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Squandered time: How the Trump administration lost control of the coronavirus crisis The coronavirus had already begun to spiral out of control when Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, during routine Senate testimony, made a surprising claim. "As of today, I can announce that the CDC has begun working with health ...
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A cancer patient quarantined on a cruise ship fears she won't make it home for her chemotherapy (CNN) A woman quarantined aboard the Grand Princess cruise ship off the California coast has stage 4 cancer and is worried she won't make it home to start chemotherapy treatment on Monday. Kari Kolstoe, 60, told CNN she was diagnosed 18 months ago ...
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This nursing home is at the center of Washington's coronavirus. Here's what one first responder saw there (CNN) When first responders reported last week to a hard-hit nursing home in Washington state, the epicenter of the nation's coronavirus outbreak, they found an understaffed facility with inadequate gear attempting to serve dozens of patients vulnerable to ...
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US airport screeners, health workers plagued by fear and anger as coronavirus spreads (Reuters) - As coronavirus cases exploded across the world, federal medical workers tasked with screening incoming passengers at U.S. airports grew alarmed: Many were working without the most effective masks to protect them from getting sick themselves.
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Behind the Scenes, Scientists Prep for COVID-19 Vaccine Test WASHINGTON — A team of scientists jostled for a view of the lab dish, staring impatiently for the first clue that an experimental vaccine against the new coronavirus just might work. After weeks of round-the-clock research at the National Institutes of Health, ...
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'There Has to be a Plan.' For Relatives of Nursing Home Residents, Anger and Worry as the Coronavirus Spreads Kevin Connolly says his father-in-law credits the Life Care Center of Kirkland, Washington with "giving him his life back." It's where he recovered from hospice care, flirted with nurses and enjoyed eating chicken pot pie. But now, it's where Connolly worries the ...
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Nursing Home Hit by Coronavirus Says It Still Lacks Test Kits SEATTLE — A week after a deadly coronavirus outbreak was reported inside a nursing care facility in the Seattle suburbs, officials from the nursing home said on Saturday that they still do not have access to enough test kits for its remaining residents.
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Rockville senior community cancels events, adds screenings in response to possible coronavirus exposure No residents or staff members have tested positive for or exhibited symptoms of coronavirus at The Village of Rockville, a sprawling retirement community that was visited on Feb. 28 by a Montgomery County woman who had been infected. Allison Combs, a ...
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Five new cases of coronavirus reported, bringing Mass. total to 13; woman who visited Boston diagnosed with virus A spate of coronavirus infections in Boston continued to ripple across the state and beyond, as officials announced five more new cases in Massachusetts — most of which are connected to a company meeting of the biotech firm Biogen at a local hotel late last ...
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Coronavirus spreads as outbreak clusters grow on a ship at sea, in a nursing home and near New York (CNN) The number of US coronavirus cases more than tripled this week, and local officials are asking thousands of residents to stay indoors to stop the spread of the disease. More than 370 have tested positive and at least 17 people have died from the ...
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Canceled by coronavirus: Bay Area cracks down on gatherings, concerts and commutes The efforts to battle coronavirus in California have taken a dramatic turn, with public health authorities in Northern California asking the public to make sacrifices that will cause hardship on everyday life on a scale not seen in generations. Disruptions that were ...
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The Chinese student who petitioned Stanford to fight coronavirus with online classes Stanford University senior Yulou Zhou doesn't know if his actions helped influence the campus decision on Friday to move all classes online amid the spread of coronavirus in the Bay Area. But he knows he became alarmed about the virus well before most of ...
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Coronavirus: How to find hidden infections? Stanford and UC fast-track new tests Feeling mildly feverish? Have a cough? Are you a little short of breath? To test you for the flu, your doctor will do a simple nasal swab and then send you home. But a coronavirus test, if it's available, is more like a triathlon. Even as cases escalate, tests remain ...
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How to self-quarantine during coronavirus outbreak With more than 378 confirmed coronavirus cases in the U.S. and more than 15 associated deaths, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is actively monitoring, and trying to contain, the transmission of the disease, called COVID-19. In some ...
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Preparing for an outbreak: Updates on managing the spread of the novel coronavirus As COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, continues to spread across the country and the world, Michigan health officials, businesses, schools and residents are preparing for how they would handle an outbreak here. The disease, which ...
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71 students in Murrieta placed under self-quarantine amid coronavirus concerns Murrieta school officials said 71 students have been place in self-quarantine after a school employee was tested for the coronavirus. The employee had recently been to a country where coronavirus was spreading, according to the Murrieta Valley Unified ...
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As Oregon coronavirus cases grow, state holds off on drastic measures to stop virus' spread Washington residents might have been lulled into a false sense of security earlier this winter when more than a month passed without a new case of coronavirus infection. Then late last week, the news no one wanted to hear hit: Two more people had been ...
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Coronavirus in NJ: Latest updates on 4 positive cases, schools, churches and more New Jersey has four residents that have tested positive for the coronavirus, the virus that causes COVID-19, as of Saturday, and the results of more tests are expected to come on Sunday. But state officials have not yet made an emergency declaration.
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All Rhode Islanders urged to take COVID-19 prevention measures PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Rhode Island Department of Health continues to prepare for and respond to the international outbreak of coronavirus. RIDOH is urging all Rhode Island residents to be strongly vigilant of taking a number of measures to prevent the ...
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Kansas Confirms 1st Coronavirus Case, Kansas City-Area Woman By JOHN HANNA, Associated Press. TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas City-area woman who recently traveled to the Northeast is the first case of coronavirus in Kansas, officials confirmed Saturday. Gov. Laura Kelly and health officials said the woman, who's ...
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How coronavirus stacks up to other coronaviruses SARS and MERS The coronavirus outbreak that has spread around the world from China since December has sickened more than 105,000 people and killed nearly 3,600. Most of those who have fallen ill and who have died are from China. The new coronavirus causes a ...
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With coronavirus test kits in short supply, health officials sound alarms President Donald Trump claimed again Friday that anyone who needed a coronavirus test "gets a test." But from Washington state to Florida to New York, doctors and patients are clamoring for tests that they say are in woefully short supply, and their frustration ...
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Mourning losses and unsure of what's to come, Seattle area watches warily as coronavirus spreads The emergence and spread of the novel coronavirus in Washington and the world has exacted a steep toll in a very few weeks, carving a path of deaths, illnesses and tense uncertainty as a global outbreak unfolds. The relentless spiderweb the virus has ...
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New Coronavirus Case In Los Angeles County Brings Total To 14 The county's 14th case is a resident who recently returned from attending the AIPAC Conference in Washington, D.C.. By City News Service, News Partner. Mar 7, 2020 2:20 pm PT. Reply. 0. The new confirmed case is a resident who recently returned from ...
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Connecticut Hospital Doctor Contracted Coronavirus In New York A 'community doctor' from New Rochelle, New York, saw patients at Bridgeport Hospital last weekend but did not have symptoms, officials say. By Ellyn Santiago, Patch Staff. Mar 7, 2020 12:19 pm ET | Updated Mar 7, 2020 4:07 pm ET ...
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Prisons and jails are vulnerable to COVID-19 outbreaks This week, a person incarcerated in King County Jail in downtown Seattle was taken to the hospital after they were suspected of having the new coronavirus. The county says there are no cases currently in the jail, but the new virus remains a huge concern for ...
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Cruise ship hit by virus to dock in Oakland, California This photo provided by Michele Smith, shows a deserted lounge area on the Grand Princess cruise ship Friday, March 6, 2020, off the California coast. Scrambling to keep the coronavirus at bay, officials ordered a cruise ship with about 3,500 people aboard ...
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11 Memorial Hermann employees self-quarantine after contact with coronavirus patient HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- CORONAVIRUS CRISIS AT MEMORIAL HERMANN: Memorial Hermann hospital released a statement Saturday afternoon saying 11 health care workers who were in direct contact with a patient confirmed positive for COVID-19 ...
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Doctor, staffer linked to Connecticut hospitals ID'd among NY coronavirus cases, governor confirms A doctor and a staffer linked to Connecticut hospitals have been identified as testing positive for coronavirus, the state's governor said Saturday. The doctor is a New York state resident who visits patients in Connecticut's Bridgeport Hospital but is not on the ...
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17 deaths from COVID-19 in Washington as officials scramble to contain SEATTLE — Two more deaths from coronavirus were reported Saturday, bringing the total to 17 in Washington state. So far, at least 104 have tested positive for COVID-19 in the state. The deaths come just a day after three people died at EvergreenHealth ...
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Amid the coronavirus outbreak, flu season blazes on in Washington state Washington health care providers responding to the rapidly expanding coronavirus outbreak also must contend with an active influenza season that since October has resulted in 74 confirmed state deaths. In Washington, the number of influenza deaths is ...
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1st deaths, cases mount in Florida JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Two people who tested positive for the new coronavirus have died in Florida, marking the first deaths on the East Coast attributed to the outbreak in the U.S., health officials said Friday. Between announcements late Friday night through ...
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2 New Coronavirus Presumptive Positives Reported In New Hampshire One contracted the virus from an infected person at an Upper Valley church. The other, who returned from Italy, is in Rockingham County. By Tony Schinella, Patch Staff. Mar 8, 2020 9:45 am ET ...
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New York AG orders televangelist Jim Bakker to stop advertising 'Silver Solution' as coronavirus treatment As New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo declares a state of emergency amid a spike in coronavirus cases, the state's attorney general, Letitia James, is going after a Chrisitan televangelist for "false advertising." A guest of The Jim Bakker Show on Feb. 12, Sherrill ...
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Second Wave Of Flu Hits: Flu Report In Washington So far this season, an estimated 34 million Americans have been affected by the flu. Activity is still high in Washington. By Lucas Combos, Patch Staff. Mar 7, 2020 10:31 am PT. Reply. 0. Influenza A strains now make up a majority of reported flu cases, ...
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Coronavirus in US: More than half of all states have reported COVID-19 cases With the coronavirus outbreak spreading across the country, more than half of all U.S. states have now reported cases. As of Friday night, officials in 28 states confirmed positive tests for the coronavirus illness COVID-19. In total, more than 330 cases have ...
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Experts: Cruise ships no place for a coronavirus quarantine Cruise ships hit by coronavirus outbreaks have quickly found themselves with no ports for thousands of passengers as countries on four continents have quarantined vessels or kept them at sea for days. Keeping all the passengers on board instead of letting ...
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Minnesota's first virus patient is low risk to spread; 42 Minnesotans remain quarantined on ship The elderly Ramsey County resident who is Minnesota's first COVID-19 case came into contact with very few people while sick, greatly reducing the threat of infection to others, state health officials said Saturday. But 42 Minnesotans who aren't even in the ...
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Beshear urges Harrison County residents to avoid crowds as coronavirus worry grows Note: The Herald-Leader and McClatchy news sites have lifted the paywall on this developing story, providing critical information to readers. To support vital reporting such as this, please consider a digital subscription. Residents of Harrison County should ...
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Two new coronavirus cases announced in New Hampshire; first case found in Vermont New Hampshire health officials reported two new presumptive positive cases of Covid-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus, and Vermont announced its first case in statements released on Saturday. The two New Hampshire cases represent the ...
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Online platforms like Facebook are losing yet another 'infodemic' war As the world grapples with the coronavirus outbreak, the overlords of the internet's biggest communication channels have been busy waging a different war: One against misinformation. The COVID-19 epidemic, which has so far infected nearly 98,000 people ...
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As 2 in SC test positive for coronavirus, details of virus' spread remain unclear Two South Carolina cases of presumptive coronavirus should not alarm the public, state leaders said Saturday, though important details about how the virus found its way to a Kershaw County resident in her 80s remain unclear. A case each in Kershaw and ...
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Facebook to ban ads for medical masks Facebook has temporarily banned advertisements for medical face masks as the coronavirus continues to spread in the U.S., the social media giant announced Friday. The ban includes advertisements on the social media platform and its subsidiaries such as ...
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Gates-funded program will soon offer home-testing kits for new coronavirus Testing for the novel coronavirus in the Seattle area will get a huge boost in the coming weeks as a project funded by Bill Gates and his foundation begins offering home-testing kits that will allow people who fear they may be infected to swab their noses and ...
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US airport screeners, health workers plagued by fear and anger as coronavirus spreads Travelers Meredith Ponder, left, and Coleby Hanisch, both of Des Moines, Iowa, wear masks to remind them not to touch their faces as they ride a train at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Tuesday, March 3, 2020, in SeaTac, Wash. Six of the 18 Western ...
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First case of COVID-19 confirmed in Fresno County A Grand Princess Cruise passenger has become the first person in Fresno County to test positive for the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, health officials announced Saturday. The Fresno County Department of Public Health said two travelers presented ...
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Gov. Wolf Announces 2 Coronavirus Cases in Montgomery County Two more cases of the new coronavirus were confirmed in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Both people are considered presumptive positive for COVID-19, which means local testing came back positive, but that the results must be confirmed by the ...
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Health officials: Hundreds could have been exposed to Omaha patient with coronavirus Methodist Hospital in Omaha has asked more than 30 employees to self-quarantine for 14 days after being exposed to a patient who tested positive for coronavirus Friday, according to a news release. The Centers for Disease Control and state health officials ...
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Mass. insurers to cover full cost of coronavirus testing, treatment Health insurers in Massachusetts will cover the full cost of testing, counseling, treatment, and vaccination for the novel coronavirus, under new instructions from the state's division of insurance. That means there will be no co-payments for these services, and ...
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Conn. Doctor Tests Positive for Coronavirus Marking Second Case Connected to State A Connecticut community physician has tested positive for novel coronavirus, marking the second case connected to the state within a day. The newest person who is infected is a community physician who made rounds at Bridgeport Hospital, according to ...
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