New York City officials have hired jail inmates to bury the dead in its potter’s field on Hart Island, which sits off the east shore of the city. With the death toll reaching new grim records, the city added these trenches in case deaths pass the city's morgue capacity. Learn more here. Article by Lucas [...]

New York is leading the world in COVID-19 cases, which has about a third of total cases in the U.S. and has more cases than any other country in the world. However, there is some hope. Social distancing has been working and the number of inpatients in hospitals has been stabilized. Learn more here. [...]

COVID-19 cases are rising in the US, which has made the administration focus on treatment. However, the optimistic claims made by Trump may have been blown out of proportion. Learn more here. Article by Holly Fernandez Lynch, Alison Bateman-House, and Arthur L. Caplan

There has been a lot of talk about hydroxychloroquine, the medication that Trump is fixated on recommending for COVID-19. The Atlantic published an interesting article about what we know about this Malaria drug. Learn more here. Article by James Hamblin

Mona Chalabi addresses the US and its crises of health and education. She analyzes the US with other countries to examine the qualifications of a "developed" country. Would the US response to COVID-19 have been better addressed if they have fixed urgent problems of health and education? Learn more here. Article by Mona Chalabi

In mid-March, President Trump spoke to the nation about the US's approach to Coronavirus. Dr. Saskia Popescu evaluates how the US is handling the COVID-19 crisis from a public health perspective. Learn more here. Article by Matt Field

Due to the profound dilemmas that physicians are facing during the COVID-19 crisis, they could be held legally liable for their actions. On Friday, New York Governor Cuomo signed legislation to grant immunity for health care providers when making decisions to provide care for patients during the pandemic. Learn more here. Article by Robert Klitzman

There have not been any national guidelines for allocating scarce health care resources, such as  hospital intensive care beds and ventilators in the midst of a pandemic. However, there have been some states that have plans on decision-making in times of crisis. Many experts offer some recommendations. Learn more here. Article by Kevin McCoy and Dennis Wagner

New York has become the epicenter of the Coronavirus in the United States. Many physicians understand they may have to ration care. As of April 1, the hospitals in NYC have not run out of ventilators, but they know when cases rise even more, physicians will struggle to treat patients equally as resources will be [...]