How do you shelter in place during an evacuation?
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Mon. Apr 13, 2020
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Climate Change Won’t Stop for the Coronavirus Pandemic
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The next several months could bring hurricanes, floods and fire, on top of the pandemic currently raging through the country. How do you shelter in place during an evacuation?
by Abrahm Lustgarten
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How Panic Buying Has Put an Incredible Strain on Food Banks Even As the Need for Them Explodes
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Here’s the dismal equation for food banks: Panic shopping and hoarding have led to supply shortages. Volunteers frightened of the virus have stopped showing up. And a newly jobless population has sent demand soaring.
by Beena Raghavendran and Ryan McCarthy
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Lessons Learned From Running ICUs in Disaster Zones
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We talked to a doctor about what hospitals in the throes of the coronavirus epidemic could learn from far less developed hospital systems in times of crisis and came away with three main points.
by Lydia DePillis
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Coronavirus Tests Are Being Fast-Tracked by the FDA, but It’s Unclear How Accurate They Are.
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“What good is a test if you don’t know it’s giving you reliable results?” one expert said. Concerns are mounting that a lack of accurate testing will make it more difficult for America to relax social distancing.
by Lydia DePillis and Caroline Chen
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He Spent $500,000 to Buy Coronavirus Tests. Health Officials Say They’re Unreliable.
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An ER owner bought 20,000 rapid COVID-19 tests, but a week later they were seized by the federal government. It’s a bitter example of what can go wrong when local governments try to buy supplies on the open market from unknown manufacturers.
by Jeremy Schwartz
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The White House Pushed FEMA To Give its Biggest Coronavirus Contract to a Company That Never Had to Bid
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The Trump administration has rushed through more than $760 million in contracts outside the usual bidding process during its haphazard coronavirus response. It’s highly unusual for the White House to step into FEMA’s supply bidding process.
by J. David McSwane and Yeganeh Torbati
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Medical Staffing Companies Owned by Rich Investors Cut Doctor Pay and Now Want Bailout Money
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Companies that employ emergency room medical personnel, many owned by private equity firms, say they are reeling from vanishing demand for non-coronavirus care. But critics worry that bailout money would be a windfall for rich investors.
by Isaac Arnsdorf
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