A recent explosion burned many first responding Los Angeles City firefighters. News media personnel were at the scene and at the emergency room entrance where victims were taken. Family members were already there, distraught and grasping for contact as firefighters were wheeled into the hospital knowing...

The recent White House COVID-19 test accuracy for personnel (including the president) reveals that about 48 percent of results might be incorrect, although this is relatively similar to regular flu testing. Inaccuracies in testing should not be acceptable, but they are, and they are allowable. Statistics...

During the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic, no one was told to have six feet of separation, wear N-95 masks, or obtain a swab or blood antibody test to determine if they had the disease. The science and technology of 1918 are ancient, while every day new information about COVID-19 is revealed. Studies are...

Hospitals are content to bar families from visiting their loved ones. With COVID-19 easily transmissible, this persistent reason by hospital administrators to exempt visitation allows medical care rendered not to be publicly scrutinized. No doubt, everyone is traveling an unfamiliar road, developing...

At the beginning of the pandemic in Italy, the country was inundated with critically ill patients. Overwhelmed by numbers and a lack of ventilator equipment, choices had to be made as to who would be given a chance to live, or who would be relegated to die. Patient age became a factor. Arrival in an...

Ask yourself: If you are in your teens, how do you prevent spreading COVID-19 to your grandparents? If you are an older adult, how do you prevent transmitting COVID-19 to your grandchildren? If you are in your 30s, how do you prevent disseminating COVID-19 to your parents or children? Prevention will...

Initially when the pandemic started, I wore the same clothes daily to nursing homes and house calls. Upon coming home, I’d toss them into the washer, and they’d be dried by the morning. It took a toll, especially on my pants and shirts, as I started to look scruffy. Coming to rescue me about a month...

Some seniors have reached the technology age. Some have not. For those who have smart phones, use computers, or have friends or family members bringing them into the 21st Century, indeed they are lucky. Unfortunately, there are still some seniors whose only form of communication is a phone line, and...

The SCV Senior Center at Bella Vida continues to respond in service to the seniors of the Santa Clarita Valley during this COVID-19 crisis. We closed our doors on March 16 for activities and gatherings and immediately redirected our focus to meeting the nutrition and counseling needs of our senior community. The...

I am a scientist, but I don’t have access to all COVID-19 data distributed to Public Health officials. Still, my experience as a doctor caring for older adults in hospitals, nursing homes and congregate living facilities allows me to draw conclusion from past observations. As well as seeing “hotspots”...