Category: Infectious Disease
Can you visit your dad safely on Father’s Day? A doctor gives you a checklist
A physician has developed a matrix to help you decide how to safely celebrate Father’s Day in a fact-based and safe manner.
Medicaid Rolls Surge, Adding to Budget Woes
If unemployment reaches 20%, the Urban Institute forecasts Medicaid enrollment could reach as high as 62 million.
Health Experts Link Rise In Arizona COVID Cases To End Of Stay-At-Home Order
Some states, like Washington, have reopened more slowly with a set of specific benchmarks for different regions, but Arizona took a more aggressive approach.
Nearly 170,000 COVID-19 deaths in US by Oct. 1, model predicts
Deaths are predicted to remain fairly level through August and begin to rise again in the fourth week of August with a more pronounced increase during September.
COVID-19 activity increasing in Washington state
The situation in eastern Washington is of greatest concern, particularly in Benton, Franklin, Spokane and Yakima counties.
The seven COVID-19 numbers to watch
A U.S. National Academy of Sciences panel have identified seven numbers decision-makers should follow to guide their response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Many Faithful Say It’s Time to Gather. Some Governors Disagree.
“Given the virus, and now the civil unrest, people need God. People need God all the more right now.”
New Coronavirus Hot Spots Emerge Across South And In California, As Northeast Slows
In the South, the timing of new cases appears linked to the reopening of restaurants, barbershops and gyms, which started in most states more than a month ago.
In letter to Pence, Inslee calls for national PPE mobilization
The lack of a federal program has led to a 50-state scramble to secure badly needed personal protective equipment that was “unnecessary, chaotic,
Tips for wearing face masks
Here are three tips that might help make face coverings part of your routine.
Emergency COVID-19 measures prevented more than 500 million infections, study finds
Measures implemented in six major countries have substantially slowed the spread of the novel coronavirus – study
As Businesses Reopen, Workplace Testing Is the ‘Wild West’
If a business chooses to provide testing that produces an inaccurate result, it will be on the hook for the consequences, experts say.
600 U.S. health workers have died of COVID-19
Tally includes doctors, nurses and paramedics, as well as support staff such as hospital janitors, administrators and nursing home workers.
Contact tracing: what is it, how does it work?
Contact tracing is how public health workers identify people who may have COVID-19 and not know it and help them avoid spreading it to others.
Coronavirus: what if the drugs don’t work?
We have to steel ourselves for the possibility that no safe and effective vaccine or treatment will emerge and we may have to learn to live with COVID-19.