Month: February 2020

I was not prepared for the phone call from my father’s skilled nursing facility asking for permission to provide him contraceptives. View original article Contributor:

Six of the workers have died, the government said on Friday. It was the first time officials have disclosed the number. View original article Contributor:

The “wartime” campaign to round up all who might be sick was extended to cities beyond the epicenter, even as it was marred by confusion that has isolated vulnerable patients and left some to die. View original article Contributor:

The outbreak of the virus, which began in Wuhan, China, has left tens of thousands sickened and more than 1,000 people dead. Officials have declared it a global health emergency. View original article Contributor:

The U.S. now has 15 confirmed cases of COVID-19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced Thursday. The latest case is a patient at the JBSA-Lackland military base in San Antonio, Texas, where 91 evacuees from Wuhan, China—the epicenter of the outbreak—have been in mandatory quarantine since they left China for the U.S. … Read more

As the number of confirmed COVID-19 coronavirus cases continues to increase on a quarantined cruise ship in Japan, public health experts are worried about the more than 3,400 passengers and crew members still on board the ship in what they say is an unprecedented situation. Some experts believe that the current quarantine procedures may be … Read more

The number of patients infected with the COVID-19 coronavirus aboard a quarantined cruise ship docked in Yokohama, Japan has continued to rise—making the ship the largest cluster of the deadly virus outside China. An additional 44 cases of the illness were identified on the Diamond Princess on Thursday, bringing the total number of infections to … Read more

A new way of counting used by the Chinese authorities should catch more cases and get people into treatment earlier. But the scale of the epidemic will remain unclear for some time. View original article Contributor:

Those replaced include the head of Wuhan, the city at the center of the epidemic, and the leader of Hubei province, as Beijing attempts to assuage public anger over its response. View original article Contributor: Gerry Shih

Republican lawmaker Joey Hensley is concerned that women would buy tampons and pads in bulk during Tennessee’s upcoming tax-free weekend. View original article Contributor: Lateshia Beachum