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New Mayoral Order Requires People To Wear Masks Outside The Home | DCist

July 23, 2020July 23, 2020COVID-19

By Andrew Giambrone, DCist D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Wednesday signed a new order requiring people to wear masks in most circumstances while in public. The edict will stay in effect until at least Oct. 9, the date to which Bowser extended the District’s official public health emergency via a separate executive order she also issued Wednesday. […]

31 Percent of Children In Florida Have Tested Positive for Coronavirus | Black Enterprise

July 20, 2020July 20, 2020COVID-19

By Derek Major, Black Enterprise Thirty-one percent of children in Florida have tested positive for the new coronavirus, worrying health officials who say that the long-term effects of the virus in children are still unknown. According to The Grio, Florida is quickly becoming the new epicenter of the pandemic. More than 327,241 citizens have been infected […]

Knox and Shelby join Nashville, Memphis in mask mandate | TSD Memphis

July 7, 2020July 7, 2020COVID-19

By Associated Press, TSD Memphis KNOXVILLE — Knox County and Shelby County on Friday joined Nashville and Memphis in requiring people to wear face masks in many public settings to slow the spread of the new coronavirus. The orders come as the virus cases continue to surge in Tennessee. The state recorded 1,822 new cases […]

‘It’s Terrifying’: I’m a Black Doctor on the COVID-19 Frontline | VICE

July 4, 2020July 4, 2020COVID-19

I’m more likely to catch coronavirus and die from it – and on top of that, I once got pulled over by police on the way to an eight-hour A&E shift. By Will Hunter, VICE One of the questions I’ve been asked most during the pandemic is what it feels like to be on the COVID frontline. […]

Herman Cain Hospitalized With COVID-19 After Attending Trump Tulsa Rally Maskless | Forbes

July 2, 2020July 2, 2020COVID-19

By Andrew Solender, Forbes TOPLINE – Former Godfather’s Pizza CEO and 2012 Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain was hospitalized for coronavirus on Wednesday, two weeks after he attended President Trump’s campaign rally in Tulsa bare-faced. KEY FACTS – “We are sorry to announce that Herman Cain has tested positive for COVID-19, and is currently receiving treatment in […]

Trump, “I told my people to slow the testing down” | KOLUMN Magazine

June 20, 2020June 20, 2020COVID-19

TULSA – As Oklahomans grapple with rising confirmed cases of COVID-19, more than 300 reported by the Oklahoma State Department of Health on Saturday, U.S. President Donald Trump announced to a cheering crowd of supporters that he informed administration officials to “… slow the testing down.” In sharp contradiction to stated claims by the Trump […]

Tribes Were Supposed To Get $8 Billion In COVID-19 Aid. They’ve Gotten $0. | HuffPost

June 17, 2020June 17, 2020Corona Virus, COVID-19

By Jennifer Bendery, HuffPost Tribal governments were supposed to get $8 billion in direct emergency relief from the CARES Act, the $2 trillion COVID-19 stimulus bill that became law on March 27. More than a month later, they haven’t gotten any of it. Part of the reason is that the Treasury Department, which is charged with distributing […]

Hispanics Now Have Greatest Number of COVID-19 Cases in Milwaukee | Urban Milwaukee

May 30, 2020May 30, 2020Corona Virus, COVID-19

Also, county’s poorest are more than 2.5 times as likely to contract COVID-19. There are more than twice as many African Americans as there are Hispanics and Latinos in Milwaukee, but the latter group now has a greater number of COVID-19 cases. The change marks a turning point from when the disease was disproportionately affecting […]

UTHSC Nursing Student Serves on COVID-19 Front Line in New York City | The University of Tennessee Health Science Center

May 18, 2020May 18, 2020Corona Virus, COVID-19

Amber Gordon, RN, just completed 21 straight days of 12-hour shifts serving as a nurse in one of the hospitals that was hardest-hit by COVID-19 – Elmhurst Hospital in Queens, New York. Gordon, of Memphis, is a registered nurse and a student in the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program in the University of Tennessee Health Science […]

A nurse without an N95 mask raced in to treat a ‘code blue’ patient. She died 14 days later | Los Angeles Times

May 11, 2020May 11, 2020Corona Virus, COVID-19

The decision that Celia Marcos made, the one that would ultimately steal years from her life, had been hard-wired after decades working as a nurse. On the ward that she oversaw at Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center, a man with COVID-19 had stopped breathing. Marcos’ face was covered only with a thin surgical mask, and obtaining […]