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Empty Dorms Could Help Solve Coronavirus Hospital Shortages
A VICE review of colleges in three major cities identified enough space for 29,000 people in Philadelphia, 43,000 in Los Angeles, and 55,000 in New York.
13 Essential Workers Describe What Their Lives Are Like Right Now
"Workers consistently ask our bosses to reduce public access, remaining open but preventing customers from aimlessly wandering our aisles and increasing our risk of infection. They refuse."
New York Plans to Isolate Coronavirus Patients in ‘COVID-Only’ Hospitals
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the plan as New York City's death toll spiked by 50% in just one day.
China Is Making Tons of PPE Respirators Good Enough for Asia and Europe. But U.S. Hospitals Can't Buy Them.
Fear of lawsuits and red tape are keeping them out of the hands of American frontline medical workers.
Motorcyclists Like Me Are Delivering Protective Gear to ER Doctors
The New York City doctors at the epicenter of the coronavirus crisis have found an unlikely ally: bikers.
New York Is Still Scrambling to Find Enough Hospital Beds for Its Coronavirus Patients
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is having to get creative.
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People Are Making DIY Face Masks With Hot Glue Guns in This Baltimore Warehouse
“It felt like I was in a third-world country fabricating protective equipment for Ebola. I mean, this is incredibly rudimentary equipment.”
Medical Providers Are Trying to DIY Their Own Survival Protection in Secret Online Groups
"This is America. It's not a developing country. This is just showing how flawed everything is."
The Rate of Coronavirus Cases Is Doubling Every 3 Days in New York State
“We’re now looking at a bullet train,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday.
Spain Just Opened a Massive Coronavirus Field Hospital in a Convention Center
“We have yet to receive the impact of the strongest, most damaging wave, which will test our material and moral capacities to the limit, as well as our spirit as a society.”
Coronavirus Is Bad in the Cities. It Could Be Even Worse Outside of Them
Shortages in hospital staff, equipment, and space could force doctors in rural regions of the U.S. to begin the kind of unthinkable rationing decisions that have been reported in Italy.
New Orleans ER Workers Say Hospitals Are Verging on 'Systemic Collapse'
In Louisiana, COVID-19 is spreading faster than it has anywhere else in the world. The state is home to some of the nation's sickest and poorest people, and health care professionals fear the virus will overwhelm emergency resources in as soon as a week.
