COVID

Study Raises Questions About False Negatives From Quick COVID-19 Test

11:33am April 21, 2020

by Rob Stein

New research suggests the Abbott ID NOW test, which produces results in less than 15 minutes, is the most likely among common tests to reassure people they are not infected when they really are.

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A hospital patient in Stamford, Conn., who has COVID-19 symptoms gets his temperature checked. Severe infections with the novel coronavirus have been unusually high among African Americans and Latinos in many hospitals.

Health & Safety

Opinion: U.S. Must Avoid Building Racial Bias Into COVID-19 Emergency Guidance

7:00am April 21, 2020

States are releasing "Crisis Standards of Care" guidelines, aimed at helping desperate hospitals discern how to allocate scarce resources. But the guidance doesn't factor in health care inequalities.

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

7:01am April 18, 2020

by Malaka Gharib

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.

Anti-abortion-rights activists pray outside a Planned Parenthood clinic that offers abortions in 2016 in Austin. Texas has suspended most abortions during the coronavirus pandemic.

After Texas Abortion Ban, Clinics In Other Southwest States See Influx Of Patients

5:49pm April 17, 2020

by Sarah McCammon

Planned Parenthood facilities are reporting a more than sevenfold increase in patients from Texas. The ban was put in place because of the coronavirus but having to travel can increase patients' risk.

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, expen

CRISPR And Spit Might Be Keys To Faster, Cheaper, Easier Tests For The Coronavirus

4:45pm April 17, 2020

by Joe Palca

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.

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.

After Recovering From COVID-19, Some Detroit Health Care Workers Are Back On The Job

5:22am April 17, 2020

by Kate Wells

Health care workers treating COVID-19 patients sometimes get sick themselves. Those who recover often go right back to work.

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.

Long Before COVID-19, Dr. Anthony Fauci 'Changed Medicine In America Forever'

5:33pm April 16, 2020

by Dave Davies

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.

San Francisco Ramps Up Back-To-Basics Contact Tracing To Stop COVID-19

11:38am April 16, 2020

by Eric Westervelt

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.

Teaneck Volunteer Ambulance Corps member Bobby Alexiou, 20, wheels out a stretcher outside the home of a potential COVID-19-positive patient in Teaneck, N.J., after suiting up in a protective suit, donated goggles from the local high school and an N95 mas

National

As Deaths Mount, Volunteer EMTs At New Jersey's Coronavirus Epicenter Labor On

11:34am April 15, 2020

by Karen Yi

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.

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.

National

Public Health Service Poised To Create A Ready Reserve To Fight The Coronavirus

5:00am April 15, 2020

by Quil Lawrence

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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