Health Workers Resort To Etsy, Learning Chinese, Shady Deals To Find Safety Gear
The global pandemic has ordinary health care workers going to extremes in a desperate hunt for medical supplies.
The global pandemic has ordinary health care workers going to extremes in a desperate hunt for medical supplies.
If there were ever a time for more public health funding, health experts say, it’s now.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urges people to wear face coverings to prevent a spike of COVID-19.
Around the country, nursing homes trying to protect their residents from the coronavirus eagerly await boxes of masks, eyewear and gowns promised by the federal government. But all too often the packages deliver disappointment — if they arrive at all.
If the Oregon Health Authority gets the go-ahead, Multnomah County restaurants, bars, gyms and other public facilities could start reopening the following day.
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Homeless and impoverished people often lack mobile devices, and patients in rural and frontier areas of Oregon have poor or no broadband access.
Mass protests against police violence across the U.S. have public health officials concerned about an accelerated spread of the coronavirus.
Pneumonia. Heart problems. High cholesterol. Betsy Carrier, 71, and her husband, Don Resnikoff, 79, relied on their primary care doctor in Montgomery County, Maryland, for help managing their ailments.
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While hospitals cite their recent revenue drops and plead for money from lawmakers, they often are sitting on healthy reserve accounts that they built up in the boom years.
The final figures are not yet in but the payouts range from nearly $400,000 to more than $33 million per facility.