Monthly Archives: May, 2020

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.President Trump stoked a flurry of reaction Monday after revealing to reporters that he has been taking hydroxychloroquine, a controversial malaria drug, to stave off the novel coronavirus, with many experts urging Americans to consult with doctors before taking such…

The record shows that the first confirmed U.S. case of the novel coronavirus was Jan. 21 in Snohomish County, Washington, but not even the county health officer believes that anymore, calling it “clearly false.” The county has found two “probable” cases of COVID-19 that date back to December, marking what may be the first time…

State governments crafted plans behind closed doors for how health care facilities must allocate life-sustaining treatment in a doomsday COVID-19 scenario, raising alarm that bureaucrats will decide who lives and who dies. Crisis standards of care in some states have scoring systems and a “lottery” to determine who would win medical treatment and who would…

(CNN)The number of childhood vaccines administered in Michigan has dropped by as much as 22% amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report released Monday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The report uses Michigan as a case study, …

Four children in Los Angeles County diagnosed with a rare inflammatory disease have tested positive for COVID-19 through antibody testing, officials said Monday.The county is investigating an additional 21 possible cases of the multisystem inflammatory syndrome associated with the illness, County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said. The nearly two dozen cases have been identified…