“About 80% percent of my patients scheduled appointments just for information on COVID-19.” (Photo: Rostislav_Sedlacek via Getty Images) Within a week of the first COVID-19 case in Michigan, my practice had fully transitioned to telehealth. I went from putting my hands on patients to seeing them from my kitchen on […]
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Your hand sanitizer may not be working as best as it should to ward off COVID-19. (Photo: Nodar Chernishev via Getty Images) Keeping your hands clean is a critical component of protection against the spread of the coronavirus. Using an alcohol-based hand sanitizer is a convenient method of hand hygiene on […]
Right-wing radio host Rush Limbaugh on Tuesday said cannibalism is just a way of adapting and that Americans had better adapt to the coronavirus. Limbaugh, who previously said the COVID-19 infection was just the common cold, called the response to the pandemic “un-American.” He also compared the situation to the Spanish Flu […]
A man wearing a facemask checks his phone near a sign urging people not to gather, while he walks on the beach in Long Beach, Calif. on July 14, 2020. California’s Governor Gavin Newsom announced a significant rollback of the state’s reopening plan on July 13, 2020 as coronavirus cases […]
Shoppers on Regent Street today, as the Government confirms that it will soon be mandatory to wear a face mask in shops. – Dominic Lipinski/PA Coronavirus Article Bar with counter .. Police have raised concerns that enforcing face mask rules in shops is “unrealistic and unfair,” if shoppers refuse to wear face coverings […]
Hannah Mikus demonstrates how to administer a coronavirus self-test to drivers at the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science in South Los Angeles. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times) Two months ago, California looked like a coronavirus success story. The first-in-the-nation stay-at-home order helped the state avoid the […]
Graduate Dylan Davis is congratulated by coach John Shanahan as he exits the Laguna Beach High drive-through graduation at Guyer Field. (Don Leach / Times Community News) Orange County education leaders voted 4 to 1 Monday evening to approve recommendations for reopening schools in the fall that do not include […]
Getty Images/iStockphoto Ever since the coronavirus pandemic began making headlines across the world, there has been confusing and sometimes conflicting advice. Should we wear masks, should we not; does wearing gloves help; can the virus be spread from pets to humans – the list goes on. Despite the plethora of […]