California Opens Field Hospitals To Cope With Crush Of Coronavirus Cases

With intensive care capacity buckling under an unprecedented surge in coronavirus cases, California has opened four field hospitals where dozens of patients are being treated and the state is bringing in hundreds of additional health care providers. The majority of the state — all of Southern California and the San Joaquin Valley — continued to ...

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California Desperately Searches for More Nurses and Doctors

Since the coronavirus pandemic took hold in the U.S., Sara Houze has been on the road — going from one hospital to another to care for COVID-19 patients on the brink of death. A cardiac intensive care nurse from Washington, D.C., with expertise in heart rhythm, airway and pain management, her skills are in great ...

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Survey: COVID-19 Pandemic Influencing Consumer Healthcare Behavior

The pandemic is not only influencing what kind of health insurance many Americans have, but how they are using healthcare services. 48% say the pandemic has changed the way they use healthcare, with an additional

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Sisolak Extends Nevada Pandemic ‘Pause’

With Nevada experiencing its deadliest stretch yet of the COVID-19 pandemic, Gov. Steve Sisolak announced Sunday that the “statewide pause” put in place to slow the rapid spread of the virus will be extended into January and that a moratorium on most residential evictions will be reinstated.

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COVID-19 Vaccination Effort Gets Rolling In Las Vegas

An intensive care unit nurse at University Medical Center was the first person in Nevada to be inoculated against COVID-19 after the state received its initial shipment of the Pfizer vaccine Monday morning, a hospital administrator said.

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Trump’s $200 Medicare Drug Cards Expected to Be Mailed Jan. 1

The Trump administration expects to begin sending $200 prescription drug discount cards to seniors by Jan. 1, a campaign promise to seniors that President Donald Trump was unable to fulfill before losing re-election, a person familiar with the matter said. A White House official described the time line for distributing the cards to Medicare beneficiaries, ...

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