Health

Polling places are latest front in battle over face masks

By Anthony Izaguirre, Associated Press

Most states, even ones with broad mask mandates, are stopping short of forcing voters to use a face covering.

Hospitals competing for nurses as U.S. coronavirus cases surge

By Tammy Webber, Associated Press

Adding to the strain, experienced nurses are "burned out with this whole (pandemic)” and some are quitting, said Kevin Fitzpatrick, an emergency room nurse at Hurley Medical Center in Flint, Michigan.

The Latest: Mexico mourns doctors on Day of the Dead

By Associated Press

More than 1,700 Mexican health workers are officially known to have died of COVID-19 and they’re being honored with three days of national mourning on these Days of the Dead.

Trump admin funds plasma company based in owner's condo

By Richard Lardner, Jason Dearen, Associated Press

When the Trump administration gave a well-connected Republican donor seed money to test a possible COVID-19-fighting blood plasma technology, it noted the company’s “manufacturing facilities” in Charleston, South Carolina. Instead, the company exists within the luxury condo of its majority…

England to enter new lockdown as UK virus cases pass million

By Jill Lawless, Associated Press

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday announced a new month-long lockdown for England after being warned that without tough action a resurgent coronavirus outbreak will overwhelm hospitals in weeks.

'Obamacare' sign-ups begin as millions more are uninsured

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press

Millions of Americans who have lost health insurance in an economy shaken by the coronavirus can sign up for taxpayer-subsidized coverage starting Sunday.

State leaders facing higher COVID-19 cases resist steps to curb virus

By Adam Geller, David Pitt, Associated Press

Pleas from health experts are running up against political calculation and public fatigue, with spiraling new infections eclipsing previous caseload highs that set off national alarms in the spring and summer.

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.