Hundreds of thousands of people are alive today because of strict stay-at-home orders across the country during the coronavirus pandemic. That’s the conclusion of a new report from the Urban Health Collaborative at the Dornsife School of Public Health at Drexel University in collaboration with the Big Cities Health Coalition.
Telehealth is having a moment. This could be the future of medicine — or a fad that won't last beyond the current outbreak. The idea that video calls could replace some trips to the doctor's office isn't new, and it never really caught on, until COVID-19 suddenly changed everything.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released detailed guidance for reopening schools, mass transit and non-essential businesses that had been shut down in an attempt to curb the spread of the coronavirus in the United States.
One of the top peer-reviewed medical journals in the world on Tuesday rebuked President Donald Trump after the president incorrectly cited research it published on the coronavirus outbreak in a letter threatening to permanently yank U.S. funding to the World Health Organization.
New York State is piloting a program to bring visitors back in to hospitals, NYS Governor Cumo announced moments ago. As part of the two-week pilot program, 16 hospitals across the state can increase visitation for family/loved ones who must wear PPE and are subject to symptom & temperature checks.
Late last Friday, the architect and manager of Florida's COVID-19 dashboard — praised by White House officials for its accessibility — announced that she had been removed from her post, causing outcry from independent researchers now worried about government censorship.