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	health Daily update ⋅ April 5, 2020
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	The New York Times What's the Best Material for a Mask? The New York Times Federal health officials have now recommended that we cover our faces with fabric during the coronavirus pandemic. But what material offers the most protection? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has posted a no-sew mask pattern using a ... Flag as irrelevant
	NPR How Multigenerational Families Manage 'Social Distancing' Under One Roof NPR The Walker family never thought having an age range of 3 to 96 under the same roof would be risky. That was before the coronavirus pandemic. Wilma Walker's now nonagenarian mom moved into her daughter and son-in-law's home in Florissant, Mo., about ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Trump Urges Coronavirus Patients to Take Unproven Drug The New York Times President Trump said on Saturday that the federal government was placing millions of doses of a malaria drug in the federal stockpile of emergency medical supplies to make it available for coronavirus patients, even though the drug has not been approved ... Flag as irrelevant
	USA TODAY How to make your own face mask to help stop the spread of the coronavirus USA TODAY It's difficult to keep your distance in a grocery store or pharmacy, so now the CDC says we should wear a homemade mask in public to slow the spread of the coronavirus — particularly in areas with high community transmission. Officials don't want healthy ... Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters Exclusive: Pressed by Trump, US pushed unproven coronavirus treatment guidance Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In mid-March, President Donald Trump personally pressed federal health officials to make malaria drugs available to treat the novel coronavirus, though they had been untested for COVID-19, two sources told Reuters. FILE PHOTO: ... Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters Exclusive: Pressed by Trump, US pushed unproven coronavirus treatment guidance Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In mid-March, President Donald Trump personally pressed federal health officials to make malaria drugs available to treat the novel coronavirus, though they had been untested for COVID-19, two sources told Reuters. Shortly ... Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report Amid Coronavirus Pandemic, Black Mistrust of Medicine Looms The New York Times NEW YORK — Just as the new coronavirus was declared a global pandemic, gym members in New York City frantically called the fitness center where Rahmell Peebles worked, asking him to freeze their memberships. Peebles, a 30-year-old black man who's ... Flag as irrelevant
	Federal Efforts On Coronavirus Relief NPR As the economy reels from record unemployment and states continue to increase their social distancing guidelines, the federal government is working to implement relief measures. MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: We're going to begin this hour with the latest on the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Los Angeles Times Pandemic exposes low pay and scant protections for nursing assistants and home-care aides Los Angeles Times When she heard friends working at Lowe's were in line for $300 hazard-pay bonuses, Allanah Smit wondered why her employer, Memorial Hospital in Gulfport, Miss., had no such plans. "Healthcare workers deserve hazard pay too," she declared on Twitter. Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News 5G coronavirus claims 'dangerous' as mast fires investigated BBC News Ministers have described theories linking 5G to coronavirus as "dangerous" after social media posts showing mobile phone masts on fire appeared to encourage such claims. Fires at masts in Birmingham, Liverpool and Melling are being investigated. Flag as irrelevant
	Wall Street Journal Assisted-Living Facilities Are Vulnerable to Coronavirus Wall Street Journal MIAMI—Assisted-living facilities, a booming but lightly regulated industry that houses roughly a million elderly patients in Florida and across the nation, are ill-prepared for the novel coronavirus, some health authorities say. Six deaths from Covid-19, the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Fox Business Exclusive: Pressed by Trump, US Pushed Unproven Coronavirus Treatment Guidance The New York Times WASHINGTON — In mid-March, President Donald Trump personally pressed federal health officials to make malaria drugs available to treat the novel coronavirus, though they had been untested for COVID-19, two sources told Reuters. Shortly afterward, the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters Exclusive: Pressed by Trump, US pushed unproven coronavirus treatment guidance Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In mid-March, President Donald Trump personally pressed federal health officials to make malaria drugs available to treat the novel coronavirus, though they had been untested for COVID-19, two sources told Reuters. This video file ... Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News Surprising COVID-19 hot spots: Why coronavirus still threatens rural areas ABC News These past several weeks, national attention regarding the COVID-19 pandemic has been focused on known urban hotspots such as New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles. However, a troubling new trend is emerging: outbreaks in rural communities. Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Most people recover from Covid-19. Here's why it's hard to pinpoint exactly how many CNN Atlanta (CNN) It's a question that many want answered: Exactly how many people recover from Covid-19? Most people with Covid-19 have mild illness and are able to recover at home without medical care, while severe cases often receive supportive care in ... Flag as irrelevant
	NPR US May Get More Ventilators But Run Out Of Medicine For COVID-19 Patients NPR As hospitals across the country fill with COVID-19 patients, medical personnel are sounding the alarm about shortages of drugs essential to those patients' care. "We have seen an increase in demand on pharmaceuticals that's unprecedented," says Daniel ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Boston Globe Residents and families angry and helpless as coronavirus overwhelms nursing homes The Boston Globe In just one room at the Charlwell House Health & Rehabilitation Center in Norwood last month, an elderly woman fell ill with coronavirus symptoms. She died on a Thursday. Another roommate was dead the following Wednesday. The third remained alone, ... Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News A mounting casualty of coronavirus crisis: Health care jobs ABC News Tens of thousands of U.S. medical workers are suddenly out of work as casualties of measures to prioritize coronavirus patients at hospitals and of the economic troubles the crisis is creating. By. MARC LEVY Associated Press. April 4, 2020, 9:16 AM. Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report As COVID-19 Deaths Steady, Italy's Health Minister Eyes Next Phase The New York Times MILAN — Italy's health minister outlined plans on Sunday for broader testing and beefed-up health services as part of a package of measures that would follow a future easing of the country's coronavirus lockdown. Roberto Speranza said it was too early to ... Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters More than 600 dead in New York state in a day from coronavirus Reuters NEW YORK (Reuters) - Coronavirus-related illnesses killed 630 people in the last day in New York state, Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Saturday, in the worst 24 hours yet for the U.S. state hit hardest by the pandemic. FILE PHOTO: Healthcare workers ... Flag as irrelevant
	Houston Chronicle The Week That Was: Stories From the Coronavirus Saga The New York Times This past week, New York got worse — far worse. In New York City, as morgue space ran out, people started wondering where the bodies will go and the funeral industry struggled to keep up. On the streets of a city accustomed to the exact opposite of social ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New Yorker Caring for Coronavirus Patients in a Queens ICU The New Yorker Nicholas Choi, a thirty-eight-year-old New York native, is a nurse in the intensive-care unit at NewYork-Presbyterian hospital, in Flushing, Queens. For the past several weeks, he has been working long hours treating COVID-19 patients. Queens, like the rest ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Verge British 5G towers are being set on fire because of coronavirus conspiracy theories The Verge 5G phone masts are being set alight in the UK, after online conspiracy theories have misleadingly linked the cell towers to the coronavirus pandemic. The BBC reports that at least three 5G towers were set alight last week, and police and fire services were ... Flag as irrelevant
	Fox News Coronavirus 'Achilles' heel' may have been found, experts say Fox News Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. The coronavirus pandemic has ravaged the majority of the world, upending nearly every facet of life, as researchers race to find a cure. However, a newly published ... Flag as irrelevant
	WFAA.com Live COVID-19 updates: Dallas County surpasses 1000 cases of novel coronavirus WFAA.com The novel coronavirus continues to spread throughout the North Texas community as more people get tested each day. Saturday afternoon, Dallas County officially surpassed 1,000 cases of COVID-19 when health officials reported that 94 additional people ... Flag as irrelevant
	WBUR In 'Hidden Valley Road,' A Family's Journey Helps Shift The Science Of Mental Illness WBUR There are still many questions about schizophrenia — what it is, what causes it, and how to treat it. One family has helped researchers take steps forward in attempts to find answers to these questions. The Galvins seemed like a model for baby-boomer ... Flag as irrelevant
	Ars Technica Don't Panic: The comprehensive Ars Technica guide to the coronavirus [Updated 4/4] Ars Technica Nearly 1.2 million people have been infected with a new coronavirus that has spread widely from its origin in China over the past few months. Nearly 64,000 have already died. Our comprehensive guide for understanding and navigating this global public ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNBC Why you're having such vivid dreams and nightmares during the pandemic, and how to sleep better CNBC The COVID-19 pandemic has made even sleep feel stressful. From vivid dreams and nightmares to increased levels of insomnia, many people are struggling with sleep right now. This makes sense, because "we are wired to stay awake in the face of danger," ... Flag as irrelevant
	Chicago Tribune FDA relaxes blood donation guidelines for gay, bisexual men amid drastic coronavirus shortages Chicago Tribune We have lifted the paywall on this story. To support essential reporting, please consider becoming a subscriber. The Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday that it was significantly loosening its recommendations for blood donations from gay and ... Flag as irrelevant
	Los Angeles Times As California faces tough weeks ahead, the public will play a key role in slowing outbreak Los Angeles Times Capping a week of dramatic rises in novel coronavirus cases and deaths, health officials said Friday that California should brace for at least several more challenging weeks as the virus spreads and officials fight to keep unprecedented social distancing ... Flag as irrelevant
	Fortune Inside Europe's coronavirus hotspots a new concern emerges: A PTSD crisis among medical workers Fortune When Daniel Baldó put his wellness startup on the back burner and offered to work as an ICU nurse at Madrid's giant Hospital Universitario La Paz, he found a system overwhelmed by COVID-19 cases, with medical workers pushed to the breaking point by ... Flag as irrelevant
	CBS Denver Boulder County Reports 3rd Coronavirus Death As State Releases New Numbers CBS Denver BOULDER COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – A Boulder County resident in their 90s died from coronavirus (COVID-19). They are the third death related to COVID-19 in the county. The resident, however, is the first person who lived in a long-term care facility to pass ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Sidewalk notes bring smiles to hospital staff during virus Washington Post NEW ORLEANS — The messenger is anonymous — but the messages are heartfelt, and appreciated. In recent days, workers at New Orleans' Ochsner Medical Center who take the familiar stroll from the parking lot to the main entrance have been greeted ... Flag as irrelevant
	Fortune Teaching a machine to see: Italian doctors turn to Chinese AI to diagnose COVID-19 Fortune Each day, overworked Italian medical technicians upload detailed images of Italians' lungs to a computer server that sits in an underground radiology lab in Rome. As Italy's coronavirus crisis has worsened, the volume of scans has climbed into the thousands. Flag as irrelevant
	Politico Why We Keep Getting the Lessons of the Spanish Flu Wrong Politico In the age of coronavirus, Americans are gripped by tales of the 1918 Spanish flu. Lessons from that past pandemic crowd the op-ed pages. Books about the contagion climb the best-seller lists. Lawmakers in Washington spread the comparison like slaps on ... Flag as irrelevant
	NBCNews.com CDC Changes Course, Says Everyone Should Cover Their Face In Public NPR U.S. officials say high-quality masks should still be saved for health care workers, but are encouraging people to use something to cover their mouth and nose when they're out in public. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Got masks? Well, you should. There's new ... Flag as irrelevant
	Science 2.0 Contact Tracing For COVID-19 Is How TO CRUSH This Virus - Physical Distancing Is Defensive - We Need To Attack ... Science 2.0 Many governments, the UK included, do not seem to fully understand how important contact tracing is for stopping the outbreak. They focus their policy on physical distancing - which is the most obvious eye catching thing that filled the news about Wuhan. Flag as irrelevant
	KTLA LA County coronavirus cases top 5200 with 117 deaths after biggest one-day increase KTLA Coronavirus cases in Los Angeles County topped 5,200 Saturday as another 28 deaths were reported in the county's most dramatic one-day increase yet. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health confirmed 711 new cases of the novel ... Flag as irrelevant
	TechCrunch Why telehealth can't significantly flatten the coronavirus curve—yet TechCrunch The COVID-19 pandemic rages on. As cases in the United States skyrocket, one of the most foreboding possibilities of COVID-19's rapid growth is the potential to overwhelm hospital capacity. Hospitals in cities like New York are already underwater, relying on ... Flag as irrelevant
	Youngstown Vindicator Lessons from 1918 pandemic stick for COVID-19 in 2020 Youngstown Vindicator NOV. 9, 1918 — The prediction made by health officer G. N. Simpson and other members of the Emergency Relief Committee that Thursday night's jollification was bound to reflect itself in the new flu cases reported in the city bore fruit today, when the reports ... Flag as irrelevant
	Patch.com Michigan Coronavirus Deaths Top 500, Travel Screeched To A Halt After Stay Home Order Patch.com Michiganders have stopped traveling, following one of the key public health guidelines to halt the spread of the new coronavirus. By Michigan Advance/States Newsroom, News Partner. Apr 4, 2020 9:41 pm ET ... Flag as irrelevant
	New York Post Health clinic exec says offer to help NYC with beds, equipment is being ignored New York Post New York City is desperately pleading for healthcare workers and equipment for the fight against the coronavirus — but a local doctor who has offered his network of 600 beds and 100 physicians said city and state bureaucrats have ignored him. Dr. Yan ... Flag as irrelevant
	KHOU.com Family of some Resort at Texas City residents say staff have not called them about COVID-19 outbreak at nursing home KHOU.com TEXAS CITY, Texas — Family members of residents of a Texas City nursing home said they still have not been contacted by staff at the facility to inform them of the COVID-19 outbreak despite what the staff there told KHOU 11. Christina Aceves said her ... Flag as irrelevant
	Press Herald 10th death, 456 cases of coronavirus now confirmed by Maine CDC Press Herald The Maine Center for Disease Control on Saturday reported 24 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, as well as the state's 10th known death from the pandemic. That raises the total number of known cases in Maine to 456, though public-health ... Flag as irrelevant
	FRONTLINE For Seniors in Florida's Villages, Coronavirus Dangers Stack Up FRONTLINE The Villages built itself into America's biggest and most famous retirement community by selling the ultimate Florida lifestyle: endless vacation in a warm-weather paradise where you never have to be alone. But everything that defines the Villages now puts its ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Dozens of cases, and nine deaths. Inside Maryland's worst coronavirus outbreak. Washington Post Ed Singer's mobile phone rang at 2 a.m.. Pleasant View Nursing Home was running out of oxygen, a hospital official told Singer, the health officer of rural Carroll County, Md. Without 16 additional tanks, some of the most fragile coronavirus patients might not ... Flag as irrelevant
	syracuse.com Coronavirus and Alzheimer's: Caregivers look for help as they take on even more stress syracuse.com Syracuse, N.Y. — Annette Adams Brown tends to the needs of her 87-year-old mother, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease 12 years ago. Shortly after Bertha Adams' diagnosis, a doctor asked her daughter: Now what are YOU doing to take care of ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Star Beacon 1918 pandemic similar in many ways to today's COVID-19 The Star Beacon Very similar. Just 102 years after the 1918 Spanish flu (H1N1) virus caused the deadliest pandemic of the 20th Century, a retired teacher says we are seeing another "very similar" influenza pandemic spreading throughout the world. "Everything we are seeing ... Flag as irrelevant
	TheStreet A small trial finds that hydroxychloroquine is not effective for treating coronavirus TheStreet Courtesy of Katherine Seley-Radtke, University of Maryland, Baltimore County. On Saturday the Food and Drug Administration approved the use of two antimalarial drugs, hydroxychloroquine and a related medication, chloroquine, for emergency use to treat ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Denver Post What we know now: Updates to your coronavirus questions, a month after COVID-19 was confirmed in Colorado The Denver Post A lot has happened since the start of March, to say the least. When The Denver Post last published answers to your questions about the new coronavirus, on March 6, Colorado had eight confirmed cases of COVID-19 and no deaths attributed to it. As of April 3 ... Flag as irrelevant

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