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 […]
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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
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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,
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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
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
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
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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 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
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