Amy Watson was diagnosed with COVID-19 more than two months ago and is still dealing with symptoms. PORTLAND, Oregon — A Portland woman was diagnosed with COVID-19 more than two months ago and is still dealing with symptoms. She's far from alone. The virus is causing long-term health issues and medical experts are trying to…
CORONAVIRUS Spokesperson for Ashton Gardens in Portland said four people have tested positive for COVID-19 coronavirus at the facility PORTLAND, Maine — EDITOR'S NOTE: In the above video, NEWS CENTER Maine's Clay Gordon demonstrates one of the proper ways to take off protective gloves.Another Maine long-term care facility is dealing with a cluster of coronavirus, COVID-19…
Workers at a Southeast Portland nursing home that has now reported 14 coronavirus deaths failed to wash their hands, got only one mask per shift and weren’t trained on how to control the spread of infection, the state said Thursday.Healthcare at Foster Creek has become the site of the largest known cluster of coronavirus cases…
(Oona Zenda/KFF Health News) As Grace Griffin and her husband were welcoming their long-awaited baby — a daughter — Griffin found herself worried about looming medical bills and unsure if their family could pay for the care they needed. “This whole experience has me wondering (keeping me up at night, actually): Can we ever afford
LYON, France — Halving the dose of antenatal betamethasone given to prevent severe respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) in infants does not appear to affect later intelligence quotient (IQ) scores or other measures of neurodevelopment, suggests a follow-up study of a randomized trial. However, it is unclear from the present data, presented at the Congress of
After years of searching for affordable health insurance, Trey Wright discovered Georgia Pathways to Coverage. The state’s limited Medicaid expansion program allowed the 27-year-old living in the rural city of Jesup in southeastern Georgia to finally visit a primary care doctor regularly. It also covered weekly shots to manage an array of allergies, saving him