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‘Medication I can’t live without’: Lupus patients struggle to get hydroxychloroquine, in demand for COVID-19
April 18, 2020 / Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY When Aimee Blou heard the lupus drug she has relied on for more…
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White House to hold call with governors on testing supplies
April 20, 2020 / Associated Press After insisting it was up to governors to ramp up coronavirus testing in their…
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New Covid-19 crisis hits ICUs as more patients need dialysis
April 17, 2020 / By Maggie Fox, CNN (CNN) – Emergency room doctors say they are running into a new…
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Coronavirus testing must double or triple before U.S. can safely reopen, experts say
April 17, 2020 / By Sarah Fitzpatrick, Heidi Przybyla, Dan De Luce, Laura Strickler and Adiel Kaplan Testing for the coronavirus…
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Overwhelmed hospitals, equipment shortages: Coronavirus pandemic plays out as state planners expected
April 13, 2020 / Dennis Wagner, USA TODAY As the coronavirus scuds across the USA, killing thousands and depleting medical resources, the…
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‘It’s Like Walking Into Chernobyl,’ One Doctor Says Of Her Emergency Room
April 8, 2020 / LEILA FADEL At one New York City hospital, a doctor’s used mask tore as she performed…
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600 million facemask order won’t help fight coronavirus epidemic at its peak
April 7, 2020 / By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Washington (CNN) – A massive plan by the federal government to buy 600…
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Hospitals Are Sourcing Masks from Auto Body Shops, HHS Inspector General Finds
April 6, 2020 / SELENA SIMMONS-DUFFIN Hospitals are trying to make their own disinfectant from in-house chemicals, running low on…
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Ventilator shortage during coronavirus crisis forcing doctors to decide who lives or dies
April 2, 2020 / By Hollie McKay | Fox News It’s the most heartwrenching decision any medical professional on the front lines…
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Trump invokes Defense Production Act to ‘facilitate the supply’ of ventilator equipment
April 2, 2020 / By Maegan Vazquez, CNN Washington (CNN) – The White House announced Thursday that President Donald Trump is invoking the Defense…
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Why the industry was ill-prepared for a pandemic and what changes could come
April 2, 2020 / ALEX KACIK Some states are considering converting jails into healthcare facilities. Convention centers and college dorms…
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Some hospitals are facing an oxygen shortage amid coronavirus crisis
April 1, 2020 / By John Santucci, Benjamin Siegel, Kaitlyn Folmer and Aaron Katersky Hospitals across the U.S. battling the coronavirus have been…
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Surgeon general tells hospitals they can split ventilators to ease demand as ‘absolute last resort’
March 31, 2020 / By Andrew O’Reilly | Fox News The Trump administration on Tuesday told hospitals they can start splitting ventilators between two…
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Federal agencies warned of ventilator shortages for nearly two decades
March 30, 2020 / By Ronn Blitzer | Fox News The overwhelming number of coronavirus patients flooding hospitals across the U.S. has resulted in…
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Trump administration in talks with India to avoid U.S. drug supply shortage
March 30, 2020 / By Dan De Luce, Abigail Williams and Carol E. Lee WASHINGTON — Trump administration officials are asking…
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