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A Canadian-born doctor on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic has had her green card application denied, a decision she called a “slap in the face.” In an interview with CNN’s Chris Cuomo, Dr. Julia Iafrate said that she is still treating patients in New York despite the bad news. “I’m putting my life on the line every […]
Washington state cops believe that fake nurses are committing porch piracy—a.k.a stealing packages from residents’ homes, TMZ reports. The local police department in Kennewick, Washington shared images of two women in nursing scrubs who are going to various neighborhoods and grabbing packages in broad daylight. “Officers are currently investigating a case of porch piracy and […]
An Illinois surgery technician died from coronavirus just days before he was scheduled to retire. According to the Chicago Tribune, Juan Martinez tested positive for this disease on April 17, after he and his son, Juan Martinez Jr., began exhibiting symptoms around his 60th birthday in mid-April. Martinez Sr., who had worked as a surgical tech for 34 […]
While leading the efforts to develop a coronavirus vaccine, Dr. Rick Bright was abruptly dismissed as the director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority—a federal agency that is in charge of purchasing and producing disease-combating devices and drugs. A spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services confirmed Bright’s departure in a statement to CNN on Wednesday. The […]
A black doctor who has been on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic was handcuffed outside his home when police thought he was illegally dumping trash. Police approached Dr. Armen Henderson—a physician who has been treating the virus in the hospital and on Miami’s streets—when he was unloading supplies from his van. He told […]
A French doctor has apologized after facing backlash for suggesting that the first stages of possible coronavirus treatment start in Africa. “If I could be provocative, should we not do this study in Africa where there are no masks, treatment or intensive care,” Dr. Jean-Paul Mira, who is in charge of intensive care at a […]
An Italian nurse reportedly murdered his doctor girlfriend, claiming that he did so because he believed she gave him COVID-19. The couple worked in the same hospital. The man, Antonio De Pace, strangled his partner, Lorena Quaranta, the New York Post reports. De Pace then called the police to confess what he’d done. When investigators […]
Medical personnel at the Montefiore Medical Center in The Bronx were allegedly given Yankees-themed panchos, and told to use them as PPE, or personal protective gear, the New York Times reports. An obstetrician-gynecologist resident at the hospital snapped a photo of the pancho, and shared it on Twitter, writing, “I’m a physician at a hospital in NYC and […]
Like many of you, Stephen Curry has a lot of questions about the novel coronavirus that continues to devastate countries around the world. So, in an effort to get all the facts and spread important information, the NBA star conducted an interview with one of the nation’s leading health experts: Dr. Anthony Stephen Fauci, a member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force. Curry […]
The coronavirus pandemic has left lupus patients without crucial medication. Earlier this month, President Donald Trump touted hydroxychloroquine as a possible treatment for COVID-19, referring to it as a potential game-changer “in the history of medicine.” HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE & AZITHROMYCIN, taken together, have a real chance to be one of the biggest game changers in the history of medicine. […]
