Trump seeks to reopen much of U.S. next month
Experts fear a possible covid-19 resurgence if Americans return to their normal lives before the virus is truly stamped out. But President Trump wants a strategy for resuming business activity by May 1, if not sooner.
Did Ohio get it right? Early intervention, preparation may pay off.
Ohio, which started getting ready for the novel coronavirus before any cases appeared there, has fewer than a third the number of people with the virus as comparably sized states.
Cash-starved hospitals and doctor groups cut staff amid coronavirus crisis
Hospitals across the country have deferred or canceled non-urgent surgeries. But that triage maneuver cut off a main source of income, causing huge losses that have forced some hospitals to let go of health-care workers as they struggle to treat infected patients.
Rush University Medical Center was built to withstand natural disasters and biohazard incidents. It's putting that preparation to use now. (The Post)
This hospital was built for a pandemic
Chicago’s Rush University Medical Center, built in the shadow of 9/11 and the anthrax attacks, was designed to handle waves of patients, expand its bed capacity and control airflow to prevent cross-contamination. Now the facility faces its first major test.
The coronavirus was spreading. The parties went on. Now comes the pain.
Large get-togethers that continued after a pandemic was declared have left the country dealing with the fallout: covid-19 clusters that were seeded before officials shut down gatherings that medical experts had warned would be perfect vehicles for the disease’s spread.
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