SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) Health officials in Santa Clara County reported 1,715 new COVID-19 cases on Monday afternoon, bringing the total to 66,270 since the start of the pandemic. The staggering numbers are concerning as the county braces for an anticipated spike in the coming weeks due to holiday travel. This level of hospitalizations has never happened during my career, said Gloria de la Merced, an administrator at Saint Louise Regional Hospital in Gilroy, which has no ICU beds available. Every day we see the seriousness of this disease.
The LatinX community has been hardest hit and represents more than half of all cases, while being only a quarter of the county s population. Within this group, officials point to multi-generational housing as well as a larger number of service workers as contributing factors to the spread of the virus.
After collecting billions of dollars in the United States coronavirus aid, many of the nation’s wealthiest nonprofit hospitals are now tapping into disaster relief funds that critics say they don’t need.
The money from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is going to some large health systems that have billions of dollars in cash reserves and investments, according to government records reviewed by Reuters news agency.
FEMA has received nearly 2,200 aid requests from hospitals and thus far has approved about 15 percent of them, for a total of $894m, the agency told Reuters news. Hospitals can request more money as US infections surge, and FEMA officials expect total aid awards to rise significantly.
Wealthy hospitals rake in U.S. disaster aid for COVID-19 costs Reuters 12/29/2020
By Chad Terhune
(Reuters) - After collecting billions of dollars in U.S. coronavirus aid, many of the nation’s wealthiest nonprofit hospitals are now tapping into disaster relief funds that critics say they don’t need.
The money from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is going to some large health systems that have billions of dollars in cash reserves and investments, according to government records reviewed by Reuters.
FEMA has received nearly 2,200 aid requests from hospitals and thus far has approved about 15% of them, for a total of $894 million, the agency told Reuters. Hospitals can request more money as U.S. infections surge, and FEMA officials expect total aid awards to rise significantly.
Reuters > By Reuters - 29 December 2020 - 14:27 Many of the wealthiest nonprofit hospitals in the US are now tapping into disaster relief funds that critics say they don’t need. Image: Tyler Olson/ 123RF.com
After collecting billions of dollars in U.S. coronavirus aid, many of the nation’s wealthiest nonprofit hospitals are now tapping into disaster relief funds that critics say they don’t need.
The money from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is going to some large health systems that have billions of dollars in cash reserves and investments, according to government records reviewed by Reuters.
FEMA has received nearly 2,200 aid requests from hospitals and thus far has approved about 15% of them, for a total of $894 million, the agency told Reuters. Hospitals can request more money as U.S. infections surge, and FEMA officials expect total aid awards to rise significantly.
Updated Dec 28, 2020 | 10:05 IST
A study suggests that coronavirus antibodies wane significantly within several months of infection and preferentially target a different part of the virus in mild cases than in comparison to severe ones. COVID-19 severity is affected by the proportion of antibodies targeting crucial viral protein | Photo Credit: Pixabay
Washington: Coronavirus antibodies wane significantly within several months of infection and preferentially target a different part of the virus in mild cases than in comparison to severe ones, suggest the findings of a new study.
The findings which were published in Science Immunology identifies new links between the course of the disease and a patient s immune response to it. They also raise concerns about whether people can be re-infected, whether antibody tests to detect prior infection may underestimate the breadth of the pandemic and whether vaccinations may need to be repeated at regular intervals