Anuja Vaidya – Wednesday, April 15th, 2020 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.
Mackenzie Bean – Wednesday, April 15th, 2020 […]
Anuja Vaidya –
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.
Mackenzie Bean –
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.
Anuja Vaidya –
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.
Mackenzie Bean –
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.
Maia Anderson –
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.
Alia Paavola –
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.
Kelly Gooch –
The University of Virginia in Charlottesville is freezing hiring for faculty, staff and health system positions.
Alan Condon, Anuja Vaidya and Alia Paavola –
Below are 20 updates from the six states hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic:
Kelly Gooch –
Piedmont Newton Hospital in Covington, Ga., has named David Kent CEO.