Health

1 in 5 nursing homes short on PPE and staff in virus rebound

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press

One in five U.S. nursing homes faced severe shortages of protective gear like N95 masks this summer even as the Trump administration pledged to help, according to a study released Thursday that finds facilities in areas hard-hit by COVID-19 also…

Sen. Cassidy tests positive for virus, has COVID-19 symptoms

By Associated Press

The Republican senator made the announcement Thursday and said he is quarantining in Louisiana. His spokesman says Cassidy is experiencing "mild symptoms that began this morning" of COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus.

France sticks to school openings despite jump in infections

By Associated Press

France's president insisted that the country will send millions of students back to school starting Sept. 1 despite seeing the biggest weekly spike in confirmed coronavirus cases since the height of its outbreak in the spring.

In a COVID-19 world, which generation is coping best?

By Grace Birnstengel, Next Avenue

Studies show younger and middle-aged people are reeling most during the coronavirus pandemic.

Pandemic pushes expansion of 'hospital-at-home' treatment

By Linda A. Johnson, Associated PRess

Communications technology, portable medical equipment and teams of doctors, nurses, X-ray techs and paramedics make this possible. Like telemedicine, the concept stands to become more popular with consumers hooked on home delivery and other Internet-connected conveniences.

Working families enlist grandparents to help with the kids

By Leanne Italie, Associated Press

As the school year gets under way for many kids with working parents, more grandparents have jumped into daily caregiver roles. Many are happily working without pay, for the love of family. Others have accepted offers of money from their…

California's wildfire-prone landscape stoked by human actions

By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press

Scientists say California has a really flammable ecosystem and global warming is making it worse.

Michigan will pay residents $600 million for Flint water crisis

By John Flesher, Associated Press

It is intended to resolve all legal actions against the state for its role in a disaster that made the impoverished, majority-Black city a nationwide symbol of governmental mismanagement.

FDA blocks much-anticipated BioMarin hemophilia gene therapy

By Linda A. Johnson, Associated PRess

Investors fled drug developer BioMarin in droves on Wednesday, driving shares down by a third after U.S. regulators rejected the company's potentially game-changing hemophilia A gene therapy.

Pharmacists can give childhood shots, U.S. officials say

By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press

Public health officials have been worried that vaccination rates would fall because doctors' offices were closed by the pandemic. The authorization allows state-licensed pharmacies to administer childhood vaccines without a doctor's prescription.