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COMIC: Looking For A 'Helper' In The Age Of Coronavirus

Apr 18, 2020
Mister Rogers said "look for the helpers" in times of crisis. Here's the story of Shah Dedar. He's 32, he's a Tom Hanks fan — and he works to protect the most vulnerable in crowded refugee camps.
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Coronavirus Live Updates
Anti-abortion rights activists pray outside a Planned Parenthood clinic that offers abortions in Austin, Texas in 2016. Planned Parenthood clinics in Colorado, New Mexico, and Nevada are reporting an influx of patients from Texas, after an order from Tex
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After Texas Abortion Ban, Clinics In Neighboring States See Influx Of Patients

Apr 17, 2020
Planned Parenthood clinics in neighboring states are reporting a more than seven-fold increase in abortion patients since a ban in Texas during the coronavirus pandemic.
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The Coronavirus Crisis
More than 2,600 health care workers in the Detroit area either have been out sick with symptoms similar to those of COVID-19 or have tested positive for the coronavirus. Above,  a police car leaves Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit on April 7.
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After Recovering From COVID-19, Some Detroit Health Care Workers Are Back On The Job

Apr 17, 2020
Health care workers treating COVID-19 patients sometimes get sick themselves. Those who recover often go right back to work.
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Shots - Health News
Mammoth Biosciences and researchers at the University of California, San Francisco are working on a coronavirus test that could run multiple samples at once, with results in 35-40 minutes. Even better, they say, it doesn't require the sophisticated, expe
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CRISPR And Spit Might Be Keys To Faster, Cheaper, Easier Tests For The Coronavirus

Apr 17, 2020
Researchers are racing to develop quick, home-based tests for the virus that could deliver test results in minutes. None do that yet, but several under development hold promise, scientists say.
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Shots - Health News
In 1989, Fauci and then-U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Louis W. Sullivan (right) announced results of studies showing that the antiviral drug AZT had delayed the onset of disease in some people with HIV.
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Long Before COVID-19, Dr. Anthony Fauci 'Changed Medicine In America Forever'

Apr 16, 2020
New Yorker writer Michael Specter covered Fauci's early work in the AIDS epidemic. "He's always taken an open-minded approach to the problems," Specter says of the infectious-disease expert.
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San Francisco's Coit Tower was lit up blue on April 9 as part of a nationwide tribute to health care workers and first responders on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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San Francisco Ramps Up Back-To-Basics Contact Tracing To Stop COVID-19

Apr 16, 2020
Citing concerns about privacy and civil liberties, the city's not relying on a smartphone app to track cases. Instead, it's recruiting public health staff, librarians and med students to make calls.
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The Coronavirus Crisis
Teaneck Volunteer Ambulance Corps member Bobby Alexiou, 20, wheels out a stretcher outside the home of a potential COVID-positive patient in Teaneck, N.J., after suiting up in a protective suit, donated goggles from the local high school and an N95 mask.
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As Deaths Mount, Volunteer EMTs At New Jersey's Coronavirus Epicenter Labor On

Apr 15, 2020
The EMT crew on the front lines of one of the hardest hit New Jersey towns is all volunteer. They say calls are getting more intense and more people are dying.
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The Coronavirus Crisis
Admiral Brett Giroir, M.D., assistant secretary for health in the U.S. Public Health Service, speaks during one of the daily briefings on COVID-19 last week.
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Public Health Service Poised To Create A Ready Reserve To Fight The Coronavirus

Apr 15, 2020
The U.S. Public Health Service has won congressional authorization for a ready reserve of doctors and nurses to deploy across the country.
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The Coronavirus Crisis
Nurses and community faith leaders participate in a protest outside the Cook County Jail in Chicago, on April 10, 2020, calling for the release of prisoners from the jail. A federal judge ordered Cook County Jail to take prompt action to stop the spread
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The COVID-19 Struggle In Chicago's Cook County Jail

Apr 13, 2020
Cook County Jail's coronavirus outbreak has prompted policy changes and a federal lawsuit. More than 500 staff and detainees infected.
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The Coronavirus Crisis
The interactive, web-based dashboard created by Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md., as seen on Monday at 3:11 p.m. ET.
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Mapping COVID-19: Millions Rely On Online Tracker Of Cases Worldwide

Apr 13, 2020
A small team at Johns Hopkins University early on created what's become one of the most authoritative interactive online dashboards, tracking COVID-19 data around the world.
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The Coronavirus Crisis
President Donald Trump speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing at the White Houseon Friday. Seated from left, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci, White House coronavirus response coordinator Dr
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Market And Business Ties Often Determine Where COVID-19 Supplies Go

Apr 11, 2020
Under a collaboration between the Trump administration and major corporations, the marketplace and business ties often shape decisions about who gets life-saving equipment, and who has to wait.
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Why Misinformation And Distrust Is Making COVID-19 More Dangerous For Black America

Apr 10, 2020
The coronavirus is hitting African Americans especially hard. Jahmil Lacey, a researcher on health disparities, says distrust of the medical establishment is a big reason why.
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Public health experts say tracing who people infected with the coronavirus have been in contact with is a critical step in easing social distancing restrictions.
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Apple And Google Build Smartphone Tool To Track COVID-19

Apr 10, 2020
The tech companies say their software would protect privacy while helping public health officials trace the spread of the coronavirus.
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The Coronavirus Crisis
A Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department van enters the Twin Towers Correctional Facility in Los Angeles on April 1, 2020. California is planning to release as many as 3,500 inmates who were due to be paroled in the next two months as it tries to free s
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Advocates: Inmates Released Early Due To Pandemic Need Help To Safely Shelter

Apr 09, 2020
In California, former inmates released early to help reduce coronavirus risks behind bars lack support when they get out, say advocates, who want better, organized help to address the crisis.
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The Coronavirus Crisis
The recently closed Pickens County Medical Center in Carrollton, Ala., is one of the latest health care facilities to fall victim to a wave of rural hospital shutdowns across the U.S. in recent years. With hundreds of hospitals endangered, residents are
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Small-Town Hospitals Are Closing Just As Coronavirus Arrives In Rural America

Apr 09, 2020
Small-town hospitals were already closing at an alarming rate before COVID-19, but now the trend appears to be accelerating just as the disease arrives in rural America.
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The Coronavirus Crisis
Health care workers feel unprotected from the disease they're supposed to treat.
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'It's Like Walking Into Chernobyl,' One Doctor Says Of Her Emergency Room

Apr 09, 2020
Some health care workers say they're exhausted and burning out from the stress of treating a stream of critically ill patients in an increasingly overstretched health care system.
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Medical workers transfer a patient from the Doctors Without Borders cholera treatment unit to the intensive care unit at the general hospital in Masisi, Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Aid Groups Say They've Never Faced A Challenge Like The Novel Coronavirus

Apr 07, 2020
Humanitarian organizations are used to dealing with droughts, conflict and natural disaster. But the pandemic adds unprecedented layers of difficulty to their work.
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Coronavirus Live Updates
"While none of this is good news, the ... possible flattening of the curve is better than the increases that we have seen," New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday. He is seen last month following the arrival of the U.S. Naval hospital ship Comfort to New
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With Coronavirus Deaths 'Essentially Flat' Last Two Days, NY Gov. Sees 'Good Signs'

Apr 06, 2020
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said there were 599 coronavirus deaths statewide since Sunday. He said it may suggest a "possible flattening of the curve" but also warned numbers were inconclusive.
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The Coronavirus Crisis
Employee Gina Hansen (right), hands documentation to a client outside Daniel J. Schaefer Funeral Home in Brooklyn, on April 2, 2020.
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Funeral Homes Overwhelmed With COVID-19 Cases

Apr 05, 2020
As the U.S. death toll from the coronavirus increases, so does the strain on funeral homes across the country. Funeral directors are struggling to meet the soaring demand for their services.
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The Coronavirus Crisis
Melissa Burgess and her husband experienced symptoms of COVID-19 but weren't able to get tested, which raised concern about exposing their young son.
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Many Who Need Testing For COVID-19 Fail To Get Access

Apr 03, 2020
There's still a serious shortage of testing for COVID-19 across the country. Many people who are sick and showing likely symptoms say they still can't get tested.
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The Coronavirus Crisis
A lone passenger walks past the north checkpoint at Denver International Airport on April 1, which was closed because of a lack of traffic as a statewide stay-at-home order remains in effect to help reduce the spread of the coronavirus.
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To Stay Aloft With Federal Aid, Airlines Must Keep Flying

Apr 02, 2020
To get a share of $50 billion in aid, airlines must maintain minimal service to where they fly now, and no consolidating flights between carriers.
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The Coronavirus Crisis
Wellness Matrix Group has claimed to sell an at-home coronavirus test that is "FDA Approved." But the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says, "the FDA has not authorized any test that is available to purchase for testing yourself at home for COVID-19."
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Exclusive: California Company Under Scrutiny For 'At-Home' Coronavirus Test Claims

Apr 02, 2020
The Wellness Matrix Group has offered customers an "at-home kit" for coronavirus testing that is "FDA Approved." But the agency has not approved any such tests, and customers say they feel scammed.
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The Coronavirus Crisis
Online video conferencing is just one way mourning families are learning to cope and connect at a time when large funeral gatherings are strongly discouraged due to social distancing guidelines.
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Social Distancing Means Mourners Must Find New Ways To Cope And Connect

Apr 02, 2020
With limits on social gatherings, Americans have to mourn their dead through online memorials and virtual funerals.
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The Coronavirus Crisis
Some doctors say they are being told they can't use their own personal protective equipment, such as gloves and masks.
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Doctors Say Hospitals Are Stopping Them From Wearing Masks

Apr 02, 2020
Health care workers say some hospitals are punishing them for wearing personal protective gear in the halls or that they brought from home.
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Second Federal Inmate Dies From COVID-19

Apr 01, 2020
On March 31, the Federal Bureau of Prisons began a systemwide 14-day quarantine for inmates to stem the spread of the coronavirus.
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