Trump is trying to sell the nation’s stockpile of N95 masks. The federal government has supplied the marketplace with its strategic stockpile of N95 respirators.  Trump should have given them to nursing homes and other health care providers. Instead the distribution will be made through the open marketplace. Prices for key PPE items skyrocketed in

In a dramatic shift that perplexed experts and doctors, the CDC changed its Covid-19 testing guidelines.  Now people without symptoms need not be tested. Even if they’ve been in close contact with the virus. A senior health official told CNN the sudden change was the result of pressure from the Trump administration. The senior official said,

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) shared updated data that proves masks work.  The data shows communities with mandatory masks see less spread. Surgical grade N95 respirators provide the highest level of protection against the COVID-19. However, neck gaiters do not work as well. Neck gaiters are circular fabric tubes. They

It has been a crazy year.  The election is coming. Trump seems to be making some strange political moves.  Ignoring the pandemic. Cutting military health spending. Hiring wacky doctors from Fox News. Strange times. Outrageous The Trump administration approved an oil leasing program for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. This approval opens up the pristine

Missouri becomes the 38th state to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. Medicaid expansion, which states have the option of adopting as part of the Affordable Care Act, extends eligibility in the program to individuals and families with incomes up to 138% of the federal poverty level. Researchers from Washington University in St. Louis

Safe Staffing Growing evidence proves that nursing facilities with staffing issues are likelier to experience COVID-19 outbreaks. Nursing homes with higher total numbers of nurse staffing hours had a lower probability of outbreaks, along with fewer total coronavirus deaths. Since the late-February outbreak, roughly 40% of all U.S. COVID-19 deaths have been related to nursing