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GroundUp reported."I expect there will be an excess of patients needing care even if all existing beds are opened," said a doctor who did not want to be named.The hospital was currently running seven wards with more than 120 Covid-19 patients, and four intensive care units with 19 patients, one of several doctors at the…
Five areas within the Cape Town metro have been identified as "hotspots" by the Western Cape government. Lit up with red dots on maps of suburbs, the province has revealed where clusters of Covid-19 cases are being detected in the metro.The province has recorded over 11 000 cases of the virus as at 13:00 on…
The City of Cape Town said it can no longer force homeless people to live in shelters now that the lockdown has eased from Level 5 to 4, denying it is dumping people as it shuts down its Strandfontein camp.This after the Muizenberg Improvement District (MID) said in a press release a group of homeless people…
A sign about being six feet apart is posted along the main road through Bolinas, Calif. Residents are undergoing testing as part of a coronavirus study. Haven Daley/AP hide caption toggle caption Haven Daley/AP A sign about being six feet apart is posted along the main road through Bolinas, Calif. Residents are undergoing testing as…
KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed federal policy on vaccine research, vaping, and drug access on Science Friday on May 8. Rovner also discussed the Supreme Court decision on the abortion pill mifepristone on NPR’s Morning Edition on May 5. Click here to hear Rovner on Science Friday. Click here to hear
Here in Washington, we’ve been hearing about tensions between the White House and one of its most controversial — but, at least in some circles, most popular — figures: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Polling of likely voters indicates that the Health and Human Services secretary can be an asset to Republicans when he’s talking about improving the nation’s food supply or labeling ultraprocessed foods. But when he’s talking about removing recommendations for routine childhood vaccinations, he can be a detriment. So, when I
Several states have joined President Donald Trump’s deportation efforts and are taking federal reporting requirements to immigration authorities a step further — by using their public health agencies as arms of enforcement. North Carolina, in late April, became the latest member of a growing group of Republican-led states to require their public health agencies to