Federal spending to ready hospitals for health emergencies is a fraction of what has been spent on overall preparedness for bioterrorism, pandemics and other health hazards.
As the industry pleads for help, 1 in 6 nursing homes acknowledge infections among residents or staff members.
An analysis of federal data for the first time estimates excess deaths -- the number beyond what would normally be expected -- during that period.
Results from one of the reviews are not expected to be made public until 2021.
The Bureau of Prisons has issued shifting, contradictory guidance about which inmates may leave early.
Events that led to the failure by U.S. federal agencies to produce a reliable test kit for covid-19.
The CDC took weeks to remove a troubled test component, which wasn’t needed for virus detection.
The government’s official tally — a benchmark broadcast constantly on cable news and elsewhere — is a less concrete figure than it appears. Inconsistent counting methods also play into a political debate about the reliability of the numbers.
Passengers are long gone on cruise ships where thousands of crew members are stranded amid the coronavirus pandemic.
An analysis of U.S. hospital data shows why health officials are seeking more resources to treat coronavirus patients. See how resources in your area compare with the rest of the country.
Only people who test positive are counted.
In their private communications, scientists at academic, hospital and public health labs expressed alarm at the Trump administration’s failure to move quickly and at bureaucratic demands that delayed testing.
The creation of a high-speed machine to make N95 masks in a pandemic and a reusable-masks project were aimed at alleviating shortages.
Life Care Center of Kirkland, which has been tied to 40 covid-19 deaths, failed to report a respiratory outbreak to local health officials for two weeks, inspectors said.
New Orleans police are jailing people for minor offenses even as the city becomes a covid-19 hotspot
At a time when many law enforcement officials across the country have reduced arrests, police are conducting business as usual in New Orleans and some other cities.
Frustrated by the federal government’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak, state and local officials took steps on their own to protect their communities.
The NRA’s annual meeting and other programs expected to raise revenue have been canceled because of the pandemic, according to memo to employees.
A preliminary report said Life Care Center of Kirkland put patients in “immediate jeopardy” at the facility associated with 37 deaths from covid-19, the illness caused by the virus.
In the crucial days after the D.C.-area event in late February, public health officials decided to monitor only an infected man’s family members, leaving conference organizers to take it upon themselves to identify and notify close to 100 attendees — including members of Congress — with whom he had particularly close contact.
Visitors entered and a party with residents �wheelchair to wheelchair’ took place, before visits were barred, families say.
