“I thought this would be a good way to help contribute to the cause, so to speak, so I started sewing some masks.” Cheralyn Lambeth had never made a cloth face mask before March 23. The 53-year-old freelancer has designed costumes and props for several films and...
The Trump administration ignored warning signs, failed to adequately prepare for PPE shortages, botched the rollout of tests, and repeatedly downplayed the severity of the coronavirus. The novel coronavirus outbreak didn’t become a full-fledged pandemic until March,...
The effects of environmental, economic, and political discrimination have left African Americans with higher risks of chronic conditions, moving them further down the list of priority patients. As hospitals encounter a critical shortage of ventilator machines and...
Mexico has a total of 6,425 intensive care unit beds with ventilators for a country of 129 million, but a relatively low number of cases. The following weeks are crucial. The coronavirus pandemic has tested almost every health system in the world. In Mexico, the...
An internal government report released Monday contradicts President Trump’s assessment that hospital administrators are “thrilled to be where they are.” American hospitals are facing “severe” and “widespread shortages” of staff, personal protective equipment (PPE),...