Jan 24, 2021

  This story is from a reporting partnership that includes KQED, NPR and KHN. It can be republished for free. California’s telemetry nurses, who specialize in the electronic monitoring of cri...

Jan 24, 2021

By the time he tested positive for covid-19 on Jan. 12, Gary Herritz was feeling pretty sick. He suspects he was infected a week earlier, during a medical appointment in which he saw health workers wh...

Jan 22, 2021

The latest installment of the #PWChat series centered around the #ThisIsOurShot campaign, a grassroots movement to elevate the voice of healthcare heroes to build vaccine trust for a COVID-free world,...

Jan 22, 2021

Study is one of the first to document ICU capacity-mortality association Strains on demand and decreased intensive care unit (ICU) capacity in U.S. Veteran’s Affairs hospitals early in the Covid-19...

Jan 22, 2021

National strategy addresses vaccine supply, racial disparities, and more The Biden Administration revealed a 198-page Covid-19 pandemic response plan designed to bolster vaccine supplies, reduce vi...

Jan 21, 2021

While millions wait for a lifesaving shot, the U.S. death count from covid-19 continues to soar upward with horrifying speed. On Tuesday, the last full day of Donald Trump’s presidency, the deat...

Jan 21, 2021

Don’t stop ACEi or ARB therapy Discontinuing ACE inhibitor and angiotensin receptor blocker treatment for 30 days was not associated with improved survival among patients hospitalized with mild to ...

Jan 19, 2021

  This story also ran on The Guardian. It can be republished for free.   On Sundays, Bishop Bruce Davis preached love. Through his Pentecostal ministry, he organized youth parades and g...

Jan 19, 2021

Use Our Content It can be republished for free. Dr. Monte Junker, an Oregon dentist, is waiting for his turn to get vaccinated for covid even though he considers himself a front-line health worker...

Jan 19, 2021

MMWR warns public health officials to prepare for case increases A more contagious variant of SARS-CoV-2, B.1.1.7, has been detected in 10 U.S. states as of Jan. 13 and is projected to become the p...

Jan 19, 2021

President-elect promises more vaccination sites, additional supply, and full transparency WILMINGTON, Del. — President-elect Joe Biden outlined his plans to scale up Covid-19 vaccinations in the ...

Jan 18, 2021

As a health care journalist in Los Angeles reporting on the pandemic, I knew exactly what I needed to do once I landed in the hospital with covid pneumonia: write my goodbye emails. I’d seen cove...

Jan 18, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic was quickly recognized as a highly contagious, relatively lethal infection that warranted close attention in patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD). This is especially so,...

Jan 18, 2021

High prevalence of nearsightedness in young children attributed to quarantine Young school-age children who have been confined to their homes because of the Covid-19 pandemic are at an increased risk...

Jan 15, 2021

THURSDAY, Jan. 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Multifocal microvascular injury has been observed in the brain and olfactory bulbs in postmortem observation of patients who died from COVID-19, according t...

Jan 15, 2021

THURSDAY, Jan. 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- College campuses are at risk for developing extreme incidence of COVID-19, which can spread beyond their campus, according to a study published online Jan. ...

Jan 15, 2021

THURSDAY, Jan. 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Among residents and staff members in U.S. nursing homes, the rates of COVID-19 increased in June and July, then decreased by September, and increased again ...

Jan 15, 2021

THURSDAY, Jan. 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- After a long wait for approval from the Chinese government, a World Health Organization team of experts arrived in the city of Wuhan on Thursday to try to p...

Jan 15, 2021

THURSDAY, Jan. 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The incidence of laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 increased since September among children, adolescents, and young children, according to research published in...

Jan 15, 2021

Death benefit not seen in patients on mechanical ventilation Among patients hospitalized with Covid-19 not receiving mechanical ventilation, treatment with high-titer convalescent plasma was associ...