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Post-COVID Heart Damage Alarms Researchers
Yahoo News - Fri Sep 11, 2020
Shelby Hedgecock contracted the coronavirus in April and thought she had fought through the worst of it - the intense headaches, severe gastrointestinal distress and debilitating fatigue - but early last month she started experiencing chest pain and a pounding heartbeat. More»

NYC Preparing to Lay Off 'Hundreds' of EMTs Amid COVID Budget Crisis
WNBC-TV - Wed Aug 19, 2020
The FDNY EMS union said that City Hall is looking to eliminate 400 emergency medical response jobs, just months after first responders were dealing with call volumes as high as 6,500 a day during the peak of the pandemic. More»

Memphis woman, 56, still recovering from COVID-19 after a hospital stay is evicted from her home over her mother-in-law's medical debt
Daily Mail - Sun Aug 9, 2020
A Memphis woman who is recovering from COVID-19 was evicted from her home last week over medical debt belonging to her mother-in-law. More»

Three-Quarters of Adults With COVID-19 Have Heart Damage
UPI - Thu Aug 6, 2020
Seventy-eight percent of people diagnosed with COVID-19 showed evidence of heart damage caused by the disease weeks after they have recovered, according to a study published Monday by JAMA Cardiology. More»

More Than 600 Sickened by Bagged Salad Mixes
WRC-TV - Sat Jul 25, 2020
The number of people sickened by a parasite infection linked to Fresh Express bagged salad mixes has risen to 641 cases in 11 states, the Food and Drug Administration said Friday. More»

Georgia Hospital Worker Sounds Alarm: 'I Have Never Ever Seen Anything Like This'
NPR - Fri Jul 17, 2020
The emergency room overflowed with patients. More»

US Coronavirus Data Has Already Disappeared After Trump Shifted Control From CDC
WNBC-TV - Thu Jul 16, 2020
Previously public data has already disappeared from the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions website after the Trump administration quietly shifted control of the information to the Department of Health and Human Services. More»

Trump Sending Military to Hospitals to "Oversee" COVID-19 Data
Daily KOS - Wed Jul 15, 2020
There are a number of jobs that the National Guard has been trained to perform. More»

Trump Orders Hospitals Not To Provide COVID Data To CDC
New York Times - Wed Jul 15, 2020
The Trump administration has ordered hospitals to bypass the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and, beginning on Wednesday, send all coronavirus patient information to a central database in Washington - a move that has alarmed public health experts who fear the data will be distorted for political gain. More»

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»

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»

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»

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»

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