Category: Infectious Disease
‘When It Starts Getting Into Your Local Hospital, It Becomes Real’
St. James Parish, La. is the hardest-hit counties nationwide for COVID-19 cases per capita, placing its small rural hospital on the pandemic’s front lines.
Senior community protected in ‘outbreak that didn’t happen’
A study of a COVID-19 outbreak in a Seattle retirement center suggests that with older patients the decision to test should not rely solely on symptoms
UW seeks $50m in private donations for COVID-19 response
UW Medicine estimates it will need a total of $50 million in private philanthropy for its Emergency Response Fund to support these critical priorities:
Pockets of Rural America Are Less Vulnerable to COVID-19’s Economic Fallout — For Now
Small and isolated rural areas that lagged during the economic boom may fare better, relatively speaking, in the aftermath of the pandemic.
COVID-10 cases in King County reach 3,331, deaths 222
As of Monday, midnight there have been 3.331 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the county, up 164 from Sunday, and 222 confirmed deaths, up 14.
Inslee extends school closures for the rest of the 2019-20 school year
Proclamation prohibits in-person instruction with exceptions for students with disabilities and English language learners for whom distance learning presents challenges.
Cancer Surgeries and Organ Transplants Are Being Put Off for Coronavirus. Can They Wait?
The elective procedures being postponed because of coronavirus aren’t all optional, but cancer patients and organ recipients are being forced to wait.
After you’ve recovered from COVID-19, when is it safe to come out of isolation?
Physicians said they can’t offer patients who seem to have recovered but who aren’t retested guarantees about whether they will be able to transmit the virus.
“Dead on Arrival”: A N.Y. Fire Chief’s COVID Journal
As New York firefighters respond to coronavirus emergency calls, an FDNY battalion chief and 9/11 survivor confronts the city’s latest mass tragedy.
How to make, how to use and when to use a face mask
Mask use does not replace the need to follow these important precautions to prevent illness.
Mortality rate among severely ill COVID-19 patients high, UW study finds
Care required an average of 10 days on a ventilator, still half of patients died.
Inslee extends ‘Stay Home, Stay Healthy’ through May 4
The order, which banned all gatherings and temporarily shuttered non-essential businesses, will continue through May 4.
Governors take charge of response to the coronavirus
Governors are taking aggressive action in their states in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, each is tailoring the response to the unique needs of their state.
Coronavirus FAQs
Can people without symptoms spread COVID-19? How long does it live on surfaces? What cleaning products kill the virus? Can ibuprofen make the infection worse?
What does it mean that coronavirus cases are growing “exponentially?”
Because epidemics they exponentially, epidemics start slowly, then balloon with surprising speed.