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Shefali Luthra was a correspondent for ³Ō¹Ļ²»“ņģČ until June 2020.
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āLost on the Frontlineā is an ongoing project by Kaiser Health News and The Guardian that aims to document the lives of health care workers in the U.S. who died from COVID 19, and to investigate why so many are victims of the disease.
As health workers were dying of COVID-19, federal work-safety officials filed just one citation against an employer and rapidly closed complaints about protective gear.
The use of the word āalwaysā makes this claim a stretch.
The pandemic has been marked by a significant amount of misinformation ā some spread on purpose ā that could prove deadly.
Experts used terms like āmisleadingā and ācounterproductiveā to describe the president's words.
Experts agreed that Trump's statement is not supported by the data.
When you factor in population size, the U.S. is still behind.
Repurposing one N95 mask 20 times is not the same as having 20 new ones.
Because high-end N95 masks are scarce, medical centers are using surgical masks that have been linked to considerably higher infection rates.
Dr. Nora Volkow, who heads the National Institute on Drug Abuse, details how emerging science points to added challenges for these patient populations and the public health system.
Former officials from the federal agency criticize OSHA for a slow and timid response to a āworker safety crisis of monstrous proportionsā unfolding in hospitals, nursing homes.
The former president's statement highlights a clear difference of opinion that will likely come up often on the campaign trail.
Capitol Hillās guarantee does not pertain to many āessentialā workers.
Public health researchers offered a range of ideas ā from high-tech to tried-and-true public health interventions ā that could aid the U.S. response to COVID-19.
The coronavirus outbreak has forced millions out of work and the federal-state health program for low-income people could face unprecedented strains as many states donāt necessarily have the resources or systems in place to meet the demand.
Travel restrictions came after the coronavirus had reached the U.S.
Taking oneās temperature is not as easy as it sounds. For one reporter, the first challenge was finding a thermometer.
The presidentās statement frames the data in a way that doesnāt accurately represent the status of the American response to COVID-19.
Public health professionals dismissed the presidentās claims that the spread of the coronavirus, in particular, and the threat of a pandemic, in general, snuck up on us as being āsimply astonishingā and āsimply untrue.ā
When four KHN reporters were possibly exposed to COVID-19, they tried to take preventive steps. But even for health care journalists, getting tested for the virus ā and figuring out what to do next ā is an uphill task.
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