Mortuaries in southern California overwhelmed by COVID-19
By ERIC MOLLO, ALEX STONE ABC News(LOS ANGELES) – In the past few weeks, the number of people dying from COVID-19 in Los Angeles County has skyrocketed.... Read More.
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With LA hospitals overwhelmed by COVID-19, EMS told not to transport certain patients
By MATT GUTMAN, ESTHER CASTILLEJO and ANTHONY RIVAS, ABC News
(LOS ANGELES) -- Los Angeles hospitals have been scrambling to care for the rising number of coronavirus patients for weeks now, turning chapels... Read More.
Kansas City hospitals overwhelmed, some forced to turn away ambulances as COVID-19 cases jump
By KARMA ALLEN, ABC News(KANSAS CITY, Mo.) -- Hospitals in and around Kansas City, Missouri, are overwhelmed amid a troubling spike in COVID-19 cases that has forced some facilitates to... Read More.
Overwhelmed system leads to coronavirus tests mishandled, delayed
By SASHA PEZENIK and EDEN DAVID, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Two hours after getting in line, with the Atlanta sun beating down on the hood of her car, Andrea S.... Read More.
Laverne Cox “overwhelmed” by Supreme Court’s landmark LGBTQ ruling
(LOS ANGELES) -- Celebrities and the LGBTQ community alike are celebrating the landmark decision from the U.S. Supreme Court that extends workplace protections to cover sexual orientation and gender identity.
Trans actress and activist Laverne Cox is... Read More.
La. governor warns state’s health care system could be overwhelmed by early April
(WASHINGTON) -- As Louisiana emerges as a new hotspot in the spread of novel coronavirus, Gov. Jon Bel Edwards said the state now has the third-highest number of confirmed novel coronavirus cases... Read More.
Trump administration overwhelmed by record border crossings, asylum requests
(WASHINGTON) -- U.S. authorities stopped more than 109,000 undocumented migrants along the U.S.-Mexico border last month in a wave of unauthorized crossings not seen in over a decade, officials said on Wednesday.The... Read More.