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'It's a slaughter,' Doctors Say of New Coronavirus Wave
Yahoo News - Thu Nov 19, 2020
WASHINGTON - Saturday was supposed to see the University of Virginia's football team face off against Louisville - but then the coronavirus got in the way. More»

U.S. shatters records with more than 100,000 new cases in a single day
Washington Post - Thu Nov 5, 2020
Months ago, the notion of the United States recording more than 100,000 coronavirus infections in a single day seemed inconceivable. More»

El Paso County, Texas, imposes a curfew from 10pm to 5am as all hospitals hit 100% capacity
Daily Mail - Mon Oct 26, 2020
El Paso County in Texas has ordered a curfew between 10pm and 5am as the number of cases COVID-19 skyrocket and all hospitals reach 100 percent capacity. More»

COVID-19 Pandemic Has Claimed Far More Lives Than Reported
NBC New York - Mon Oct 12, 2020
Far more Americans have died as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic than have been counted and reported, according to new research published Monday in the Journal of the American Medical Association. More»

Leading Medical Journal Calls For End To Trump Administration
Huffington Post - Wed Oct 7, 2020
In a rare political statement from a scientific journal, the New England Journal of Medicine released an editorial Wednesday lambasting the Trump administration's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and calling on Americans to vote President Donald Trump out of office next month. More»

NYC Preparing to Lay Off 'Hundreds' of EMTs Amid COVID Budget Crisis
WNBC-TV - Wed Aug 19, 2020
The FDNY EMS union said that City Hall is looking to eliminate 400 emergency medical response jobs, just months after first responders were dealing with call volumes as high as 6,500 a day during the peak of the pandemic. More»

Coronavirus: Why US is expecting an 'avalanche' of evictions
BBC - Sun Aug 9, 2020
As hair salons, churches and restaurants reopened across the US, so did eviction courts. More»

Memphis woman, 56, still recovering from COVID-19 after a hospital stay is evicted from her home over her mother-in-law's medical debt
Daily Mail - Sun Aug 9, 2020
A Memphis woman who is recovering from COVID-19 was evicted from her home last week over medical debt belonging to her mother-in-law. More»

Three-Quarters of Adults With COVID-19 Have Heart Damage
UPI - Thu Aug 6, 2020
Seventy-eight percent of people diagnosed with COVID-19 showed evidence of heart damage caused by the disease weeks after they have recovered, according to a study published Monday by JAMA Cardiology. More»

Georgia Hospital Worker Sounds Alarm: 'I Have Never Ever Seen Anything Like This'
NPR - Fri Jul 17, 2020
The emergency room overflowed with patients. More»

Trump Orders Hospitals Not To Provide COVID Data To CDC
New York Times - Wed Jul 15, 2020
The Trump administration has ordered hospitals to bypass the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and, beginning on Wednesday, send all coronavirus patient information to a central database in Washington - a move that has alarmed public health experts who fear the data will be distorted for political gain. More»

Trump Sending Military to Hospitals to "Oversee" COVID-19 Data
Daily KOS - Wed Jul 15, 2020
There are a number of jobs that the National Guard has been trained to perform. More»

Alabama students throwing 'COVID parties' to see who gets infected
ABC - Thu Jul 2, 2020
Students in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 have been attending parties in the city and surrounding area as part of a disturbing contest to see who can catch the virus first, a city council member told ABC News on Wednesday. More»

Two Friends in Texas Were Tested for Coronavirus. One Bill Was $199. The Other? $6,408.
New York Times - Mon Jun 29, 2020
Before a camping and kayaking trip along the Texas Coast, Pam LeBlanc and Jimmy Harvey decided to get coronavirus tests. More»

"They Just Dumped Him Like Trash": Nursing Homes Evict Vulnerable Residents
New York Times - Mon Jun 22, 2020
Nursing homes across the country are kicking out old and disabled residents and sending them to homeless shelters and rundown motels. More»

Georgia nurses accuse hospital of manipulating COVID-19 test results
WXIA-TV - Sat Jun 20, 2020
ATHENS, Georgia - The lawsuit filed against Landmark Hospital in Athens has many allegations including nurses being instructed to swab incorrectly to give false results. More»

Coronavirus survival comes with a $1.1 million, 181-page price tag
Seattle Times - Sat Jun 13, 2020
Remember Michael Flor, the longest-hospitalized COVID-19 patient who, when he unexpectedly did not die, was jokingly dubbed "the miracle child?" Now they can also call him the million-dollar baby. More»

Surgeons found 'black mold' clinging to heart of 7-month-old patient at Seattle Children's Hospital
KING-TV - Thu May 21, 2020
SEATTLE, Washington - A lawsuit filed in King County court says a now 7-month-old baby contracted a mold infection at Seattle Children's, months after the hospital had closed and thoroughly scrubbed its operating rooms due to the presence of Aspergillus mold. More»

Stimulus check theft: Some nursing homes stole relief funds from elderly residents
KABC-TV - Tue May 19, 2020
WASHINGTON - Several states reported that some nursing homes and assisted living facilities have forced elderly residents on Medicaid to hand over their coronavirus stimulus checks, according to a Federal Trade Commission alert. More»

Florida scientist was fired for refusing to 'manipulate' COVID-19 data
USA Today - Tue May 19, 2020
BREVARD COUNTY, Florida - The scientist who created Florida's COVID-19 data portal wasn't just removed from her position on May 5, she was fired on Monday by the Department of Health, she said, for refusing to manipulate data. More»

Trump's new coronavirus vaccine czar owns $10 million in stock options in company developing vaccine
Salon - Mon May 18, 2020
The former pharmaceutical executive named by President Donald Trump to lead a federal coronavirus vaccine development project owns more than $10 million in stock options in a company that has received federal funding to develop such a vaccine. More»

Trump Labor Department Encourages States to Help Employers Report Workers Who Stay Home Due to Covid-19
Common Dreams - Tue May 12, 2020
"There's a plague outside but the Trump administration is strongly encouraging states to solicit employer tips on workers staying home". More»

Outcry after Trump suggests injecting disinfectant as treatment
BBC - Fri Apr 24, 2020
US President Donald Trump has been lambasted by the medical community after suggesting research into whether coronavirus might be treated by injecting disinfectant into the body. More»

FEMA seized 400,000 N95 masks, has them "just sitting on a loading dock at JFK"
New York Daily News - Thu Apr 23, 2020
A medical supply company in Delaware is questioning the legality of federal seizures of N95 respirator masks destined for medical workers amid the coronavirus pandemic. More»

2 Californians died of coronavirus weeks before previously known 1st US death
CNN - Wed Apr 22, 2020
New autopsy results show two Californians died of novel coronavirus in early and mid-February -- up to three weeks before the previously known first US death from the virus. More»

The White House Has Erected A Blockade Stopping States and Hospitals From Getting Coronavirus PPE
New England Journal of Medicine - Sun Apr 19, 2020
As a chief physician executive, I rarely get involved in my health system's supply-chain activities. More»

Antibody study suggests coronavirus is far more widespread than previously thought
The Guardian - Fri Apr 17, 2020
A new study in California has found the number of people infected with coronavirus may be tens of times higher than previously thought. More»

17 Bodies Found in New Jersey Nursing Home After Anonymous Tip
NBC NY - Thu Apr 16, 2020
A phone call led New Jersey police to gruesome scene at a nursing home in New Jersey that has been ravaged by the coronavirus. More»

I'm an E.R. Doctor in New York. None of Us Will Ever Be the Same.
New York Times - Tue Apr 14, 2020
A Covid diary: This is what I saw as the pandemic engulfed our hospitals. More»

Massive Spike in NYC "Cardiac Arrest" Deaths Seen as Sign of COVID-19 Undercounting
WNBC-TV - Fri Apr 10, 2020
The FDNY reported a nearly 400 percent increase in "cardiac arrest" home deaths in late March and early April, a spike that officials say is almost certainly driven by COVID-19, whether they were formally diagnosed or not. More»

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