Health

NEW YORK -- Despite their role on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic, Community Health Centers are receiving very little of the federal aid going to other health-care providers. Community Health Centers serve nearly 30 million…

Water's End Brewery in Woodbridge, Virginia, partnered with Beltway Brewing in Sterling, to make PPE, a West Coast-style IPA. Money raised from the sale of PPE goes to Inova Health System’s Emergency Preparedness Fund. Photo credit: Phil…

One state health official said they didn’t think there was “egregious price gouging” from manufacturers, but officials nonetheless had little choice but to pay what was asked. Louisiana also overshot orders out of fear that ventilators…

Arizona has emerged as one of the country’s newest coronavirus hot spots, with the weekly average of daily cases more than doubling from two weeks ago. The total number of people hospitalized is climbing, too. Photo credit: Chris Curtis /…

An advance directive informs hospitals about a patient's choices for medical interventions and end-of-life care. Photo credit Shutterstock licensed. NEW YORK - As the death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic continues to rise, a new…

According to new preliminary research published by scientific journal Cell, scientists may have uncovered a genetic variant of a specific gene in the human body that promotes slimness even if you were to sit around on the couch all day…

EMT members from Ohio arrived to help with COVID-19 emergency in New York City stand next to Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in Brooklyn. Photo credit: Lev Radin / Shutterstock.com DENVER, CO – Emergency medical services across the…

The census can be completed by mail, online or on the phone by calling 844-330-2020. NEW YORK -- Despite the COVID pandemic, the U.S. Census is going on right now. And advocates for people with disabilities are stressing the importance…

Tear gas rises as protesters face off with police during a demonstration on May 31 outside the White House over the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis Police. Photo credit: Alexandros Michailidis / Shutterstock.com,…

An electronic billboard near downtown Bakersfield, Calif., displays a public service announcement about sexually transmitted diseases on February 2, 2017. The Kern County public health department has embarked on a massive information…

Black Lives Matter Demonstrators clash with law enforcement during demonstrations along Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington DC. Police officers in riot gear allegedly shoot rubber bullets at demonstrators outside the White House during a…

Ever seen those ads on T.V. that attempt to educate you about a certain product that will either ease your pain or cure your malady, and then list about 20 possible side effects that might occur by taking that medication? Photo credit…

Housing advocates say the COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare a long-standing crisis in housing affordability. Photo credit: Suzanne/Adobe Stock. NEW YORK – Housing justice advocates fear that without action from Albany, New Yorkers…

L.A. Metro bus driver Voris Lombard sits behind a partial Plexiglas shield and wears gloves and a mask while driving. After each shift, Lombard removes his uniform and shoes before entering his home, he says. “It’s almost like you’re going…

Socially distanced and virtual vigils are taking place at nursing homes across New York state. Photo credit: NY Caring Majority. NEW YORK -- Seniors, community, faith and labor leaders joined in vigils at nursing homes over the Memorial…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, speaking a press conference at the White House, President Trump has called upon governors across the country to allow the reopening of churches, synagogues, mosques, and all houses of worship by deeming…

Co-founder of Microsoft Corp., Bill Gates, left. Photo credit: Frederic Legrand – COMEO / Shutterstock.com. Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony S. Fauci , right. Photo credit: Official…

Cafeteria worker Ma Jesusa Keberenge presents an employee petition to University of Washington Medical Center management on April 7, 2020. Cafeteria workers requested a deep cleaning of the Plaza Cafe and a protective barrier for cashiers…

Families and advocates demand testing of all incarcerated people and clemency for those most at risk of COVID-19. Photo credit: Walter Hergt, North Star Fund. NEW YORK -- Formerly incarcerated people and the families and communities of…

As states start to reopen, people will have to weigh the risk versus benefit of getting out more, along with their own tolerance for uncertainty. Photo credit: Sergey Bezgodov / Shutterstock.com, licensed. CALIFORNIA - As many states…

More than 120 nurses have volunteered to participate in the Upstate COVID Nurse Corps, a new program is bringing nurses on furlough from upstate hospitals to New York City to help out at understaffed hospitals in the epicenter of the…

Across the U.S., doctors call the drop-off staggering, unlike anything they’ve seen. And they worry a new wave of patients is headed their way — people who have delayed care and will be sicker and whose injuries will be exacerbated by the…

Doctors and nurses trained in palliative and supportive care are in high demand as hospitals treat thousands of terribly ill patients who may end up on life support with only a small chance of survival. Photo credit Shutterstock.com…

LOS ANGELES, CA – Months into the spread of the coronavirus in the United States, widespread diagnostic testing still isn’t available, and California offers a sobering view of the dysfunction blocking the way. It’s hard to…

Jennifer Newbery contracted COVID-19 while living at the Rehabilitation Center of Santa Monica in Santa Monica, California. Her son Jorge Newbery, pictured with his mother in 2017, lives in Chicago and became alarmed when he saw her on a…

Alarmingly more than 10,000 residents and staff at long-term care facilities have died from COVID infections, according to an April 23 analysis of state data by the Kaiser Family Foundation. Photo credit Shutterstock licensed. …

If you’re not a health professional of some stripe, you might not realize that the nation’s public health system operates in large part separately from the system that provides most people’s medical care. File photo. WASHINGTON, D.C. -…

Nasopharyngeal samples have long been standard for diagnosing influenza and other respiratory infections because the pathogens are known to colonize the upper part of the throat behind the nose. Photo credit Shutterstock licensed. …

Advance directives let patients decide if they want invasive medical treatment. Photo credit Shutterstock licensed. NEW YORK - Advocates for end-of-life care options have written a letter asking the federal Health and Human…