'If you could get a test that was quick and retain the accuracy of the more standard viral tests, it would help us identify at the beginning of a hospitalization who has symptomatic and asymptomatic COVID-19.' - Donald Yealy, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine chair at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in Pittsburgh.
Emergency departments are playing a pivotal role in the response to the coronavirus pandemic. In this week’s feature story, Donald Yealy, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine chair at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in Pittsburgh, outlines six strategies emergency departments have deployed to managing coronavirus patient surges.
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A review by KHN and The Associated Press finds at least 49 state and local public health leaders have resigned, retired or been fired since April across 23 states.
Healthcare facilities are pressuring workers who contract COVID-19 to return to work sooner than public health standards suggest it's safe for them, their colleagues or their patients.
Data to address racial discrepancies has been spotty during the pandemic, and it isn't available for most minority communities, which disproportionately bear the brunt of the virus.
