Amanda Stuart postponed her wedding with her long-term fiancee and resigned from her job at an ER in Midland, Texas to care for COVID-19 patients in New York. Since her arrival, she has been working steady 12-hour shifts, taking an […]
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Infectious disease specialists at the CDC and other organizations are placing an increasing emphasis on the use of contact tracers to rein in a resurgence of the virus as states reopen businesses and reduce social distancing measures. Speaking to Stat News,
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Patients recovering from COVID-19 may face a second battle—coping with the disease’s mental health ramifications in the form of “post-intensive care syndrome” (PICS). This is particularly true for the sickest of the sick who require time in the ICU and
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There are few US nurses who have remained unaffected by the pandemic, according to a new survey by NurseGrid. COVID-19 seems to be changing the lives of nurses working at all levels of experience, from newcomers to those who have
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As the public becomes increasingly aware of how health inequities affect people of color in the US, government and non-governmental institutions are being called upon to confront the devastating racial and ethnic data on COVID-19 patients—and to address the long-standing
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State child access prevention (CAP) laws were linked with a 13% relative reduction in childhood firearm-related fatalities compared with states without such laws in the years 1991-2017, according to an analysis of CDC data. So-called “negligence laws,” in which caregivers
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While most of the world hungers for a vaccine to put an end to the death and economic destruction wrought by COVID-19, some anti-vaccine groups are joining with anti-lockdown protesters to challenge restrictions aimed at protecting public health. Vaccine critics
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With N95 masks in high demand, federal authorities say health workers can wear surgical masks for protection while treating COVID-19 patients — but growing evidence suggests the practice may be putting workers in jeopardy. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Laura Benson retired from nursing in 2018, but this week she reported for work again in New Rochelle, New York, where the first cluster of COVID-19 cases occurred in early March. “Nurses are used to giving of themselves,” she said.
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New York City makes its comeback as a notoriously high-decibel town every evening at 7.00PM. Before the advent of COVID-19, New York was America’s noisiest city. The standard volume of Manhattan streets was always at 11, day and night. On
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