LocalHealthGuide - Part 142

What Medicare covers related to the coronavirus

Medicare covers lab tests for coronavirus. You pay no out-of-pocket costs when your health care provider orders it. Medicare covers all necesary hospitalizations

March 10, 2020 Coronavirus / Health Insurance

Healthplanfinder Offers Special Enrollment in Response to Coronavirus Outbreak

Uninsured individuals to be given 30 days to enroll in health insurance.

March 10, 2020 Child Health / Mental Health

As Youth Suicides Climb, Anguished Parents Begin To Speak Out

The suicide rate among U.S. children ages 10 to 14 has almost tripled from 2007 to 2017.

March 10, 2020 Coronavirus

Social distancing doesn’t need to be social isolation

How we can keep each other stay safe and practice social distancing with love and as a community, not in isolation?

March 10, 2020 Coronavirus

COVID-19 cases in Washington rises to 162, deaths to 22

Here’s the update from the Washington State Department of Health.

March 9, 2020 Coronavirus / Public Health

Number of COVID-19 cases in King County rises to 116, deaths to 20

Of the 33 new cases reported today, two are deaths. In addition, one person who was previously reported as a positive case has now died.

March 9, 2020 Public Health

5 key principles of crisis communication officials should use in coronavirus pandemic

Call on credible sources: experts, not a amateurs. Be consistent. Be honest. And promote meaningful actions.

March 9, 2020 Coronavirus

Frequently Asked Questions About COVID-19

Washington State Department of Health answers the most common questions it has been asked about the new coronavirus infection, COVID-19,

March 9, 2020 Child Health / Coronavirus / Public Health

Americans still trust doctors and scientists during a public health crisis

Whom do Americans trust to lead them through the coronavirus crisis?

March 9, 2020 Coronavirus

You Might Be Buying a Hand Sanitizer That Won’t Work for Coronavirus

Sanitizers that don’t contain the CDC’s recommended minimum of 60% alcohol are flying off store shelves. Here is what you need to know.

March 8, 2020 Cancer / Coronavirus

Coronavirus: what cancer patients need to know – Advice from the Fred Hutch

Patients with blood cancers, such as lymphomas, leukemia and multiple myeloma, are most at risk.

March 8, 2020 Coronavirus / Public Health

King County COVID-19 cases total rises to 83, deaths to 17

Twelve new cases of COVID-19 have been reported to Public Health – Seattle & King County through Saturday, March 7th. Of the 12 two are deaths.

March 7, 2020 Coronavirus

Number of COVID-19 cases in King County rises to 71, deaths to 15

Of the 13 new cases reported Friday, two are deaths. In addition, two cases previously reported last week are people who have now died.

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March 6, 2020 Coronavirus / Public Health

What really works to keep coronavirus away?

4 questions answered by a public health professional

March 6, 2020 Blood and Hematology

Blood Drives — And Donors — Fall Off As Coronavirus Worries Grow

At Bloodworks Northwest, which collects blood for nearly 100 local hospitals, more than 200 donations were lost when blood drives, appointments were cancelled.