Jazz Funerals Silence in New Orleans Amid Virus Crisis
Ellis Marsalis III recalls how New Orleans jazz funerals turn mourning into a second line celebration. The COVID-19 pandemic halts these rites, with a city task force managing deaths and 14 refrigerated trailers at the coroner’s office as Black communities bear the heaviest losses.
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Ellis Marsalis III
New Orleans
Marsalis
Collin Arnold
Arnold
Louisiana Department of Health
Louisiana
Dr. John
Rural hospitals face collapse amid pandemic strain
Lallie Kemp Regional Medical Center in Independence Louisiana posted losses of 15 million in 2016 and 19 million in 2017 and now faces deeper peril as COVID-19 drains revenue from elective procedures. National analysis shows about 800 rural hospitals were financially vulnerable before the crisis, many serving isolated counties with no alternative facilities.
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Lallie Kemp
Louisiana
Independence
Tangipahoa Parish
Chad Thompson
America
USA Today
Centers For Medicare and
Medicaid Services
COVID
Maggie Elehwany
National Rural
CDC adds six new possible symptoms of coronavirus
The CDC flags chills shaking muscle pain headache sore throat and loss of taste or smell as six new potential signs of COVID-19. The list expands beyond fever cough and shortness of breath as understanding of the virus evolves.
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Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
CDC
World Health Organization
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CNN
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Mount Sinai Health System
New York
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Palm Springs
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