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The new coronavirus was widely distributed in the air and on object surfaces in both the intensive care unit and general ward at a hospital in China, a new study published in Emerging Infectious Diseases shows.
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More than a dozen people were hospitalized in Chicago April 15 after icy conditions caused a massive expressway pileup involving about 60 vehicles, reports the Chicago Tribune.
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Black and Hispanic Americans are more concerned than their white counterparts about getting COVID-19 and unknowingly transmitting it to others, according to a new national survey.
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Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine in Philadelphia launched the U.S. site for a global registry to help protect clinicians who intubate COVID-19 patients.
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Quest Diagnostics, the commercial lab that has performed about 800,000 COVID-19 tests, is furloughing more than 4,000 employees, which is about 9 percent of its workforce, CBS News reports.
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The American Medical Association is urging the Federal Emergency Management Agency to establish a national distribution system for personal protective equipment to ease the burden on hospitals and states.
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The University of Virginia in Charlottesville is freezing hiring for faculty, staff and health system positions.
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Below are 20 updates from the six states hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic:
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Piedmont Newton Hospital in Covington, Ga., has named David Kent CEO.
