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Alabama students throwing 'COVID parties' to see who gets infected
ABC - Thu Jul 2, 2020
Students in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 have been attending parties in the city and surrounding area as part of a disturbing contest to see who can catch the virus first, a city council member told ABC News on Wednesday. More»

Two Friends in Texas Were Tested for Coronavirus. One Bill Was $199. The Other? $6,408.
New York Times - Mon Jun 29, 2020
Before a camping and kayaking trip along the Texas Coast, Pam LeBlanc and Jimmy Harvey decided to get coronavirus tests. More»

"They Just Dumped Him Like Trash": Nursing Homes Evict Vulnerable Residents
New York Times - Mon Jun 22, 2020
Nursing homes across the country are kicking out old and disabled residents and sending them to homeless shelters and rundown motels. More»

Georgia nurses accuse hospital of manipulating COVID-19 test results
WXIA-TV - Sat Jun 20, 2020
ATHENS, Georgia - The lawsuit filed against Landmark Hospital in Athens has many allegations including nurses being instructed to swab incorrectly to give false results. More»

Coronavirus survival comes with a $1.1 million, 181-page price tag
Seattle Times - Sat Jun 13, 2020
Remember Michael Flor, the longest-hospitalized COVID-19 patient who, when he unexpectedly did not die, was jokingly dubbed "the miracle child?" Now they can also call him the million-dollar baby. More»

Trump announces US to sever all ties with World Health Organization
The Guardian - Fri May 29, 2020
Donald Trump has announced the severance of all US ties with the World Health Organisation, three weeks ahead of a deadline he laid down earlier this month. More»

Surgeons found 'black mold' clinging to heart of 7-month-old patient at Seattle Children's Hospital
KING-TV - Thu May 21, 2020
SEATTLE, Washington - A lawsuit filed in King County court says a now 7-month-old baby contracted a mold infection at Seattle Childrens, months after the hospital had closed and thoroughly scrubbed its operating rooms due to the presence of Aspergillus mold. More»

Stimulus check theft: Some nursing homes stole relief funds from elderly residents
KABC-TV - Tue May 19, 2020
WASHINGTON - Several states reported that some nursing homes and assisted living facilities have forced elderly residents on Medicaid to hand over their coronavirus stimulus checks, according to a Federal Trade Commission alert. More»

Florida scientist was fired for refusing to 'manipulate' COVID-19 data
USA Today - Tue May 19, 2020
BREVARD COUNTY, Florida - The scientist who created Floridas COVID-19 data portal wasnt just removed from her position on May 5, she was fired on Monday by the Department of Health, she said, for refusing to manipulate data. More»

Trump's new coronavirus vaccine czar owns $10 million in stock options in company developing vaccine
Salon - Mon May 18, 2020
The former pharmaceutical executive named by President Donald Trump to lead a federal coronavirus vaccine development project owns more than $10 million in stock options in a company that has received federal funding to develop such a vaccine. More»

Trump Pushes CDC to Revise Down Its COVID Death Counts
Daily Beast - Wed May 13, 2020
President Donald Trump and members of his coronavirus task force are pushing officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to change how the agency works with states to count coronavirus-related deaths. More»

FEMA Diverted Masks From Veterans Hospitals, VA Official Says
TPM - Thu Apr 30, 2020
The Federal Emergency Management Agency diverted masks from veterans hospitals and into the governments emergency stockpile, the executive in charge of the Department of Veterans Affairs claimed Saturday. More»

Outcry after Trump suggests injecting disinfectant as treatment
BBC - Fri Apr 24, 2020
US President Donald Trump has been lambasted by the medical community after suggesting research into whether coronavirus might be treated by injecting disinfectant into the body. More»

FEMA seized 400,000 N95 masks, has them "just sitting on a loading dock at JFK"
New York Daily News - Thu Apr 23, 2020
A medical supply company in Delaware is questioning the legality of federal seizures of N95 respirator masks destined for medical workers amid the coronavirus pandemic. More»

2 Californians died of coronavirus weeks before previously known 1st US death
CNN - Wed Apr 22, 2020
New autopsy results show two Californians died of novel coronavirus in early and mid-February -- up to three weeks before the previously known first US death from the virus. More»

Front-Runner for Country's Dumbest Governor to Reopen Essential Bowling Alleys, Nail Salons Friday
Vanity Fair - Mon Apr 20, 2020
Brian Kemp seemingly asked for a list of the businesses where people are in closest proximity, a key factor to spreading COVID-19, and said, Lets start with those. More»

The White House Has Erected A Blockade Stopping States and Hospitals From Getting Coronavirus PPE
New England Journal of Medicine - Sun Apr 19, 2020
As a chief physician executive, I rarely get involved in my health systems supply-chain activities. More»

Antibody study suggests coronavirus is far more widespread than previously thought
The Guardian - Fri Apr 17, 2020
A new study in California has found the number of people infected with coronavirus may be tens of times higher than previously thought. More»

Wisconsin sheriff threatened to arrest girl over coronavirus photo, lawsuit says
New York Post - Fri Apr 17, 2020
A Wisconsin teen who traveled to Florida for spring break was threatened with arrest for starting a "panic" when she posted on social media about having the coronavirus, a lawsuit alleges. More»

17 Bodies Found in New Jersey Nursing Home After Anonymous Tip
NBC NY - Thu Apr 16, 2020
A phone call led New Jersey police to gruesome scene at a nursing home in New Jersey that has been ravaged by the coronavirus. More»

I'm an E.R. Doctor in New York. None of Us Will Ever Be the Same.
New York Times - Tue Apr 14, 2020
A Covid diary: This is what I saw as the pandemic engulfed our hospitals. More»

Massive Spike in NYC "Cardiac Arrest" Deaths Seen as Sign of COVID-19 Undercounting
WNBC-TV - Fri Apr 10, 2020
The FDNY reported a nearly 400 percent increase in "cardiac arrest" home deaths in late March and early April, a spike that officials say is almost certainly driven by COVID-19, whether they were formally diagnosed or not. More»

Trump says mass COVID-19 testing not needed
CNN - Thu Apr 9, 2020
President Donald Trump said Thursday that there have been more than two million coronavirus tests completed in the United States but suggested that mass testing is not going to happen. More»

Workers in full Hazmat suits bury rows of coffins in New York's Hart Island mass grave
Daily Mail - Thu Apr 9, 2020
Workers wearing hazmat suits have been spotted burying caskets in a mass grave on New Yorks Hart Island - as the number of burials quadruples amid the coronavirus pandemic and the citys death roll rises to more than 4,200. More»

Hospitals say feds are seizing masks and other coronavirus supplies without a word
Los Angeles Times - Wed Apr 8, 2020
WASHINGTON - Although President Trump has directed states and hospitals to secure what supplies they can, the federal government is quietly seizing orders, leaving medical providers across the country in the dark about where the material is going and how they can get what they need to deal with the coronavirus pandemic. More»

Ten times as many New Yorkers are dying in their homes than normal and they aren't being tested for COVID-19
Raw Story - Tue Apr 7, 2020
As of this writing, 12,242 people have died in the United States as a result of COVID-19, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). More»

Doctors Say Hospitals Are Stopping Them From Wearing Masks
NPR - Mon Apr 6, 2020
Neilly Buckalew is a traveling doctor who fills in at hospitals when theres need. More»

Fauci: no evidence anti-malaria drug pushed by Trump works against virus
The Guardian - Mon Apr 6, 2020
Donald Trumps top coronavirus adviser has warned again that there is no scientific evidence to support the use of an unproven anti-malaria drug the president has been pushing as a possible remedy for Covid-19. More»

Why is California still waiting for nearly 60,000 coronavirus test results?
The Guardian - Sat Apr 4, 2020
Nearly two-thirds of the coronavirus tests conducted in California are still awaiting results - in part due to an initial bottleneck at a single laboratory - leaving medical providers and patients in the dark, and health officials without the information they need to understand the diseases spread. More»

Pentagon says it still hasn't sent ventilators because it hasn't been told where to send them
CNN - Wed Apr 1, 2020
Washington, DC - Despite having committed to transferring 2,000 ventilators in military stocks to the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Department of Health and Human Services to fight the coronavirus outbreak, the Pentagon has not shipped any of them because the agencies have not asked for them or provided a shipping location, the Pentagons top logistics official said Tuesday. More»

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