Federal officials offering emergency funding to hospitals, clinics and doctors’ practices have included this stipulation: They cannot foist surprise medical bills on COVID-19 patients.

California allows nurse practitioners to work only under the supervision of a doctor, and most limitations on their practice are likely to hold.
 

The CDC says 27 health worker deaths have been recorded, based on a small number of test-result reports.

There's broad agreement that core public health work — the ability to find people with the virus and prevent them from passing it to others — will be essential to reopening schools and businesses.