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Care homes “could go to the wall” due to rising costs from the coronavirus pandemic, bosses have said. Thirty out of 102 care providers contacted by the BBC also said none of their staff had been tested, down from 75 who said so in April. Care sector leaders said the government response was “patchy and […]
A Missouri hairstylist who had COVID-19 symptoms and tested positive for the disease served 84 clients over eight days earlier this month, a county health department said Friday. On Saturday, the Springfield-Greene County Health Department announced that a second hairstylist at the salon tested positive for COVID-19. The person reportedly worked five days while experiencing mild […]
North Dakota’s Republican governor issued a heartfelt plea to state residents not to turn wearing face masks to protect public health amid the COVID-19 crisis into a “senseless dividing line.” “We’re all in this together, and there’s only one battle we’re fighting, and that’s the battle of the virus,” Gov. Doug Burgum said at a press […]
GENEVA (Reuters) – South America has become a new epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic with Brazil hardest-hit, while cases are rising in some African countries that so far have a relatively low death toll, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. “The COVID-19 pandemic today reached a milestone in Africa, with more than 100,000 […]
Many Covid-19 patients continue to need care at home, once they leave hospital. The story of Mary Blessington illustrates how the path to recovery can involve U-turns, writes Dr John Wright of Bradford Royal Infirmary. We’ve already had our second spike – in care homes – and we know the third is waiting impatiently in […]
When you talk to intensive care doctors across the UK, exhausted after weeks of dealing with the ravages of Covid-19, the is the phrase that emerges time after time is, “We’ve never seen anything like this before.” They knew a new disease was coming, and they were expecting resources to be stretched by an unknown […]
Boris Johnson’s top adviser has faced calls to resign after travelling 260 miles during lockdown in order to get childcare cover. Downing Street says Dominic Cummings’ actions were in line with coronavirus guidelines – so what exactly are the rules and how have they been applied? What is the relevant guidance? Government advice for households […]
Illustration: Josh Cochran for HuffPost This story about climate change and education was produced as part of the nine-part series “Are We Ready? How Schools Are Preparing — and Not Preparing — Children for Climate Change,” reported by HuffPost and The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. […]
A scene from Wuhan, China, after the city’s lockdown due to the Covid-19 outbreak The first company developing a vaccine against Covid-19 to move its product candidate into Phase II testing now also has the distinction of being the first to have published data. Tianjin, China-based CanSino Biologics on Friday published findings from the Phase […]
Telehealth once again captured investors’ attention this week when Amwell raised a large funding round. The Boston-based company raised $ 194 million from previous investor Allianz X and drugmaker Takeda. Though Amwell had been talking to investors well before the Covid-19 pandemic started, the telehealth company and its competitors have seen a surge of visits […]
COVID-19 cases first contracted by a pastor and his wife ended up spreading to 35 others who attended events at their rural Arkansas church that resulted in three deaths, a troubling report revealed Friday. An additional 26 cases in the community occurred among people who had contact with those who participated in the church events, according […]
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will allow Medicare Advantage plans to cover a wider range of telehealth services. The new rule would give Medicare Advantage plans the flexibility to count certain telehealth specialists toward network adequacy requirements, including dermatology, psychiatry, cardiology, and primary care. The agency said the changes were designed to […]
UK scientists are to begin testing a treatment that it is hoped could counter the effects of Covid-19 in the most seriously ill patients. It has been found those with the most severe form of the disease have extremely low numbers of an immune cell called a T-cell. T-cells clear infection from the body. The […]
The key evidence on the safety and impact of reopening schools has been published by the government’s scientific advisory group, Sage. Sources involved said the risk of coronavirus to pupils going back to the classroom was “very, very small, but it is not zero”. They also said teachers were not at above average risk compared […]