The Christian Charity Behind Central Park’s Field Hospital
April 3, 2020By Emily Drooby New York City hospitals are stretched to the breaking point amid the COVID-19 crisis, and a 68-bed emergency facility […]
Topic: Health Care
Ask the Doctor: Investigating the Spread and Treatment of Coronavirus
April 3, 2020Currents News Staff Medical professionals are hard at work, searching for possible treatments for infected coronavirus patients. One technique involves the blood […]
Who Should Decide When Someone Lives or Dies?
April 2, 2020Currents News Staff The pandemic is raising the most fundamental moral questions about life and death. New York’s health care system is […]
How the Coronavirus Can Impact Pregnancies
April 2, 2020Currents News Staff For expecting parents, the birth of a child is a life-changing event. There are the usual fears and anxieties […]
Cuomo Calls on Local Businesses to Help Fill Medical Supply Need
April 2, 2020Currents News Staff More and more people are going online to apply for unemployment benefits. Just last week, 6.6 million filed new […]
Why a Nurse From Denver Came to NYC to Fight COVID-19
April 2, 2020Currents News Staff Dozens of doctors and nurses around the country are boarding planes and answering a cry for help in New […]
New York, Nation Brace for Growing Healthcare Needs
March 31, 2020Currents News Staff Some relief has arrived in New York City in the form of the U.S. naval hospital ship Comfort. Onboard, […]
‘A Medical Warzone,’ Brooklyn Hospital Calls for Supplies in Fight Against Virus
March 31, 2020By Tim Harfmann The intensive care unit at Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York, is at capacity. Patient […]
New York Healthcare Workers Get Big ‘Thank You’ From Catholic Artist
March 31, 2020By Emily Drooby A sign of thanks has appeared outside what’s become the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak in Queens’ Elmhurst Hospital. […]
Why Italians Are Finding Faith in Numbers During the Coronavirus Crisis
March 31, 2020By Melissa Butz A new glimmer of hope is spreading throughout Italy after March 30 marked a new two-week low of new […]
