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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»

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»

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»

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»

Hospitals Tell Doctors They'll Be Fired If They Speak Out About Lack of Gear
Bloomberg - Tue Mar 31, 2020
Hospitals are threatening to fire health-care workers who publicize their working conditions during the coronavirus pandemic -- and have in some cases followed through. More»

Days After a Funeral in a Georgia Town, Coronavirus "Hit Like a Bomb"
New York Times - Mon Mar 30, 2020
A mourner came to Albany, Georgia to attend the funeral of a retired janitor. More»

Trump demands appreciation from governors for coronavirus response
Yahoo News - Sun Mar 29, 2020
WASHINGTON - President Trump used his daily coronavirus briefing to attack Democratic governors who in his estimation had shown insufficient gratitude for his administrations response to the pandemic. More»

Do I have COVID-19? Maybe. But like many Georgians, I've found it impossible to get a test.
Atlanta Magazine - Sat Mar 28, 2020
Since my husband, Jim, and I returned from a trip overseas on Monday, March 16, weve followed the instructions CDC workers distributed on our plane: avoiding others, checking our temperatures, keeping an eye out for the major symptoms of coronavirus infection - fever, coughing, and shortness of breath. More»

New Jersey nursing home is evacuated after ALL 94 residents are presumed positive for coronavirus
Daily Mail - Thu Mar 26, 2020
WOODBRIDGE, New Jersey - A nursing home in New Jersey has been evacuated after officials said that a coronavirus outbreak left all 94 patients presumed positive for the infection, and just three heroic nurses were left on staff to care for them. More»

Spanish Military Finds Dead Bodies And Seniors 'Completely Abandoned' In Care Homes
NPR - Wed Mar 25, 2020
The Spanish military has found older residents of some care homes "completely abandoned" and even "dead in their beds," Defense Minister Margarita Robles said in a television interview on Monday. More»

The coronavirus did not escape from a lab. Here's how we know.
Live Science - Mon Mar 23, 2020
As the novel coronavirus causing COVID-19 spreads across the globe, with cases surpassing 284,000 worldwide today (March 20), misinformation is spreading almost as fast. More»

American Airlines flight from Dallas to Nashville is delayed 8 hours after passenger was arrested for joking about having coronavirus
Daily Mail - Mon Mar 16, 2020
An American Airlines flight was delayed by eight hours after one of the passengers on board joked about having coronavirus. More»

Trump declares national emergency over coronavirus
BBC - Fri Mar 13, 2020
US President Donald Trump has declared a national emergency to help handle the growing outbreak of coronavirus. More»

How did Matt Gaetz get a coronavirus test when the rest of us can't?
Raw Story - Fri Mar 13, 2020
I got the COVID-19 text at 8:30 Tuesday night, three days after returning from a journalism conference in New Orleans. More»

New York Govrnor Cuomo deploys National Guard to New Rochelle to establish coronavirus containment center
CNBC - Tue Mar 10, 2020
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has deployed the National Guard to New Rochelle, a coronavirus hot spot just north of New York City. More»

Italy Sets Mandatory Quarantine For 16 Million People In Region Including Milan, Venice
Huffington Post - Sun Mar 8, 2020
Italy instituted a mandatory quarantine for 16 million people in the northern part of the country that includes Milan and Venice, in a desperate bid to slow the spread of the coronavirus. More»

There Is a "Tipping Point" Before Coronavirus Kills
Bloomberg - Sun Mar 8, 2020
The new coronavirus causes little more than a cough if it stays in the nose and throat, which it does for the majority of people unlucky enough to be infected. More»

White House Overruled CDC Push For Elderly Not To Fly Due To Coronavirus
Associated Press - Sun Mar 8, 2020
NEW YORK (AP) - The White House overruled health officials who wanted to recommend that elderly and physically fragile Americans be advised not to fly on commercial airlines because of the new coronavirus, a federal official told The Associated Press. More»

CPAC attendee tests positive for coronavirus
The Hill - Sat Mar 7, 2020
The American Conservative Union (ACU) announced Saturday that an attendee at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). More»

Coronavirus infected Nebraska woman, 36, being taken to a bio-containment unit
Daily Mail - Sat Mar 7, 2020
The number of cases of coronavirus in the US has topped 400, as the outbreak spreads quickly and the death toll reaches 19. More»

FDNY orders firefighters to STOP responding to 911 calls involving coronavirus symptoms and instead send lower-paid paramedics
Daily Mail - Sat Mar 7, 2020
The Fire Department of the City of New York has ordered firefighters to stop responding to calls involving potential coronavirus symptoms. More»

Kroger limiting amount of hand sanitizer, cold and flu medications customers can buy
WSB-TV - Wed Mar 4, 2020
ATLANTA, Georgia - Kroger is limiting the amount of hand sanitizing products and cold and flu medications that customers can buy at one time as fears escalate about coronavirus. More»

South Korea declares "war" on coronavirus as outbreak spreads rapidly and unpredictably outside of China
Washington Post - Tue Mar 3, 2020
Governments pledged urgent action on Tuesday as the novel coronavirus spread rapidly and unpredictably around the world and Americans braced for an increasing toll at home. More»

Trump says coronavirus shows need for better flu shot
New York Post - Mon Mar 2, 2020
President Trump says the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak shows the need for a better flu shot. More»

This is the coverup: CDC website stops reporting number of COVID-19 virus tests
Raw Story - Mon Mar 2, 2020
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) is no longer sharing vital statistics about the coronavirus on its website after a new death was confirmed this week. More»

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