Health

Georgia governor tests negative for COVID-19 after exposure

By Ben Nadler, Jeff Amy, Associated Press

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and his wife are quarantining after being exposed to someone who tested positive for COVID-19. In a separate announcement Friday, U.S. Rep. Drew Ferguson of West Point, Georgia, said he had tested positive for the virus.

On virus, Trump and health advisers go their separate ways

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press

A multi-state coronavirus surge in the countdown to Election Day has exposed a clear split between President Donald Trump’s bullish embrace of a return to normalcy and urgent public warnings from the government’s top health officials.

Here’s what the new CDC guidance on 15 minutes of COVID-19 exposure means for you

By Ryan Malosh, The Conversation

New guidance from the CDC says that 15 minutes of exposure – regardless of whether that occurs at one time – can result in transmission of the coronavirus.

Attendees at Trump rally in North Carolina test positive

By Associated Press

The department recommends anyone who attended the president’s Oct. 21 rally assess their own risk, monitor for symptoms and get tested, if necessary.

Public health experts say U.S. COVID-19 response marked by grave missteps

By Matt Sedensky, Mike Stobbe, Associated Press

The result: the country could be looking at a terrible winter.

WHO says Europe now has more than 10 million COVID-19 cases

By Maria Cheng, Associated Press

WHO European regional director Dr. Hans Kluge said Thursday that "hospitalizations have risen to levels unseen since the spring" and that deaths have risen by more than 30% in the last week.

Polish prime minister calls for stop to mass protests, citing pandemic

By Monika Scislowska, Associated Press

Poland's prime minister has appealed for a stop to a week of angry protests against a high court ruling that tightens already strict abortion laws, amid a huge spike in the country's coronavirus infections.

Central Europe sounds alarm facing a shortages of medics as virus surges

By Karel Janicek, Vanessa Gera, Associated Press

With coronavirus cases surging in many central European countries, soldiers, firefighters, students and retired doctors are being asked to help shore up buckling health care systems.

Hurricane Zeta makes landfall in Louisiana

By Kevin McGill, Rebecca Santana, Stacey Plaisance, Associated Press

The National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Zeta has crashed ashore in storm-weary Louisiana as a powerful Category 2 storm, striking the latest blow of an extraordinarily busy Atlantic tropical storm season.

Health insurers are starting to roll back coverage for telehealth – even though demand is way up due to COVID-19

By Jennifer Mallow, Steve Davis, The Conversation

Widely adopted in the U.S. when pandemic precautions kept people home, telehealth faces a challenge as insurance coverage changes, right when its popularity had surged.