Some assisted living facilities are telling residents that if they leave during the COVID-19 crisis, even temporarily, they can’t return.
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For people who are able to get tested for COVID-19, there can be a frustratingly long wait for results — not just hours, but often days.
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As the novel coronavirus snaked its way across the globe, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in early February distributed 200 test kits it ...
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Yet another casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic may be the clinical training that’s so essential for America’s future nurses and doctors. As university campuses close ...
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Public health officials in California’s state capital region announced this week they have stopped tracing the contacts of patients diagnosed with the novel coronavirus. They’ve ...
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Andrea Amelse knows hand-washing. For the past eight years, she’s been washing her hands pretty much every time she passes a sink. When she’s near ...
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Defending his signature health plan — a single-payer system known as “Medicare for All” that would move all Americans to government-funded coverage — Vermont Sen. ...
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By Phil Galewitz The Trump administration has given states three extra years to carry out plans for helping elderly and disabled people receive Medicaid services ...
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By Elana Gordon, WHYY For most of his life, Carl Goulden had near-perfect health. He and his wife, Wanda, say that changed 10 years ago. Carl ...
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By Michelle Andrews Limiting the number of foreign doctors who can get visas to practice in the United States could have a significant impact on ...
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