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MCLEAN COUNTY (WEEK) — McLean County health officials are reporting an additional confirmed case of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) Saturday. There have now been 11 cases reported in McLean County, including one death. McLean County has also reported there have been 110 negative test results and 40 are still pending. Earlier Saturday, state health officials […]

Detroit, devastated by the 2008 Financial Crisis, declared bankruptcy in 2013. New Orleans, which was ravaged by Hurricane Katrina back in 2005, accounts for nearly half of all coronavirus cases in Louisiana. Some attribute it to Mardi Gras celebrations that occurred at the end of February. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute […]

Increases in medical costs of 3 to 4 percent “would be manageable by most insurers,” concluded a recent analysts at S&P Global Ratings. If costs were to go up by 10 to 12 percent, the analysts say the stress on the companies would be greater, with insurers reporting losses and forced to use their capital […]

BARCELONA—In Spain, the country with the world’s second-highest death toll from the new coronavirus, the pandemic is leaving health services on the brink. Infected patients are left for days in wheelchairs because there are no beds, and protective equipment for medical personnel is so scarce that some are fashioning gowns out of garbage bags. Over […]

Press Release,  Public Health All Health Care Licensing Waivers As Pennsylvania’s frontline health care workers tirelessly care for patients amid the COVID-19 outbreak, the state is acting to reinforce their ranks by increasing the number of workers and supplies for the health care system. In recent days the state has streamlined the process for retired […]

Now, some are sharing what it’s like inside their hospitals as they face an unprecedented crisis. Some are overwhelmed, they told CNN, and others are afraid. Their hearts break for their patients and their patients’ families. Here’s what they have to say. “The number of Covid patients we are getting is rapidly increasing every day […]

MIAMI – The ongoing spread of coronavirus has claimed the life of a South Florida medical health professional. Jackson Health System confirmed the death of nurse Araeli Buendia Ilagen. They said she died from complications of COVID-19. Ilagen worked at the hospital for nearly 33 years, according to the release. The full statement read: “Our […]

Is the phrase “social distancing” sending the wrong message to millions of Americans who are struggling to get by during the COVID-19 pandemic? That’s the case being made by Daniel Aldrich, director of the security and resilience program at Northeastern University in Boston. “The moment I heard public health authorities use the term, I thought […]

Earlier this year, the United States and other countries gave the rebels an ultimatum to meet benchmarks or risk losing some assistance. But only the United States, one of the biggest donors, threatened to halt all funding in Houthi-controlled areas if the rebels failed to meet more than a dozen requirements by Friday, humanitarian officials […]

Dan Blazer and his wife were sheltering at home in North Carolina when their neighbors, a couple in their 50s, reached out by email last week to reassure the 76-year-old and his wife that they weren’t alone. Another couple phoned to check in. “We’re older and we’re perfectly healthy and perfectly independent,” Blazer said. Still, […]