Highest number impacted by race: Whites Highest case rate by race: Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islanders Highest death rate by race: Hispanics 64% of deaths were related to long-term care facilities Most common symptoms: cough, fever King County and Seattle, Washington are where the biggest group of early Covid-19 cases in the U.S. were detected, primarily in […]
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Dr. Jane Orient and the hydroxychloroquine debate (PODCAST)
How did the anti-malaria pill hydroxychloroquine go from scientists saying it was a great hope for treating and even preventing coronavirus... to a media campaign that called it dangerous quackery? We followed the money and talked to scientists who have their own idea as to what is going on. You'll also hear from Dr. Jane […]
Wisconsin Supreme Court tosses "stay at home" orders
The following is an excerpt from a report in Independent. Order is ‘unlawful, invalid and unenforceable’ Wisconsin's Supreme Court has struck down Governor Tony Evers’s stay-at-home order, the first statewide measure in the US to be dismissed by the courts, throwing out his quarantine effort amid a coronavirus outbreak that has infected more than 10,000 people […]
An American scientist's Wuhan connection
The following is from Full Measure with Sharyl Attkisson. Watch the video by clicking the link at the end of the story. One of the staunchest defenders of China’s conduct in the coronavirus outbreak is an American microbiologist based in Texas. It turns out he helped develop the staff and practices at the very lab […]
Are hospitals and doctors who accept coronavirus funding banned from "balance billing" patients?
Health care providers who receive emergency funds under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act are banned from the practice of "balance billing." That's according to an analysis by Kaiser Health News. The question is whether that ban applies to coronavirus patients only, or all patients. Balance billing is the controversial practice of […]
Israel hospital opens first ward for psychiatric patients with coronavirus
Handling psychiatric patients amid coronavirus is proving challenging, according to researchers. For example, a hospital psychiatric ward in South Korea normally banned hand sanitizer so that patients do not drink it. Windows may be sealed shut so people do not try to jump out. Patients may sleep in communal rooms. All of these conditions were […]
'Honey, the cat has coronavirus.' What to do.
The latest CDC insights on transmission of COVID-19 between humans and their pets. When it comes to coronavirus, one of the many subjects under the category of “unknown” is how the virus moves between animals and people. On April 22, the government announced two cases of COVID-19 in pet cats in different households, both in New York […]
FDA reiterates guidance: use malaria drugs to treat coronavirus only in hospitals
The FDA has issued guidance reinforcing what it said in March: the malaria drugs hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine should only be used to treat COVID-19 patients when they are hospitalized and participation in a clinical trial is "not available," or "not feasible." The FDA originally granted Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the medicines on March 28 but emphasized […]
