Four former Detroit Medical Center Sinai-Grace emergency room workers filed a lawsuit this week contending the Detroit hospital wrongfully fired them and alleging that the hospital's understaffing contributed to patient deaths from COVID-19.
Coronavirus transmission continues to worsen in Los Angeles County, and that brings risks as the region further reopens. With higher transmissions, there is a chance that the nation’s most populous county could run out of intensive care unit beds in two to four weeks.
North Carolina is experiencing a surge of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations during its second phase of reopening, forcing the state's health director to contend with the idea of a second shutdown.
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey dismissed mounting concerns Thursday about the state’s alarming rise in coronavirus cases, and focused on hospitals’ capacity to care for patients rather than slowing the spread of the virus.
The US could see roughly 200,000 coronavirus deaths by September as states continue to loosen restrictions, a leading expert said as the nation surpassed 2 million confirmed cases this week.
The tragic story of the Khanna family reveals the conundrum facing health care workers, who care for their patients while exposing themselves and their loved ones to risk. And it underscores how unprepared U.S. hospitals still were more than a month after news of community transmission of COVID-19 was first detected in the country.