Ashley Gomez, a 30-year-old nurse and mother of six, died on January 3 due to complications from COVID-19. Gomez, who had been juggling her own COVID-19 patients, parenting five sons, and was in her third trimester of pregnancy just weeks prior, developed shortness of breath. She was admitted to a […]
Barbara Guthrie Lay, who was the 1958 Miss Virginia, was declared dead from COVID-19 on December 22, reported the Martinsville Bulletin. After doctors had given up hopes of resuscitating Lay, they detected a faint pulse coming from the 82-year-old on December 24. Much to the shock of doctors and family […]
A viral video posted on Facebook by “Bread and Barley,” a restaurant in Covina, California shows owner Carlos Roman expressing frustration at authorities regarding coronavirus guidelines imposed on the outdoor seating area. “I’m desperate,” he said to the police officer who arrived on the scene, according to the video. “Who’s […]
The coronavirus pandemic has made it clear that most Americans don’t understand the importance of asking others for consent, learning their boundaries, and respecting those boundaries. Anecdotal reports of close-contact greetings and refusals to wear face masks have left people feeling unsafe around friends and family, the people who are […]
Rebekah Jones, a former Florida health department employee who was fired in May, posted a video of Florida state police with a search warrant entering her home with guns drawn. Jones said she was fired for refusing to fudge COVID-19 numbers and she has been running her own dashboard since […]
Seven COVID-19 deaths may be linked to a wedding that hosted 300 attendees. Nursing home staff at three facilities in Grant County, Washington attended the wedding on November 7. Soon after, seven COVID-19-related deaths at the centres were linked to the wedding, Grant County Health District announced. An additional three […]
A photo of Dr. Joseph Varon, chief of staff at United Memorial Medical Centre in Houston, cradling a COVID-19 patient in his ICU in full PPE is going viral this Thanksgiving. He has worked for 251 days straight battling the onslaught of daily COVID-19 cases. His story and image represents […]
Iris Meda, a retired Texas nurse returned to duty during the pandemic to help train aspiring frontline nurses. In October, though, Meda was exposed to COVID-19 in a classroom and was hospitalized soon after. She died from complications related to the virus on November 14. Visit Insider’s homepage for more […]
I flew nine hours in business class on an overnight British Airways flight from Texas to London. Although I’ve flown business class many times, this experience made me feel like it’s lost its charm and is no longer worth the price. The food was subpar and the experience didn’t feel […]
A study by the University of Oxford found one in five COVID-19 patients develop mental health conditions within 90 days of contracting the virus. They had no mental illness prior to getting COVID-19. The study, published in The Lancet, also found people with previous psychiatric disorders were 65% more likely […]
A city council in Kansas voted this week to spend $US350,000 of federal COVID-19 relief money on upgrades to a soccer complex,The Kansas City Star reported. The upgrades would include camera equipment to stream games online, which officials say would make money for the city. Citizens and some officials expressed […]
A high school student in Attleboro, Massachusetts, tested positive for COVID-19. The next day, he went to school for the first day of classes. Thirty people who came into contact with the teen are now quarantined at home. The city’s mayor called the student’s parents reckless for sending their son […]
The filmmaker and writer Clara Aranovich altered American propaganda posters from World War I to include calls for people to wear face masks. Her idea came after the number of US coronavirus deaths surpassed that of Americans who died in service during World War I. She added images of face […]
Wearing a face mask helps prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. Still, some people refuse to wear masks, falsely claiming that the cloth shield causes their oxygen levels to drop. A doctor debunked this common myth by filming himself testing his oxygen levels while wearing six face masks. Visit […]
Hospitals in Miami-Dade County have nearly run out of space in their intensive-care units. “We need to open that field hospital,” Miami-Dade County Commissioner Daniella Levine Cava said in an interview on Wednesday. “We need to get staff from out of state, if not the National Guard.” The county reported […]
On Thursday, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced an emergency travel order that requires anyone travelling to the city from states experiencing COVID-19 outbreaks to quarantine for 14 days upon their arrival. States like Texas, Arizona, Florida, and California are on Chicago’s designated list, as well as 11 other states that […]
https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php The Lake Country Pediatrics clinic turned a minibus into a fully functional mobile clinic that goes door to door vaccinating children. Concerned parents across America have been putting off vaccinating their children, not wanting to expose them to the novel coronavirus. Even prior to the pandemic, the US had […]
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