Nearly Half Of Americans Delayed Medical Care Due To Pandemic
A poll released Wednesday reveals that the emptiness of medical care centers may also reflect the choices patients made to delay care.
Nursing Homes Need ‘Pristine, Unassailable’ Infection Control
The top medical official in charge of the federal government’s coronavirus task force on Tuesday advocated for stricter COVID-19 controls in the nation’s nursing homes, one day after the president and vice president announced a desire for expanded testing in long-term care.
FEMA Could Begin Sending PPE to Nursing Homes in Early May
According to the FEMA email, shipments of PPE to nursing homes will begin the first week of May on a rolling basis, and will be completed by the middle of June, NBC reported.
Inside a COVID-19 Testing Company’s Nursing Home Strategy
One of the most important weapons for fighting the novel coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. is also one of the most glaring gaps in the country’s health system: a lack of rapid, widespread testing for COVID-19.
With Medical Safety Gear Scarce, The Public Is Stepping Up.
Increasingly desperate pleas from health care workers and public authorities for donations of face masks and other protective gear are an unsettling sign of just how unprepared American hospitals are for the COVID-19 pandemic.
Surging Health Care Worker Quarantines Raise Concerns As Coronavirus Spreads
Across California, dozens more health care workers have been ordered home because of possible contagion in response to more than 80 confirmed cases as of Sunday afternoon. In Kirkland, Washington, more than a quarter of the city’s fire department was quarantined after exposure to a handful of infected patients at the Life Care Center nursing home.
