Monthly Archives: June, 2020

A colleague texted Dr. Erica Pan, the health officer for Alameda County, a photo of the yard sign. It showed a photo of her with the words “Financially destroyed families and businesses” and “#A--holeMD.” “I’m getting antagonism in all sorts of ways,” said Dr. Pan, who has been trolled on social media, received threats to…

Researchers in China have discovered a new type of swine flu that is capable of triggering a pandemic, according to a study published Monday in the U.S. scientific journal PNAS. Named G4, it is genetically descended from the H1N1 strain that caused a pandemic in 2009. It possesses "all the essential hallmarks of being highly…

Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY Published 10:17 a.m. ET June 30, 2020 | Updated 1:27 p.m. ET June 30, 2020CLOSE Two Arizona doctors are warning that a 'massive surge' in COVID-19 patients threatens to overwhelm hospitals in their state and many others. USA TODAYDisruptions to health care and lack of food from COVID-19 are likely to…

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top-ranking infectious disease doctor from the National Institutes of Health, said the U.S. is now recording about 40,000 new cases a day of the new coronavirus, and that “it could go up to 100,000 a day” if people continue to flout advice on social distancing and face masks. “It could get…

Candy Malina of the Lakeview East neighborhood tested positive for COVID-19 in mid-March, with a cough and flu-like illness she described as debilitating but never life-threatening or requiring emergency care. Yet more than three months later, the 60-year-old social service agency administrator says she still suffers from lingering symptoms: hoarseness, coughing and gastric issues, along…