Police discovered dozens of bodies decomposing in two trucks parked outside a funeral home in New York City April 29, according to The New York Times.
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The U.S. has reported 1,040,488 COVID-19 cases and 60,999 deaths, as of 8 a.m. CDT April 30. Globally, 3,209,984 cases and 228,057 deaths have been confirmed, while 985,957 patients have recovered.
Around 29 percent of U.S. adults said they have delayed or avoided seeking medical care due to concerns about contracting COVID-19, a new poll shows.
Buffalo-based Catholic Health opened New York's first dedicated COVID-19 treatment facility at its St. Joseph Campus in Cheektowaga on March 26. Since then, the facility has discharged more than 100 patients and oversees care for the largest number of COVID-19…
Fifty-five percent of Americans say the COVID-19 pandemic is negatively affecting their mental health, according to a survey from ValuePenguin, a financial research and analysis website.
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Demand for plasma donations that serve as an experimental treatment for COVID-19 is skyrocketing nationwide and far outpacing available supplies, according to The New York Times.
Healthcare workers in North Carolina's capital have rallied in support of the state's stay-at-home order for the second straight week, according to The News & Observer.
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, a philanthropy founded by Priscilla Chan, MD, and Mark Zuckerberg, is donating $13.6 million to a research collaboration that will examine the spread of COVID-19 in the San Francisco Bay Area.
The death toll in seven states hit especially hard by the coronavirus pandemic could be 50 percent higher than originally reported from March 8 to April 11, new CDC data shows, according to The New York Times.
Worldwide, 3,139,415 COVID-19 cases and 217,947 deaths have been reported, while 947,504 patients have recovered, as of 9 a.m. CDT April 29.