In New York City, International Medical Corps is partnering with seven hospitals in high-risk areas in Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx. NPR’s Noel King talks to Susan Mangicaro, Team Lead for International Medical Corps’ New York City COVID-19 response.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti talks about International Medical Corps’ contributions in aiding the city in dealing with COVID-19.
New global initiative will provide free or subsidized housing for healthcare professionals, relief workers, and first responders, typically closer to where they are working
As part of its global response to the coronavirus pandemic, International Medical Corps is deploying two medical shelters and equipment to Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital (MLKCH), which serves an area of high medical need in South Los Angeles.
International Medical Corps has deployed two medical shelters and equipment to Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital in South Los Angeles. The hospital, which operates in one of the most medically underserved areas in the nation, is preparing for a potential increase in patients due to the spread of COVID-19.
On Wednesday, March 18, FedEx shipped two of the mobile medical center’s 12 shelters to the Martin Luther King Community Hospital in Los Angeles. The units will help combat an expected overflow of coronavirus patients.
The study, dubbed the SOLIDARITY trial, tests the efficacy of four drugs—remdesivir, lopinavir and ritonavir, lopinavir and ritonavir plus interferon beta, and chloroquine—already in use to combat other kinds of viruses.
Ebola can no longer be called an incurable disease, scientists have said, after two of four drugs being trialled in the major outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo were found to have significantly reduced the death rate.
In a development that transforms the fight against Ebola, two experimental treatments are working so well that they will now be offered to all patients in the Democratic Republic of Congo, scientists announced on Monday.
Financial donations can help rescue teams respond to the epidemic as quickly and effectively as possible. If you’re concerned about the Ebola outbreak, but not sure how to help, there are many organizations working to assist those at risk in the DRC.