Health

Her doctor worried she had COVID-19 but couldn’t test her for it until she ruled out other things. That test cost a bundle. Anna Davis Abel, a graduate student studying creative writing at West Virginia University, stands outside her home…

As the coronavirus wreaks havoc with hospital finances, wealthy hospitals sitting on millions or even billions of dollars are in a competitive stampede against near-insolvent hospitals for the same limited pots of financial relief. Photo…

People with disabilities loaded hundreds of pallets of provisions on the USNS Comfort (Mercy-class hospital ship) for its trip to New York. Photo credit U.S. Navy. NEW YORK -- Skyrocketing unemployment in the COVID-19 pandemic poses an…

The Annie E. Casey Foundation survey covered Jan. 1 to Apr. 1, and shows a 24% reduction in youth detention, a decrease as large as the entire national decline from 2010 to 2017. Photo credit: Pixabay. TALLAHASSEE, FL -- As the new…

Vaccine critics suffered serious setbacks in the past year, as states strengthened immunization laws in response to measles outbreaks sparked by vaccine refusers. Photo credit Shutterstock licensed. HOUSTON, TX…

Mallory Pease with baby Alivia and her older daughter, Emma Jean. Pease was worried about passing on the coronavirus to Alivia after getting home from the hospital. Photo courtesy of the Pease family. MARSHALL, MI - Mallory Pease’s…

Dr. Nora Volkow, who heads the National Institute on Drug Abuse, spoke about the emerging science around COVID-19’s relationship to vaping and to opioid use disorder, as well as how these underlying epidemics could increase people’s risks.…

COVID-19 is typically signaled by three symptoms: a fever, an insistent cough and shortness of breath. But older adults — the age group most at risk of severe complications or death from this condition ― may have none of these…

Trump and federal health officials have promoted the ease with which the Abbott test can be given to patients, whether at a drive-thru site or a doctor’s office. File photo: Shutterstock, licensed. Lab personnel say worries are mounting…

“Until this week, they weren’t even enforcing these guidelines. Still today, OSHA is not specifying which rules employees must follow or how to keep their workers safe and healthy,” said Biden. (magroove.com) WASHINGTON, D.C. –…

MISSISSIPPI – It started with a headache in late March. Then came the body aches. At first, Shalondra Rollins’ doctor thought it was the flu. By April 7, three days after she was finally diagnosed with COVID-19, the 38-year-old…

Under the national emergency declared by the Trump administration in March, the government has suspended a federal law that required patients to have an in-person visit with a physician before they could be prescribed drugs that help quell…

A one-week delay in reducing jail populations could mean 18,000 lives lost to COVID-19, according to a new report. There are almost 740,000 people in American jails where social distancing and other preventive measures are difficult if not…

On April 21, nurses conducted a demonstration in Washington, D.C., to read aloud the names of health care providers who have contracted COVID-19 and died as a result of treating infected patients. The event was held by National Nurses…

Gary Glaser has worked as a certified nursing assistant for Magnolia Rehabilitation & Nursing Center for four years. He says five of his paychecks bounced so far this year. Photo credit: Anna Almendrala, Kaiser Health News. …

The Ryan Larkin New York-Presbyterian Field Hospital can treat more than 216 patients. Photo credit: Frederick Wellman. NEW YORK -- Since Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued executive orders allowing people with varying degrees of training to help…

Governors are using the Wuhan virus to issue executive orders shutting down churches and synagogues, prohibiting religious observance during the recent holidays of Easter and Passover. File photo: Shutterstock, licensed. NEW YORK CITY,…

While seizures at the nation’s international mail facilities have periodically spiked during the past two decades, the latest crackdown is distressing many older customers whose goal is to stay home during the coronavirus pandemic. Image…

Although there is scientific consensus on a mounting climate crisis, some people reject the idea that rising temperatures are linked to human activity. The controversy can make doctors hesitant to bring it up. BOSTON — A 4-year-old girl…

Top health officials first learned of the virus’s spread in China on January 3, US Health and Human Services Secretary Alex M. Azar II said last month. Photo credit: C-SPAN. WASHINGTON, D.C. - Federal officials offering emergency…

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Broward County has confirmed over 27,000 meals have been served so far -- since the Covid-19 quarantine by offering a “Grab-and-go” meal program which benefits all club members in order to help curb the impact…

Lowering the number of new cases is important, but it doesn’t mean the virus is disappearing. It suggests instead that social distancing has slowed the spread of the disease and elongated the course of the pandemic, said an infectious…

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the need for product information to keep ventilators up and running is at an all-time high. Modern ventilators are typically serviced either every six months or 2,000 hours of use and can last for 10…

Roughly two-thirds of the HHS coronavirus money has yet to go out the door, ensuring that a fierce lobbying effort from all parts of the health sector will continue to target the White House, HHS and Congress, which continues to negotiate…

The Florida Department of Corrections has 145 facilities statewide, including 50 correctional institutions, seven private partner facilities, 17 annexes, 34 work camps, three re-entry centers and more. Image by Jody Davis from Pixabay. …

A longtime public health strategy, “contact tracing,” involves identifying individuals who have contracted an infectious disease, notifying others who have been in contact with them and ensuring that those with the disease manage it…

As of Tuesday, New York state had tested 526,012 people, nearly as many as California, Texas and Florida, the three most populous states, combined, according to the COVID Tracking Project, a crowdsourced compilation of the latest testing…

Ninety-two-year-old twins and neighbors Edna Mayes (left) and Ethel Sylvester, of East St. Louis, Illinois, are relying on each other through the COVID-19 pandemic. Following a recent hospital stay sparked by Sylvester’s fear that she had…

In 2014, Martha Phillips, an American nurse, traveled to West Africa during the Ebola crisis to provide medical care. Treating Ebola not only taught her how to stay safe around a deadly virus but also how to manage the stress and sadness…

In the past two weeks, blood centers across the U.S. have accelerated efforts to collect COVID-19 convalescent plasma on the theory it contains protective antibodies that can transfer immunity from a patient who had the disease…