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	health Daily update ⋅ March 21, 2020
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	NPR How The Novel Coronavirus And The Flu Are Alike ... And Different NPR The fact that the novel coronavirus appeared in the middle of flu season has prompted inevitable comparisons. Is COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, pretty much similar to the flu or does it pose a far greater threat? Although there are still many ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Here's why the US is behind in coronavirus testing CNN (CNN) As the US has lagged behind other advanced nations in testing for the coronavirus, former government officials and public health experts point to a series of policy and procedural decisions that they say hindered the nation's response to the pandemic. Flag as irrelevant
	NPR Coronavirus FAQs: Can I Go Running? Is Food Shopping Too Risky? What's Herd Immunity? NPR This is part of a series looking at pressing coronavirus questions of the week. We'd like to hear what you're curious about. Email us at goatsandsoda@npr.org with the subject line: "Weekly Coronavirus Questions." The global spread of COVID-19 cases ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Cuomo Bans Gatherings, Nonessential Workers to Stay Home The New York Times ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Friday he is ordering all workers in nonessential businesses to stay home and banning gatherings statewide. The Democratic governor took the dramatic actions as confirmed cases in New York climbed to ... Flag as irrelevant
	NPR Coronavirus Threatens Rural Hospitals Already At The Financial Brink NPR Rural hospitals may not be able to keep their doors open as the coronavirus pandemic saps their cash, their CEOs warn, just as communities most need them. As the coronavirus sweeps across the United States, all hospitals are facing cancellations of doctor ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post A new message on coronavirus in hard-hit areas: Don't get tested Washington Post Health officials in New York, California and other hard-hit parts of the country are restricting coronavirus testing to health care workers and people who are hospitalized, saying the battle to contain the virus is lost and we are moving into a new phase of the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medscape How Is Oncology Adapting to COVID-19? Medscape Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. As the coronavirus pandemic escalates in the United States, Medscape Oncology reached out to a group of our contributors and asked them to provide their ... Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters India Coronavirus orders force up to 60 million Californians, New Yorkers to stay home Reuters India LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York and California imposed tough new restrictions, limiting the activity of 60 million people in the two states to curb the spread of the coronavirus and ordering all non-essential workers to stay home. This video file ... Flag as irrelevant
	Los Angeles Times Third coronavirus cluster found in San Diego County Los Angeles Times A third cluster of COVID-19 patients in San Diego was announced Thursday, as the local count of virus cases jumped from 80 to 105 and efforts to house vulnerable people in local hotels progressed. It was the second day in a row that the region has set a ... Flag as irrelevant
	WTVB News Coronavirus Spreads Fear, Isolation, Death to Elderly Worldwide The New York Times (Reuters) - Grace Dowell, a 63-year-old grandmother, has stopped grocery shopping and canceled all her doctor's appointments. No one is allowed into her rural Maryland home. Every piece of mail is disinfected. Dowell decided last week that strict isolation ... Flag as irrelevant
	Chicago Tribune 'Accept it': 3 states now ordering 70 million people to stay in their homes over coronavirus threat Chicago Tribune We have lifted the paywall on this story. To support essential reporting, please consider becoming a subscriber. Coronavirus outbreak. A sanitation worker sprays disinfectant inside a convenience store in the Cypriot capital Nicosia on March 20, 2020. Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters Coronavirus spreads fear, isolation, death to elderly worldwide Reuters (Reuters) - Grace Dowell, a 63-year-old grandmother, has stopped grocery shopping and canceled all her doctor's appointments. No one is allowed into her rural Maryland home. Every piece of mail is disinfected. This video file cannot be played.(Error Code: ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Coronavirus in NY: 'Deluge' of Cases Begins Hitting Hospitals The New York Times New York State's long-feared surge of coronavirus cases has begun, thrusting the medical system toward a crisis point. In a startlingly quick ascent, officials reported on Friday that the state was closing in on 8,000 positive tests, about half the cases in the ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times In Italy, Coronavirus Takes a Higher Toll on Men The New York Times The coronavirus is striking, and felling, more Italian men than women, and some experts are warning that being male may be a risk factor for the illness, just as older age is. The Italian trend mirrors one seen in China, where men were more likely than women ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times The Calculus of Coronavirus Care The New York Times Yesterday, I received a text from a colleague whose sister is in charge of nursing at one of my city's major hospitals. Two of her nurses had just quit, in tears. "They were fed up," she said. "They couldn't take it any longer." As anyone, like me, who has worked in ... Flag as irrelevant
	Livescience.com The coronavirus did not escape from a lab. Here's how we know. Livescience.com As the novel coronavirus causing COVID-19 spreads across the globe, with cases surpassing 284,000 worldwide today (March 20), misinformation is spreading almost as fast. One persistent myth is that this virus, called SARS-CoV-2, was made by scientists ... Flag as irrelevant
	STLtoday.com NOT REAL NEWS: Another Week of False Coronavirus Content The New York Times A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the real facts: ___. CLAIM: Please ... Flag as irrelevant
	Fred Hutch News Service Lessons from cancer patients in the time of coronavirus Fred Hutch News Service You're washing your hands like crazy. Staying 6 feet away from people with the sniffles. You don't know if it's safe to hug your friends or family, or go to work or what. You don't even know if you'll be alive in a year. It's scary. It's surreal. And for a lot of cancer ... Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters Who gets the ventilator? British doctors contemplate harrowing coronavirus care choices Reuters LONDON (Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic is forcing senior doctors in Britain's National Health Service to contemplate the unthinkable: how to ration access to critical care beds and ventilators should resources fall short. FILE PHOTO: A woman on ... Flag as irrelevant
	Delaware First Media 'I Wanted To Do Something,' Says Mother Of 2 Who Is First To Test Coronavirus Vaccine NPR When Jennifer Haller heard that researchers were looking for volunteers to be injected with an experimental coronavirus vaccine, the Seattle mother of two rolled up her sleeve. Well, not literally. Haller, 43, the first person to receive the vaccine, was wearing a ... Flag as irrelevant
	NPR Is Stay At Home Order in California "Too Little, Too Late," An ER Doctor Wonders NPR California Gov. Gavin Newsom took the dramatic step this week of ordering the state's nearly 40 million residents to stay at home. That order on Thursday was followed by similar orders in states including New York, Illinois and Nevada. These were actions ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Are food deliveries and groceries safe during coronavirus pandemic? Yes, experts say CNN (CNN) President Donald Trump and governors of various states have suggested Americans should avoid restaurants due to the coronavirus pandemic. Instead we've been told to either order delivery, takeout or carefully shop at the grocery store, which has ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Yes, young adults are sick and spreading coronavirus -- but they can help stop it CNN (CNN) Most children seem to be spared the worst of the coronavirus. People with underlying conditions appear to have increased fatality rates. And older adults seem to face the greatest risk of serious complications. But this week, the Trump administration ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report California Awakes to New Reality: Homebound Amid Outbreak U.S. News & World Report By BRIAN MELLEY, Associated Press. LOS ANGELES (AP) — While California awoke Friday to the reality of a near lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus, it was business as usual for Rick Curnutt and his family, who were hunkered down in China ... Flag as irrelevant
	Livescience.com US scientists develop crucial blood test for coronavirus antibodies Livescience.com Testing to diagnose the new coronavirus is starting to ramp up in the United States, but one crucial tool is still lacking: a test to detect antibodies against the virus in people's blood. But such a test may not be far off — in a new study, U.S. researchers not only ... Flag as irrelevant
	Los Angeles Times ICU beds already near capacity with non-coronavirus patients at LA County hospitals Los Angeles Times ICU beds at Los Angeles County hospitals are already at or near capacity, prompting worries of shortages ahead of expected coronavirus surge. By Matt Stiles,. Iris Lee. March 20, 2020. 4:27 PM. Facebook · Twitter; Show more sharing options. Share Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times As Coronavirus Looms, a Hospital Begins Sterilizing Masks for Reuse The New York Times Facing a dire shortage of protective face masks for health care workers, administrators at the University of Nebraska Medical Center decided they had no choice. Masks are certified for one-time use only. But on Thursday, the center began an experimental ... Flag as irrelevant
	NBCNews.com FDA is working on treatment of coronavirus with blood from recovered patients NBCNews.com Dr. Arturo Casadevall was working from home in Baltimore on Thursday when his phone started to buzz with messages from colleagues. The commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration had just announced during a White House press briefing that the ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Boston Globe An elderly Winthrop man is the state's first coronavirus death, as hospitals absorb influx of more patients The Boston Globe An 87-year-old veteran from Winthrop has become the first person in Massachusetts to die as a result of the coronavirus pandemic that has swept the world, the state officials announced Friday. The state Department of Public Health said the man had been ... Flag as irrelevant
	Daily Beast One Mask Only: Coronavirus Docs and Nurses Forced to Make Terrifying Compromises Daily Beast In the passenger seat of her car, Rachael, a hospice nurse in South Carolina, carries a Ziploc bag with two surgical masks inside. Every day, she dons one of the masks and wears it into nursing homes, hospitals, and private homes across the area, caring for ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Coronavirus: Four members of New Jersey family die BBC News Four people in the same family have died from coronavirus in the US state of New Jersey, with three more relatives in hospital. Grace Fusco, 73, and six of her adult children fell ill after attending a large family gathering. Nearly 20 other relatives are now ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Mercury News How can I get tested for COVID-19 in the Bay Area? The Mercury News You feel feverish and fatigued. You've got a cough. Now what? In a perfect world, you'd be tested for COVID-19. It would be quick, easy, free and accessible. We're not in that world – at least, not yet. To be sure, things are getting better. But despite assurances ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Health agencies: No evidence ibuprofen worsens coronavirus Washington Post LONDON — The World Health Organization and other leading agencies say there is no evidence to support the suggestion that ibuprofen might worsen the symptoms of COVID-19. WHO said earlier this week that it did a quick review and found no published ... Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters We don't want your virus! Provincial France fumes after urban exodus Reuters SAINT-JACUT-DE-LA-MER, France (Reuters) - In the Brittany village of Saint-Jacut-de-la-Mer, resentment is simmering at the city-dwellers who this week fled their Parisian pads for their seaside bolt-holes and who, in the minds of locals, may have brought the ... Flag as irrelevant
	WBUR Funeral Homes Change Their Practices In Reponse to Coronavirus NPR The novel coronavirus, which has hit the U.S. like a storm that no one saw coming, has taken a toll on schools, restaurants, bars, the airline industry, retail and other businesses. Now, it's affecting the funeral home industry. Washington state officials this week ... Flag as irrelevant
	NPR How People With Weakened Immune Systems Are Navigating The Coronavirus NPR Candace Palmerlee's daily routine may seem familiar to most people in the age of a pandemic. "I'm careful about door handles. I always put my sleeve over my hand or I touch things with my elbow instead of my fingers," said the massage therapist who lives in ... Flag as irrelevant
	Scientific American Coronavirus Vaccines: Five Key Questions as Trials Begin Scientific American The push to make a coronavirus vaccine is moving at breakneck speed. This week, the first of a few dozen healthy volunteers in Seattle, Washington, received a vaccine in a phase 1 safety trial sponsored by the US government. Similar safety trials of other ... Flag as irrelevant
	Slate Magazine How to Prevent a Coronavirus Catastrophe in Jails Slate Magazine Santa Clara County, California, the wealthy county encompassing Silicon Valley and San Jose, was among the first places to report cases of the coronavirus, and one of the first to take drastic steps to stem the pace of infection. Now it's taking another: The ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Coronavirus and chloroquine: Has its use been approved in US? BBC News President Trump claims a drug used against malaria has been approved in the United States to treat the new coronavirus. Chloroquine is one of the oldest and best-known anti-malarial drugs. So is the president right and what is known about its effectiveness? Flag as irrelevant
	WIRED How Surveillance Could Save Lives Amid a Public Health Crisis WIRED For each new transmission of coronavirus, imagine the "tick tick tick" of a stopwatch. At least 2 million adults in the US could require hospitalization over the course of the pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates; that's more than ... Flag as irrelevant
	Miami Herald Jackson Health has a hospital sitting empty in case a coronavirus surge hits Miami Miami Herald Note: The Miami Herald and McClatchy News Sites are offering full coverage of the COVID-19 coronavirus to all, with no payment required. We want to ensure our readers can make critical decisions for themselves and their families. To continue supporting ... Flag as irrelevant
	Arab News UPDATE 1-As coronavirus takes emotional toll, mental health professionals brace for spike in demand Reuters (Adds petition for volunteer mental healthcare, updates case numbers). By Nick Brown. NEW YORK, March 20 (Reuters) - For the last few days, unease and paranoia have followed Ann Ostberg like a black cloud, as the coronavirus swept through the United ... Flag as irrelevant
	PBS NewsHour Lab supply shortages add new challenges to coronavirus testing PBS NewsHour WASHINGTON (AP) — First, some of the coronavirus tests didn't work. Then there weren't enough to go around. Now, just as the federal government tries to ramp up nationwide screening, laboratory workers are warning of a new roadblock: dire shortages of ... Flag as irrelevant
	Los Angeles Times COVID-19 doctors running out of masks? Try a bandanna, the CDC says Los Angeles Times The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has new advice for medical workers desperate for protective gear against COVID-19: Try a bandanna for protection. The agency, scrambling to advise healthcare workers faced with severe shortages of ... Flag as irrelevant
	USA TODAY For those who survived polio, coronavirus is eerily familiar. But ultimately, 'science won'. USA TODAY For many Americans, the novel coronavirus pandemic has generated illness-related fears that have little precedent in our lifetimes. But 60 million Americans over the age of 70 have seen this horror show before: the polio scourge that ravaged the world's ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Your pet won't give you coronavirus, so hug away, experts say CNN (CNN) To the best of current scientific knowledge, can you get the coronavirus called Covid-19 from your dog or cat? Or give it to them? "No. I think the idea that we're going to give this virus to our pets or we're going to get it from them is just nonsense," said ... Flag as irrelevant
	Fox News At-home coronavirus tests now available, companies say Fox News As coronavirus testing in the U.S. continues to lag behind that in other highly affected countries such as South Korea, several domestic startups are reportedly launching the first at-home tests. The products have been greenlit by the U.S. Food and Drug ... Flag as irrelevant
	Motley Fool All the Drugs Proving Anecdotally Effective Against COVID-19, and the Companies That Make Them Motley Fool With no antibodies built up in the population, no known cure, and no existing vaccine against COVID-19, some may fear that there's no hope for those suffering with the disease now or in the future. However, there have actually been green shoots of positive ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNBC 'Wake up, millennials: Now is the time to prioritize your mental health,' says psychotherapist of 10 years CNBC There's a lot to be stressed about lately due to the coronavirus pandemic: Confirmed cases of COVID-19 keep rising, stock market volatility is causing panic, jobs are at risk and store shelves are emptying. But there's a lot more at stake here than toilet paper. Flag as irrelevant
	oregonlive.com Frontline healthcare workers approach pandemic war with half-loaded gun oregonlive.com As the deadly pandemic zeros in on Oregon, healthcare workers are stepping up daily to serve on the frontlines. But some fear they're going to war with a gun that's only half-loaded. Portland area nurses and health care workers say the giant health systems ... Flag as irrelevant

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