Month: May 2020

Test your knowledge of this week’s health news. View original article Contributor:

Surgeries are canceled. Business models are shifting. Some of the hardest-hit hospitals may close, leaving patients with fewer options for care. View original article Contributor:

Estimating how many residents left New York City, neighborhood by neighborhood. View original article Contributor:

A $3 trillion package would include billions for struggling states but has been criticized as a “blue-state bailout” by Republican leaders. A test used on White House personnel might not be accurate, the F.D.A. said. View original article Contributor:

Traffic deaths in Thailand were down by about half last month. Typhoon Vongfong is complicating virus measures in the Philippines. View original article Contributor:

(NEW YORK) — U.S. health officials on Thursday released some of their long-delayed guidance that schools, businesses and other organizations can use as states reopen from coronavirus shutdowns. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention posted six one-page “decision tool” documents that use traffic signs and other graphics to tell organizations what they should consider … Read more

It was 11 p.m. on a Sunday in early May when Penny Shaw, a 76-year-old in Braintree, Massachusetts, picked up the phone and reported her nursing home to the local police. The staff on duty had just told her they couldn’t provide any of their usual care because they had no personal protection equipment (PPE). … Read more

(Bloomberg) — The hazard pay is disappearing. The hazard is not. Some essential employees across the U.S. have received bonuses or pay bumps to compensate for the risk that comes with clocking in at supermarkets, hospitals and other crowded workplaces during a pandemic. Now companies are walking back those wage increases, even as the threat … Read more