Hospitals are racing to prepare as top U.S. health officials warn the spread of the coronavirus will only ramp up in coming days. That includes checking supplies of personal protective equipment, as the FDA this week took steps to free up the supply chain. The American Hospital Association is asking Congress for an additional $ 1 billion,… Read More »
If you’re feeling the Coronavirus panic set in you might be washing your hands more times a day than you can keep count of. Advice from the UK government is to wash your hands with warm water and soap for at least 20 seconds and to make sure you’re hitting that amount of time, Health… Read More »
This is the latest piece in our Coronavirus Update series in which Harvard specialists in epidemiology, infectious disease, economics, politics, and other disciplines offer insights into what the latest developments in the COVID-19 outbreak may bring. As coronavirus cases continue to spread around the world, American officials acknowledged this week that cases of COVID-19, the… Read More »
COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, often causes only mild symptoms or in some cases none at all. But a small percentage get severely ill, and some die. New research is identifying who is at most risk for serious illness. Most vulnerable are the elderly, as well as people with cardiovascular disease, diabetes,… Read More »
“We don’t care if you’ve traveled to us from China or from Queens, we’re going to put a mask on you,” said Dr. Michael Phillips, an infectious disease specialist at NYU. The New York University doctors and other experts are convinced there could be more novel coronavirus cases in the United States than have been… Read More »
Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) speaks at a campaign Get Out the Vote Event in Charleston, South Carolina, February 26, 2020. Brian Snyder | Reuters Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., unveiled a bill Thursday to divert money from President Donald Trump‘s border wall to the U.S. coronavirus response. As concerns… Read More »