Health and Wellness : ‘We’re in a Petri Dish’: How a Coronavirus Ravaged a Cruise Ship into Worldwide Pandemic

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Who Can Get A Coronavirus Test?

Who Can Get A Coronavirus Test?

A guide on how doctors decide who gets a COVID-19 test, why celebrities get them without symptoms and more.

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Still, it’s also very likely that some people with bigger pocketbooks are calling in favors, said Dr. Nishant Rao, chief medical officer of the telehealth care company, DocTalkGo.

“Facilities locally may have some inventory of tests for certain clientele that they’re saving those for, which isn’t really ethical,” he said.




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HuffPost Life

 

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The coronavirus death rate in the US is far higher than that of the flu — here's how the 2 compare across age ranges

The coronavirus death rate in the US is far higher than that of the flu — here's how the 2 compare across age ranges

The coronavirus is far more deadly than the flu across nearly every age bracket. Two charts show how the diseases compare.

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Business Insider

 

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The U.S. Tried to Build a New Fleet of Ventilators. The Mission Failed
As the coronavirus spreads, the collapse of the project helps explain America’s acute shortage

The U.S. Tried to Build a New Fleet of Ventilators. The Mission Failed.

As the coronavirus spreads, the collapse of the project helps explain America’s acute shortage.

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Money was budgeted. A federal contract was signed. Work got underway.

And then things suddenly veered off course. A multibillion-dollar maker of medical devices bought the small California company that had been hired to design the new machines. The project ultimately produced zero ventilators.

A U.S. Strategic National Stockpile in Texas. The government has thousands of ventilators, but not enough to cope with the coronavirus pandemic.Credit...Cooper Neill for The New York Times


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Wuhan Residents Dismiss Official Coronavirus Death Toll: ‘The Incinerators Have Been Working Around the Clock’

Wuhan Residents Dismiss Official Coronavirus Death Toll: ‘The Incinerators Have Been Working Around the Clock’

Wuhan residents are increasingly skeptical of the Chinese Communist Party’s reported coronavirus death count of approximately 2,500 deaths in the city to date, with most people believing the actual number is at least 40,000."Maybe the authorities are gradually releasing the real figures...

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National Review

 

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“A Semester With an Asterisk”: Coronavirus Is Upending Life—And Grades—For College Students
They’ve been booted from campus, kicked off work-study programs, and had their classes transferred online. Now, student activists are mobilizing to save their futures

“A Semester With an Asterisk”: Coronavirus Is Upending Life—And Grades—For College Students

They’ve been booted from campus, kicked off work-study programs, and had their classes transferred online. Now, student activists are mobilizing to save their futures.

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BY CALEB ECARMA

A woman wearing a protective mask walks on the Columbia University campus on March 9, 2020.BY JEENAH MOON/GETTY IMAGES