Days after a hospital system said it wouldn’t allow women to have visitors during childbirth, New York state quashed that policy. Last week, NewYork-Presbyterian health care system made the “very difficult decision” to ban such visitors, including the mothers’ partners, to try to curb the spread of coronavirus. But on Saturday, state officials announced plans…… MORE
A 33-year-old member of Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards’ staff has died due to complications from coronavirus. April Dunn served in the governor’s office of disability affairs. “It is with heavy hearts that we mourn the loss of our dear April,” Edwards said in a statement Saturday. “She brightened everyone’s day with her smile, was…… MORE
The United States is advising residents of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut not to travel domestically after the number of reported coronavirus deaths doubled to over 2,000 nationwide within two days. It took about a month from the first report of a coronavirus death on February 29 to the number reaching 1,000 on Thursday.…… MORE
What are the telling signs that you may have the novel coronavirus which causes Covid-19? The main list of acute symptoms at this time is actually quite short and can appear anywhere from two to 14 days after exposure to the virus, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “We’re emphasizing fever…… MORE
New York, New Jersey and Connecticut have been placed under a 14-day travel advisory in the latest effort by United States officials to slow down the rapid spread of the deadly coronavirus. More than 121,000 coronavirus cases have been reported in the US and more than half are in those states, according to CNN’s tally…… MORE
Despite President Donald Trump’s enthusiasm for the drug hydroxychloroquine to treat coronavirus, the federal funding powerhouse led by Dr. Anthony Fauci isn’t spending any money on it, and clinical trials for it are lagging behind other drug studies, according to a CNN investigation. At a White House briefing last week, Trump said hydroxychloroquine, which is…… MORE
Hospital workers in Louisiana, where the cases of novel coronavirus are skyrocketing daily, are already working under great stress and officials there say it will get worse. An employee inside one hospital told CNN that every intensive care unit room at facility has brown paper bags by the door. Each bag is marked with a…… MORE
Across the United States, prized chickens are laying life-saving eggs at secret farms. Few people know where the chickens are kept — their locations are undisclosed as a matter of national security. Each day, hundreds of thousands of their eggs are trucked to storage facilities, where they are protected by guards and multimillion-dollar, government-funded security…… MORE
Home is the safest place to be while a pandemic rages outside. Health officials have said as much for weeks now. But for some, home is not a haven from violence and abuse. Self-isolation forces victims of domestic violence and their children into uncomfortable and dangerous circumstances: Riding out the Covid-19 crisis, shut in with…… MORE
The N95 respirator masks that health care workers need to protect themselves while treating coronavirus patients are in dangerously short supply. So much so that physicians are wearing used respirators, risking infection to care for patients. But now, Duke University researchers have developed a method to clean them so they can be safely re-worn. The…… MORE
