As COVID-19 spreads, a growing number of rural communities find themselves without their hospital or on the brink of losing already cash-strapped facilities.
Controversial Antigen Tests Could Be Key to Defeating COVID-19
Many say rapid result tests could help fix the nation’s COVID-19 testing shortage — a problem that has hobbled public health efforts to control the virus.
As COVID-19 spikes among young adults, research shows vaping is associated with catching COVID
A new study shows young people who reported ever having used e-cigarettes were five times more likely to test positive for COVID-19 than non-users.
Swab, Spit, Stay Home? College Coronavirus Testing Plans Are All Over the Map
Higher education has had no clear guidance or set of standards to adhere to from the federal government or anywhere else.
One College’s Pop-Up COVID Test: Stop and ‘Smell the Roses’ (Or the Coffee)
“We’re telling our community if you lose your sense of smell, you should self-isolate and immediately get tested.”
King County dedicates $41 million to COVID-19 related rental assistance and eviction prevention
The goal is to help up to 10,000 households experiencing COVID-related economic challenges remain in their homes.
Oleandrin is a deadly plant poison, not a COVID-19 cure
All parts of the plant are poisonous. If eaten, it causes cardiac arrhythmias, or irregular heart rates, and can be lethal to both humans and animals.
Scam Alert: Things a COVID Contact Tracer Wouldn’t Say
Grifters are taking advantage of a genuine public health intervention that’s crucial to stopping the spread of the novel coronavirus: contact tracing.
Meatpacking Companies Dismissed Years of Pandemic Warnings
Government officials predicted that a pandemic would threaten critical businesses and warned them to prepare. Meatpacking companies largely ignored them.
COVID Plans Put to Test as Firefighters Crowd Camps for Peak Wildfire Season
Firefighting is an inherently dangerous job that now carries the additional risk of COVID-19 transmission.
Cloth masks do protect the wearer – breathing in less coronavirus means you get less sick
It seems people get less sick if they wear a mask.
These States Aren’t Waiting for the Feds to Create COVID-19 Worker Safety Rules
In the absence of federal action, some states are creating safety rules to protect workers from COVID-19.
How Misinformation, Federalism and Selfishness Hampered America’s Virus Response
By some measures, the United States has handled the health crisis as badly as any country has.
How Las Vegas is “gambling with lives” across the U.S.
Cellphone data shows that when it comes to COVID-19, what happens in Vegas doesn’t stay in Vegas.
Is the US COVID-19 pandemic death toll even higher than 170,000 reported?
The number of excess deaths in the U.S. currently exceeds the number attributable to COVID-19 by more than 16,000 people.