ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP)—Shady middlemen, phantom shipments, prices soaring by the hour, goods flown in on a private plane. What sounds like an organized- crime thriller is now the new reality for governors desperately trying to find the medical equipment their states need in the throes of a pandemic. With the federal stockpile dwindling fast, and the Trump administration limiting access to what’s l...
Brian Witte · Apr 10, 2020
LOS ANGELES—If you call an ambulance in Los Angeles these days, you may wind up videoconferencing with a nurse practitioner at home instead of going to an emergency room. Paramedics in Los Angeles are trying a new telehealth program to treat people with mild illnesses on the scene, which saves precious hospital beds for severely ill COVID-19 patients. Sean Ferguson, firefighter specialist with...
Suzanne Potter · Apr 10, 2020
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