Sacramento, CA…Governor Gavin Newsom and state health officials gave an update today on the state’s response to COVID-19 and the Grand Princess cruise ship. Governor Gavin Newsom, California Health and Human Services Agency Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly, and California Department of Public Health Director and State Health Officer Dr. Sonia Angell took part in the […]
Secaucus, NJ…Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX), the world’s leading provider of diagnostic information services, has launched a coronavirus (COVID-19) test service. The new test service aids the presumptive detection of nucleic acid in respiratory specimens of patients meeting CDC’s clinical criteria for COVID-19 testing. Quest was in position to receive specimens for testing, and begin to […]
South Lake Tahoe, CA…Barton Health, in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) and California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has been planning and preparing for the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) since the emergence of the outbreak in late 2019. The health and well-being of the community, in addition to that of […]
Washington, DC…Vice President Pence and Members of the Coronavirus Task Force Hold a Press Briefing.
“War is a game that is played with a smile. If you can’t smile, grin. If you can’t grin, keep out of the way till you can.” ~ Winston Churchill
Carson City, NV…Today, in coordination with the Nevada Department of Business and Industry’s Division of Insurance (DOI), Governor Steve Sisolak announced the adoption of an emergency regulation to ensure that Nevadans covered by health insurance policies regulated by the DOI are able to obtain medical services and prescriptions related to COVID-19 at their normal costs, […]
Carson City, NV…Earlier today, the Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD) announced Nevada’s first presumptive positive case of novel coronavirus, or COVID-19. As stated by SNHD, test results are considered “presumptive positive” until confirmed by the federal Centers for Disease Control. “First and foremost, my thoughts are with the patient and his family at this time,” […]
Boston, MA…Today STAT news published an article by By MATTHEW HERPER @matthewherper and ADAM FEUERSTEIN @adamfeuerstein. We thought we would pass it along as all of the news seems to be hysteria on spread rather than on treatments that might be possible in the short term. When it comes to creating treatments for Covid-19, the […]
Washington, DC…We just completed another meeting of the White House Coronavirus Task Force. It’s been a very busy and productive day here at the White House. President Donald Trump has no higher priority than the safety and health of the American people. And the President has directed our task force — employing the full resources […]
Sacramento, CA…As part of the state’s response to address the global COVID-19 outbreak, Governor Gavin Newsom today declared a State of Emergency to make additional resources available, formalize emergency actions already underway across multiple state agencies and departments, and help the state prepare for broader spread of COVID-19. The proclamation comes as the number of […]
