more affordable. More»

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