Month: March 2020

For Michelle Katz, her joy is immeasurable, with a child on the way in only days and his baby room ready to go. Katz says, “I’m having a boy. His name is Asher. Asher will be my plus one.” But sitting beside her bliss is uncertainty. “It’s not knowing. It’s...

There is a sad truth that lies in the battle against the novel coronavirus pandemic – the health care workers who we count on to treat the sick are the ones who are most in danger of exposure and infection. Doctors, nurses and other medical professionals across the country are...

Melody Dickerson, RN, MSN, CPHQ, Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer, was featured on CNN, sharing details on Virginia Hospital Center’s drive-through COVID sample collection site, operated in partnership with Arlington County. Watch Video

Greater Washington’s acute-care facilities are getting ready for the expected patient surge fueled by the novel coronavirus pandemic. Part of that preparation? A concerted effort to conserve supplies — using protective gear only when necessary and cutting down on the number of people exposed to patients — to ensure the...

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By the time Lisle Hannah consulted lung doctor Christopher Wyckoff in November 2017, she had seen a small army of Washington-area specialists: two allergists, a gastroenterologist,

Governments across the US have been opening up drive-through testing centers to screen people for the novel coronavirus, as the country scrambles to get a better handle on how widely the disease has spread. The US is significantly behind on testing people for coronavirus compared to countries like South Korea and China, due to...

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