COVID-19 and victim-blaming has made it more difficult to care for people living with HIV/AIDS | Opinion
Updated Feb 15, 2021;
Posted Feb 14, 2021
Two notable researchers at Rutgers University and a community educator continue to call on legislators to enact the policies developed by the Statewide Task Force to End the HIV Epidemic. To explain more about HIV/AIDS efforts in New Jersey, Rutgers School of Public Health and Rutgers Medical School will hold “Neutral Nation,” a series of events from Feb. 17 to 20.
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By Perry N. Halkitis, Shobha Swaminathan and Travis Love
For the 1.2 million Americans living with HIV or AIDS, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic continues to undermine their physical, mental, social, and economic wellbeing.
Ebola: US states announce mandatory quarantines now what? – CNNby wpjljron
Monday, October 27th, 2014.Ebola: US states announce mandatory quarantines now what? – CNN(CNN) A weekend of back-and-forth between two governors, the federal government and a nurse about mandatory quarantines left more questions than answers. At the heart of the debate: Would such quarantines on health workers who just came back from treating Ebola patients in West Africa help prevent the spread of the virus, or would […]
(CNN) A weekend of back-and-forth between two governors, the federal government and a nurse about mandatory quarantines left more questions than answers.
At the heart of the debate: Would such quarantines on health workers who just came back from treating Ebola patients in West Africa help prevent the spread of the virus, or would they discourage medical aid workers from helping fight the global crisis.
Why some hospitals have to scramble for oxygen to treat Covid-19 patients
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As Covid-19 cases began spiking last month, Mara Bryant and her hospital staff had to scramble to ensure enough oxygen was available.
As the number of patients at Adventist Health White Memorial Hospital in Los Angeles reached 200 a day, the facility quickly began using six times its normal amount of oxygen. To cope, a 6,000-gallon tank was added as a back up to the usual 9,000-gallon tank, but finding that extra tank took two weeks. And once it was in place, it had to be refilled every day or two.