Tag Archives: COVID19

Exclusive: Nearly 600 — And Counting — US Health Workers Have Died Of COVID-19

Nearly 600 front-line health care workers appear to have died of COVID-19, according to Lost on the Frontline, a project launched by The Guardian and KHN that aims to count, verify and memorialize every health care worker who dies during the pandemic. The tally includes doctors, nurses and paramedics, as well as crucial health care… Read More »

They spent months helping Covid-19 patients breathe. Now health care workers are kneeling for George Floyd – CNN

Registered nurse Rochelle Bradley told CNN that she’s been drilled throughout her career on the ABCs — airway, breathing and circulation. “His airway was compromised,” Bradley said. “At a moment like that, you immediately help someone.” Health care workers around the country have held rallies and marches in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter protests… Read More »

Covid-19 news: People in the UK are sleeping less well under lockdown

By Conrad Quilty-Harper and Layal Liverpool Half of people say their sleep has been disturbed since the start of the pandemicJGI/Tom Grill/Getty Images Latest coronavirus news as of 5 pm on 4 June People in the UK are sleeping less well under lockdown 60 per cent of people in the UK say they’ve experienced worse… Read More »

‘Gold Standard’ Clinical Trial Finds Hydroxychloroquine Won’t Prevent COVID-19

WEDNESDAY, June 3, 2020 — Hydroxychloroquine, the malaria drug touted and reportedly used by President Donald Trump as a preventative for COVID-19, appears not to have lived up to its hype, a new study shows. Unlike some prior studies, this new trial was a “gold standard” prospective, randomized clinical trial. It found that hydroxychloroquine could… Read More »