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How wearing a facial covering to prevent the spread of COVID-19 has become a cultural and political dividing line, congress investigates the San Diego VA for discontinuing the use of ketamine treatments for suicidal veterans, and the internal debate within newsrooms over racial representation and diversity in journalism. -
KPBS Midday EditionKetamine has shown promise in derailing suicidal thoughts among patients resistant to other treatments. The San Diego VA has started pulling veterans off the drug to treat them instead with a controversial nasal spray promoted by President Trump. -
The San Diego Counseling Center was operating like normal when its first employee fell ill. -
With the city's announcement that a veterans shelter in the Midway District will not reopen, the San Diego VA is pushing to find more permanent housing. -
The USO estimates at least 10,000 troops are either in isolation or quarantine because of the coronavirus. -
The National Nurses Union held events at 139 hospitals around the country in 13 states, including the San Diego VA.
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KPBS Midday EditionThe transition from classroom to virtual learning amid the COVID-19 pandemic has been challenging for many student veterans, and the worries won't end with the spring semester. -
The Department of Veterans Affairs is struggling with shortages of workers at its health care facilities as it cares for veterans infected with the novel coronavirus. -
Early on in the outbreak it could take weeks to get test results, but the new system can have results within a few hours.
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The malfunction occurred with the HVAC system, which normally takes infected air and pumps it out of the hospital to avoid spreading it around the facility.
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