Seattle Nurses Scrounge For Masks To Stay Safe On Pandemic's Front Lines The first U.S cluster of coronavirus cases began in the Seattle area, and the case count is growing. Now nurses face shortages of protective gear, and confusion and fear about how to stay safe. Will Stone
Are U.S. Hospitals Ready? Here's what it will take for medical facilities across the nation to handle the coming surge of COVID-19 patients. Selena Simmons-Duffin
As The Pandemic Spreads, Will There Be Enough Ventilators? In severe cases of COVID-19, as lungs become inflamed, membranes that transfer oxygen into the blood can become blocked. Some hospitalized patients need mechanical breathing support to recover. Patti Neighmond
Flattening A Pandemic's Curve: Why Staying Home Now Can Save Lives From school closures to event cancellations, the disruptions are real — and vital. It's all to slow the spread of coronavirus, so hospitals don't get so overwhelmed that they can't treat the sickest. Maria Godoy
Lessons From U.S. Hospitals Caring For COVID-19 Patients To keep the new coronavirus from spreading in the U.S., hospitals say they need new and sustained funding for good epidemiology as well as more masks, gowns and gloves. Patti Neighmond
As U.S. Preps For Coronavirus, Health Workers Question Safety Measures The plight of Chinese health care workers contracting the coronavirus has prompted frontline medical staff in the U.S. to wonder if they're protected. Hospitals say they're taking steps to prepare. Yuki Noguchi
What Happens If You're Critically Ill In China — But Not With Coronavirus Residents say their relatives have been unable to get care for cancer, for childhood diseases and more as Wuhan and other cities put a priority on treating COVID-19 patients. Emily Feng
Opinion: Emergency Rooms Shouldn't Be Parking Lots For Patients Patients in hospital ERs can wait hours for inpatient beds to open up. The delays can be maddening. A solution for this long-standing problem has been elusive in the U.S., despite progress elsewhere. Clayton Dalton
Mold persists at Seattle Children's Hospital. State is investigating For the second time this year, Seattle Children’s Hospital has closed all its operating rooms due to a mold problem Paige Browning
A New Way Of Paying For Maternity Care Aims To Reduce C-Sections Instead of paying doctors piecemeal for prenatal appointments and delivery of the baby, some insurers now offer medical practices one lump sum to cover it all. Carmen Heredia Rodriguez
