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Dr. Katrina Michel, a physician at Berkeley Pediatrics says even kids she’s known for years don’t recognize her in her protective gear. “When I walked into their room with a shield, mask and gown on, the kids’ eyes were wide, they were…

Across the country, seniors’ lives are being upended as continuing care retirement communities take aggressive steps to protect residents from COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus. File photo: Shutterstock.com. …

California Governor Gavin Newsom says he will announce a plan on Tuesday for an “incremental release of the stay-at-home orders,” for COVID-19 restrictions, a decision he says will be made without “political pressure” in an apparent…

Tom Hanks and wife Rita Wilson are recovering from the coronavirus while in quarantine. It transcends borders. No one is immune. Rich and poor have tested positive. Editorial credit: JStone / Shutterstock.com BOCA RATON, FL - The world…

States such as Minnesota, Nebraska and Montana, which the pandemic has touched relatively lightly, are getting more than $300,000 per reported COVID-19 case in the $30 billion, according to a Kaiser Health News analysis. Image by F.…

The Jim Moran Foundation and United Way of Broward County grant COVID-19 Emergency Funds to FLITE Center to help those affected by the pandemic. Photo Shutterstock, licensed. FORT LAUDERDALE, FL - FLITE Center, a centralized facility in…

In Washoe County, which is currently unincorporated, county commissioners have not yet addressed the topic of short-term rentals, and therefore there are currently no regulations and restrictions regarding this practice, including…

Nearly a month into the declared pandemic, some health care workers say they’re exhausted and burning out from the stress of treating a stream of critically ill patients in an increasingly overstretched health care system. Image…

As college and university spring breaks across the country converged that weekend, news coverage showed young people frolicking on Miami beaches, walking down Bourbon Street in New Orleans and crowding music clubs…

“Healthcare providers are making massive financial sacrifices to care for the influx of coronavirus patients,” Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma said in a statement. Photo credit: C-SPAN WASHINGTON,…

Through NST’s Operation Helping Hands program, food boxes consisting of nutritional products such as fresh fruits, vegetables and bread were hand delivered to eight senior citizen families within the cities of Lauderdale Lakes and Tamarac.…

Seniors who are in immediate crisis or need someone to talk to after hours, or are in a food crisis having been without food for several days, are encouraged to call 2-1-1. Image by Tania Van den Berghen from Pixabay. …

The national effort has been disorganized, relying heavily on state action, said health systems experts and public health researchers. That approach has fallen short, they assert. In the age of coronavirus, Americans are being told to stay…

The outlook for older adults is not encouraging. Advanced age is associated with significantly worse outcomes for older patients, and even those who survive are unlikely to return to their previous level of functioning. Image by kalhh from…

Assisted living complexes, home to more than 800,000 people nationwide, have quickly become a new and dangerous theater in the coronavirus war. Challenged by deepening financial pressures, sicker residents, limited oversight and too few…

Health experts attribute the Palm Beach county’s high mortality rate to three factors: a large elder population, its lack of available testing, and frequent travel among residents and visitors to and from the New York metro area, the…

According to Broward authorities,While at the hospital, while the inmate was at the hospital he was tested for COVID-19 and confirmed positive on April 1. Detectives said the inmate suffered from preexisting medical conditions, and no foul…

Marlon Castro lost his job as a barber and is now selling fabric face masks on the sidewalk. When he was first let go, he tried to stay home like everyone else. But Castro quickly realized he couldn’t afford to shelter-in-place if he…

A sign declaring “HEROES WORK HERE” decorates the lawn of St. James Parish Hospital, a 25-bed rural hospital located about 45 minutes from New Orleans, a pandemic hot spot. Photo courtesy of St. James Parish Hospital. LOUISIANA - The…

It is not recommending people try to purchase N95 or surgical masks, and the federal agency included online instructions on making masks out of materials at home. Image by Carola68. CALIFORNIA - The Centers for Disease Control and…

Dr. Matt Hahn and nurse practitioner Lora Cole, in their personal protective equipment, face new challenges treating patients. Photo courtesy of Matt Hahn. WASHINGTON, D.C. - Patients would often stop by River Bend Family Medicine just…

Two days before Christine Rayburn of Olympia, Washington, was scheduled to have a cancerous tumor removed, the hospital cancelled the surgery, part of a wave of cancellations of “elective” surgeries during the coronavirus…

The other pandemic – abortion - has been going on for 47 plus years and the data is grim and much more accurate. Worldwide there have been over 1.5 billion liveslost. In the United States alone, there have been nearly 62 million…

As with so many other aspects of this novel coronavirus, determining when a patient has recovered is still fraught with uncertainties. Early research has suggested that patients who have recovered from COVID-19 may also continue to spread…

As measures to slow the pandemic decimate jobs and threaten to plunge the economy into a deep recession, young adults such are disproportionately affected. Photo: Shutterstock.com licensed. Emilio Romero, 23, has mixed feelings about…

The Walker family ― (standing from left) Michael "Amir" Nimrod, Andre'a Walker-Nimrod, Wilma Walker, Howard Walker, (seated) matriarch Evelyn Whitfield and Maleeya Nimrod ― pose for a portrait at the Walker residence on March 21, 2020, in…

In addition to lung damage, many COVID-19 patients are also developing heart problems — and dying of cardiac arrest. As more data comes in from China and Italy, as well as Washington state and New York, more cardiac experts are coming to…

Josie and George Taylor stand on the porch of their home in Everett, Washington, on March 24. They are two of the first people in the U.S. to recover from novel coronavirus infections after joining a clinical trial for the antiviral drug…

Sgt. Diaz Ayala began his career at the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office in July of 2006. He was assigned to the Corrections Division where he worked as a Corrections Deputy until being promoted to Sergeant in January of…

WEST PALM BEACH, FL - We are all experiencing unprecedented levels of stress and uncertainty as the public health emergency caused by the global spread of COVID-19 continues to impact Palm Beach County in ways that seemed unimaginable…