Gwynne Hogan

Former Reporter, WNYC News

Gwynne Hogan appears in the following:

After Weeks of Delays, Getting Tested for COVID-19 in NYC is Finally a Bit Easier

Tuesday, May 05, 2020

Because of severe shortages in the supply chain, New Yorkers have had limited access to testing for COVID-19. But now that's starting to change.

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A Brooklyn Pier Is Being Used As Long-Term Morgue Storage To Handle Death Surge Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

Monday, May 04, 2020

The city's medical examiner is freezing human remains to provide relief to overwhelmed funeral homes.

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Bronx Councilwoman Calls For Home Checks on Vulnerable Seniors in Public Housing

Friday, May 01, 2020

Councilwoman Vanessa Gibson fears NYCHA residents in senior housing are falling through the cracks.

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A Family Mourns The Husband And Father Who Died Alone, 3,000 Miles Away

Friday, May 01, 2020

Guillermo Frestan had hoped to bring his wife and children from Nicaragua to live with him in the Bronx this year. He is one of more than 1,400 New Yorkers who have died at home during the pandemic.

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New Yorkers Line Up For Anti-Body Testing, As State Tries To Measure Spread Of Virus

Friday, April 24, 2020

Earlier antibody testing suggested 21 percent of New York City residents had been exposed to COVID-19.

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A Man Dies of COVID-19 Home Alone In The Bronx, And A Family Mourns A World Away

Thursday, April 23, 2020

More than a thousand New Yorkers died at home before getting hospital care or being tested for the virus. Here's the story of one of them.

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Testing, Testing: Where We Stand on Detecting The Virus And The People Who've Recovered

Monday, April 20, 2020

There are different tests and different populations that need to be tested depending on what the goal is. We clear up the confusion. 

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Coronavirus Is Decimating NYC Nursing Home Populations, State Data Shows

Friday, April 17, 2020

"Every death is heartbreaking," a doctor at one Bronx facility said. 

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Brooklyn Nurses Demand More Gear, Saying Colleagues Have Succumbed To COVID-19

Thursday, April 16, 2020

Nurses at one Brooklyn hospital said they need more protective gear as several colleagues have succumbed to COVID-19.

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Brooklyn Hospital Workers Protest, Demanding Equipment To Prevent More Staff Deaths

Thursday, April 16, 2020

Health care workers at a small hospital in Brooklyn are taking to the streets in protest. They say they don't have the protective care they need, and that their co-workers are dying.

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‘We Will All Die;’ Kingsbrook Hospital Nurses Demand Protective Equipment After Rash of Worker Deaths

Wednesday, April 15, 2020

“If we are continuously working without the proper gear that we need, we will all die," said one nurse. 

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‘Too Many Corpses’ As NYC’s Death Toll Soars, Hospitals, Morgues, Funeral Homes Overwhelmed

Friday, April 10, 2020

“Twelve to fourteen [bodies], in a 15’ by 15’ room, literally side by side on the stretchers. It’s horrible, horrible. It’s terrible.” 

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After Deaths At Home Spike In NYC, Officials Plan To Count Many As COVID-19

Wednesday, April 08, 2020

Officials say a sudden upsurge in deaths at home is likely due to COVID-19 and they are planning to add many of them to New York's death toll, even without confirmation by a laboratory.

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With Surge In Number Of New Yorkers Dying At Home, Officials Suspect Undercount of COVID-19 Related Deaths

Tuesday, April 07, 2020

If you die at home from the coronavirus, there’s a good chance you won’t be included in the official death toll.

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Sing Sing Inmate Describes Fear Behind Bars, As COVID-19 Spreads

Thursday, April 02, 2020

"This idea of going out in a stinking prison cell gasping for air—it's frightening to even the toughest of guys."

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Amid Ventilator Shortage, One Hospital Network Turns to Sleep Apnea Machines As Stopgap

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Northwell Health officials say they're using BiPap machines, usually used to treat sleep apnea, when ventilators run low.

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Brooklyn Navy Yard Businesses Mobilize To Help Fight Coronavirus Pandemic

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

During World War II, the Brooklyn Navy Yard repaired warships. Today businesses on the same site are retooling to make medical supplies.

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COVID-19 Has Brought Rapid Change To A Brooklyn Hospital

Monday, March 30, 2020

New York City has more than 36,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus infection. A look inside a Brooklyn hospital shows it has been rapidly transformed to handle COVID-19 patients.

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Inside One Brooklyn Hospital’s Efforts to Care For COVID-19 Patients During The City’s Escalating Pandemic

Sunday, March 29, 2020

Maimonides Medical Center is aiming to increase capacity by 250 percent in the coming weeks.

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Inside One Brooklyn Hospital Preparing For Rapid Increase In COVID-19 Patients

Saturday, March 28, 2020

Maimonides Medical Center in Midwood is aiming to increase its capacity by 200 percent in the coming weeks.

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