A Phoenix-area man is dead and his wife is under critical care after the two took chloroquine phosphate in an apparent attempt to self-medicate for the novel coronavirus, according to hospital system Banner Health. Read Story…
Several months before the coronavirus pandemic erupted, the Trump administration eliminated a key American public health position in Beijing intended to help detect disease outbreaks in China, Reuters has learned. Read Story…
New York’s mayor issued a stark warning that hospitals across the state would experience major shortages of critical medical supplies in less than 10 days as the city struggles to slow the spread of coronavirus. Read Story…
State leaders are scrambling to make up major gaps in critical medical equipment they need to combat the COVID-19 coronavirus as the outbreak spreads rapidly across the country. Several governors have complained that the federal government has refused to address their pleas for millions of masks, ventilators and other supplies. Read Story…
Pres. Trump hyped an unproven and potentially dangerous drug cocktail purported to cure the COVID-19 viral illness as “one of the biggest game changers in the history of medicine,” just one day after Dr. Anthony Fauci tried to tamp down expectations for experimental coronavirus treatments. Read Story…
The FDA has approved the first rapid coronavirus diagnostic test that can provide results in about 45 minutes, as the U.S. struggles to meet the skyrocketing demand for coronavirus testing. Read Story…