Category Archives: healthcare

RSF calls on Trump to end attacks on journalists, encourages news outlets to assess coverage of COVID-19 briefings | RSF

After abandoning the daily press briefing for more than a year, the White House decided to conduct daily COVID-19 task force briefings once the pandemic swept through the United States. President Trump has, however, exploited these briefings for political gain and attacked at least eight journalists from NBC, ABC, FOX, CNN, PBS and CBS since the briefings started airing daily
— Read on rsf.org/en/news/rsf-calls-trump-end-attacks-journalists-encourages-news-outlets-assess-coverage-covid-19-briefings

Feds are seizing coronavirus supplies, hospitals say – Los Angeles Times

In Florida, a large medical system saw an order for thermometers taken away. And officials at a system in Massachusetts were unable to determine where its order of masks went. “Are they stockpiling this stuff? Are they distributing it? We don’t know,” one official said. “And are we going to ever get any of it back if we need supplies? It would be nice to know these things.” PeaceHealth, a 10-hospital system in Washington, Oregon and Alaska, had a shipment of testing supplies seized recently. “It’s incredibly frustrating,” said Richard DeCarlo, the system’s chief operating officer.

Source: Feds are seizing coronavirus supplies, hospitals say – Los Angeles Times

Trump stokes fresh coronavirus row as Wuhan reopens | US news | The Guardian (Not my fault, I don’t know what to do but blame others for my stupidity – Trump)

US president accuses World Health Organization of China bias as New York records its highest daily death toll and Wuhan lockdown eases

Source: Trump stokes fresh coronavirus row as Wuhan reopens | US news | The Guardian

Trump accuses U.S. Health Department watchdog of ‘fake dossier’ on coronavirus – Reuters

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’s Office of the Inspector General is led by Christi Grimm, the principal deputy inspector general, who has served in the office since 1999.

Source: Trump accuses U.S. Health Department watchdog of ‘fake dossier’ on coronavirus – Reuters

Wisconsin Governor Postpones Tuesday’s Elections; G.O.P. Plans Challenge – The New York Times

The state was set to hold in-person balloting for presidential primaries and many local races on Tuesday, but Gov. Tony Evers, a Democrat, issued an emergency order shutting down the voting.
— Read on www.nytimes.com/2020/04/06/us/politics/wisconsin-primary-election-postponed-coronavirus.html

GOP in Wisconsin favors death over health and life 😡🤬🥵

To provide Americans with paid sick time and paid leave so that they can address their own health needs and the health needs of their families. (H.R. 6442) – GovTrack.us

H.R. 6442. In GovTrack.us, a database of bills in the U.S. Congress.

Source: To provide Americans with paid sick time and paid leave so that they can address their own health needs and the health needs of their families. (H.R. 6442) – GovTrack.us