Doctor gambles on clot-busting drug to save virus patients
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — The woman was dying. New York's Mount Sinai Hospital was about to call her husband and...
Some doctors moving away from ventilators for virus patients
MIKE STOBBE
AP Medical Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — As health officials around the world push to get more ventilators to treat coronavirus patients, some...
Temecula Valley Hospital is open for medical emergencies, including support for heart and stroke...
TEMECULA – Temecula Valley Hospital and the Emergency Providers of Emergent Medical Associates want to remind the community that our Emergency Department is open for medical...
As thousands join, few rules for California Health Corps
DON THOMPSON
Associated Press
SACRAMENTO (AP) — As tens of thousands of retired health care workers and medical and nursing students sign up for the...
Coronavirus patients rush to join studies of Gilead drug
MARILYNN MARCHIONE
AP Chief Medical Writer
The new coronavirus made Dr. Jag Singh a patient at his own hospital. His alarm grew as he saw...
In years before outbreak, investment in public health fell
SARA BURNETT
Associated Press
In the decade before Michigan and its largest city became the latest hot spot for the deadly coronavirus, officials were steadily,...
No COVID-19 testing at home yet but quicker options coming
MATTHEW PERRONE
AP Health Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — Home testing for the new coronavirus may sound like a good idea, but U.S. regulators say it's...
States lack key data on virus cases among medical workers
MARTHA BELLISLE
Associated Press
SEATTLE (AP) — Experts and health officials who are trying to plan a response to the coronavirus outbreak are missing a...
Americans brace for ‘hardest, saddest’ week of their lives
JIM MUSTIAN and FRANCES D'EMILIO
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Americans braced for what the nation's top doctor warned Sunday would be "the hardest...
Federal field hospital planned for Escondido
ESCONDIDO (CNS) - A 250-bed federal field hospital is planned for Palomar Medical Center, San Diego County health officials announced today.
The "hospital within a...