Letitia Stein
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Tampa, FL, United States
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A USA TODAY investigation exposes nursing home failures during COVID
A first-ever USA TODAY analysis of the eldercare business shows how pervasive failures escaped notice during the pandemic → Read More
4 key things to know about USA TODAY’s investigation into nursing home failures during COVID-19
Read about a first-ever USA TODAY analysis of the eldercare business that shows how pervasive failures escaped notice during the pandemic. → Read More
Official count of coronavirus toll in nursing homes likely missed 16,000 deaths; 68,000 cases
Four in 10 COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes went uncounted before a federal reporting requirement, researchers say, adding 16,000 to the true toll. → Read More
'Just cruel at this point': Nursing homes push to reopen for visits, hugs after COVID-19 vaccine
After a year of isolation during the coronavirus pandemic, government regulators try to open up nursing homes for visits amid inconsistent state rules and enforcement. → Read More
Leaked reports: Feds pulled toy police from ports, safety checks plunged in COVID-19
Screenings and violations for lead and choking hazards plummeted and foreign imports rose while U.S. safety inspectors stayed home for months. → Read More
The CDC chief lost his way during COVID-19. Now his agency is in the balance.
Director Dr. Robert Redfield compromised the CDC’s scientific credibility during COVID pandemic. A new administration inherits a loss of public trust. → Read More
'It is a slaughter': Public health champion asks CDC director to expose White House, orchestrate his own firing
A public health titan wrote a private letter to CDC Director Robert Redfield asking him to expose interference in the COVID-19 response and leave his post. → Read More
White House rebuffed CDC offer to lead contact tracing investigation of Trump outbreak
The CDC has repeatedly offered to lead investigations into Trump's exposures but the White House has spurned the agency. Some say it's political. → Read More
White House rebuffed CDC offer to lead contact tracing investigation of Trump outbreak
The CDC has repeatedly offered to lead investigations into Trump's exposures but the White House has spurned the agency. Some say it's political. → Read More
White House rebuffed CDC offer to lead contact tracing investigation of Trump outbreak
The CDC has repeatedly offered to lead investigations into Trump's exposures but the White House has spurned the agency. Some say it's political. → Read More
White House rebuffed CDC offer to lead contact tracing investigation of Trump outbreak
The CDC has repeatedly offered to lead investigations into Trump's exposures but the White House has spurned the agency. Some say it's political. → Read More
When COVID testing was scarce, CDC director pulled strings to get Adam Laxalt tested
Director Robert Redfield's interference shows how political influence has penetrated the CDC, creating challenges for local health authorities. → Read More
How the CDC failed local public health officials fighting the coronavirus
The CDC should have protected America from coronavirus. But it misled locals as COVID deaths rose. Even supporters call its testing plans a mistake. → Read More
CDC scientists overruled in White House push to restart airport fever screenings for COVID-19
Airport temperature screenings mark latest discord between Trump administration and CDC over federal coronavirus response and science of public health → Read More
Federal coronavirus strategy lurches as plans to help states change, then change again
The nation’s top federal disease agency had just started activating teams in nine states still relatively untouched by coronavirus when new orders came in last week from the White House coronavirus task force: shift resources to Tennessee and Nebraska, and double down in New Mexico and North Dakota. Then, three days later, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention rolled out yet another… → Read More
Federal coronavirus strategy lurches as plans to help states change, then change again
The nation’s top federal disease agency had just started activating teams in nine states still relatively untouched by coronavirus when new orders came in last week from the White House coronavirus task force: shift resources to Tennessee and Nebraska, and double down in New Mexico and North Dakota. Then, three days later, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention rolled out yet another… → Read More
Federal coronavirus strategy lurches as plans to help states change, then change again
The nation’s top federal disease agency had just started activating teams in nine states still relatively untouched by coronavirus when new orders came in last week from the White House coronavirus task force: shift resources to Tennessee and Nebraska, and double down in New Mexico and North Dakota. Then, three days later, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention rolled out yet another… → Read More
Federal coronavirus strategy lurches as plans to help states change, then change again
The nation’s top federal disease agency had just started activating teams in nine states still relatively untouched by coronavirus when new orders came in last week from the White House coronavirus task force: shift resources to Tennessee and Nebraska, and double down in New Mexico and North Dakota. Then, three days later, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention rolled out yet another… → Read More
Federal coronavirus strategy lurches as plans to help states change, then change again
The nation’s top federal disease agency had just started activating teams in nine states still relatively untouched by coronavirus when new orders → Read More
Federal coronavirus strategy lurches as plans to help states change, then change again
The nation’s top federal disease agency had just started activating teams in nine states still relatively untouched by coronavirus when new orders → Read More