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Panic-buying for coronavirus affects diabetes patients: They can’t find rubbing alcohol

April 6, 2020 at 10:57 a.m.

While the masses hunt for toilet paper, Caroline Gregory and other people with diabetes are on a different mission: scouring stores for the rubbing alcohol or alcohol swabs needed to...

Administrators at Metron of Cedar Springs nursing home, in Cedar Springs, Mich. announced the nursing home has multiple residents and staff members who have tested positive for the coronavirus. (Cory Morse/The Grand Rapids Press via AP)

Should you bring mom home from assisted living during the pandemic?

April 2, 2020 at 2:50 p.m.

Dr. Alison Webb took her 81-year-old father out of assisted living, to live. Coleen Hubbard took her 85-year-old mother out of independent living, to die. With the coronavirus moving through...

Terri McDermott and her son Coyne McDermott place roses on the casket of Terri's husband and Coyne's father Norbert Coyne McDermott III, better known as 'Bert,' on Saturday, March 21, 2020, at Mt. Royal Cemetery in Shaler. The service was live streamed and guests were asked to social distance "to preserve the lives of our cherished elders," according to McDermott's obituary.

Coronavirus has upended our world. It’s OK to grieve

March 30, 2020 at 3:12 p.m.

On weekday evenings, sisters Lesley Laine and Lisa Ingle stage online happy hours from the Southern California home they share. It's something they've been enjoying with local and faraway friends...

Seniors shop for groceries during special hours open to seniors and the disabled only at Northgate Gonzalez Market, a Hispanic specialty supermarket in Los Angeles, California.(Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Does everyone over 60 need to take the same coronavirus precautions?

March 26, 2020 at 4:58 p.m.

She knew it wasn't a good idea and her daughter would disapprove. Nonetheless, Barbara Figge Fox, 79, recently went to four stores in Princeton, New Jersey, to shop for canned...

As coronavirus spreads widely, millions of older Americans live in counties with no ICU beds

March 25, 2020 at 12:46 p.m.

More than half the counties in America have no intensive care beds, posing a particular danger for more than 7 million people who are age 60 and up older patients...

A technician prepares COVID-19 coronavirus patient samples for testing March 11, 2020, at a laboratory in New York's Long Island. Wide scale testing is a critical part of tracking and containing infectious diseases. But the U.S. effort has been plagued by a series of missteps.

Early coronavirus testing mistakes are likely to haunt US for months

March 25, 2020 at 9:56 a.m.

As the novel coronavirus snaked its way across the globe, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in early February distributed 200 test kits it had produced to more than...

Goodman Theatre facilities manager Frank Leyden, left, and production manager Scott Conn move boxes of disinfectant wipes to a central storage area Saturday, March 21, 2020, in Chicago. The theatre had in storage at least 120 containers of disinfectant wipes, 150 N95 grade respirator face masks, and 4,500 pairs of disposable latex gloves, for cleaning and sanitation use at the theater, which is currently closed because of COVID-19, or coronavirus. Conn said he realized these items could be used by first responders and medical staffs, so he sent notices to colleagues in the theater and performance communities to see if they also had supplies. He is awaiting their responses with the hope they can pool together their resources and then decide how to distribute them to groups and organizations who would benefit. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

With N95 masks and other medical safety gear scarce, the public is stepping up. Here’s how to help.

March 24, 2020 at 9:42 a.m.

Increasingly desperate pleas from health care workers and public authorities for donations of face masks and other protective gear are an unsettling sign of just how unprepared American hospitals are...

Because seniors are at higher risk of cognitive impairment, proponents say screening asymptomatic older adults is an important strategy to identify people who may be developing dementia and to improve their care. But the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force cited insufficient evidence the tests are helpful.

Medical experts decline to endorse cognitive screening for older adults

February 26, 2020 at 11:44 a.m.

A leading group of medical experts on Tuesday declined to endorse cognitive screening for older adults, fueling a debate that has simmered for years. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force...

PLANTATION, FL- NOVEMBER 02: Howie Brown adjusts the time on a clock back one hour for the end of day light savings time at Brown's Old Time Clock Shop November 2, 2007 in Plantation, Florida. The end of daylight-saving time goes into effect this weekend and everyone is reminded to set their clock back one hour beginning at 2 am Sunday. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) ORG XMIT: 77616103

Changing clocks is bad for your health, but which time to choose?

February 18, 2020 at 11:49 a.m.

Changing over to daylight saving time — a major annoyance for many people — may be on its way out as lawmakers cite public health as a prime reason to...

Why home health care is suddenly harder to come by for Medicare patients

February 20, 2020 at 8:25 a.m.

The decision came out of the blue. "Your husband isn't going to get any better, so we can't continue services," an occupational therapist told Deloise "Del" Holloway in early November....

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