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Factors associated with hospital admission and critical illness in COVID-19 patients

Aug 07, 2020

There is hardly any country that has not been affected by the COVID-19. But yet, the actual cause of mortality is unclear. This study aims to describe the outcomes of people admitted to hospitals with...

California GOP Consultant Rues ‘Big Mistake’ That Led to Family’s COVID Infections

Aug 07, 2020

SACRAMENTO — The tweet Richard Costigan posted July 23 was bluntly honest: “We tried our best to limit exposure to #COVID19 but we slipped up somewhere.” Costigan tweeted while waiting a...

Covid-19: Home Health Workers Vulnerable to Many Risks During Pandemic

Aug 06, 2020

The workforce faces physical, mental, financial risks as well as the risk of contracting Covid-19 Home health care workers may be on the front line when it comes to ensuring the health of their patie...

Fauci Unfazed as Scientists Rely on Unproven Methods to Create COVID Vaccines

Aug 06, 2020

With millions of lives on the line, researchers have been working at an unprecedented pace to develop a COVID-19 vaccine. But that speed — and some widely touted breakthroughs — belie the enorm...

Covid-19: ED Visits Declined in Early Months of Pandemic

Aug 05, 2020

Experts suggest encouraging patients to visit ED for serious, non-Covid-related illnesses that cannot be managed elsewhere Emergency department (ED) visits declined considerably in the early phases...

FDA Issues EUA for Impella Pumps in Covid-19 Patients on ECMO

Aug 05, 2020

Heart pumps authorized for patients with myocarditis or pulmonary edema WASHINGTON —The FDA issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for Impella Left Ventricular (LV) Support Systems as an LV un...

KHN’s ‘What The Health?’: Republicans in COVID Disarray

Aug 05, 2020

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Don’t Fall for This Video: Hydroxychloroquine Is Not a COVID-19 Cure

Aug 05, 2020

[khn_slabs slabs="1144749" view="inline" /] [partner-box]Millions of people, including the president of the United States, have seen or shared a video in which a doctor falsely claims there is a ...

Covid-19 Outbreak Among Georgia Campers Does Not Augur Well for School Openings

Aug 04, 2020

The virus spread easily among campers and staff increasing with longer exposure. A report published in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, which found that SARS-CoV-2 easily spread a...

#PWChat Recap: Reopening Schools During the COVID-19 Pandemic - Part 1

Aug 03, 2020

The latest installment of the #PWChat series centered around the reopening of schools during the COVID-19 pandemic. Below are the highlights from the chat. You can read the full transcript here, b...

Covid-19: Obesity Ups Risk of Intubation, Death in Adults 65 or Younger

Aug 03, 2020

BMI of 35 or higher is independent risk factor Obesity is associated with an increased risk of death or intubation in patients younger than age 65 who contract Covid-19, according to a retrospective ...

Covid-19: Can College Campuses Safely Reopen with Enough Testing?

Aug 03, 2020

Study suggests screening every two days, but barriers remain There may be a safe route to reopening college campuses this fall, researchers found, and it might require a huge uptick in Covid-19 testi...

Bacterial, Fungal Coinfection Uncommon in COVID-19 Patients

Aug 02, 2020

FRIDAY, July 31, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Bacterial and fungal infections are uncommon in hospitalized COVID-19 patients, but coinfection is associated with high mortality and antibiotic use is widesp...

Global Epidemiology of COVID-19 Reported for Prepandemic Era

Aug 02, 2020

FRIDAY, July 31, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Many of the first COVID-19 cases reported from affected countries outside of mainland China involved recent travel to affected countries, according to a study...

U.S. Puts Up Another $2.1 Billion for Potential COVID-19 Vaccine

Aug 02, 2020

FRIDAY, July 31, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- The United States is buying up another potential COVID-19 vaccine, the Associated Press reported Friday. Drug makers GlaxoSmithKline and Sanofi Pasteur wil...

Plenty of COVID-19 Vaccine Coming, Fauci Says

Aug 02, 2020

FRIDAY, July 31, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- When a COVID-19 vaccine is approved, there should be plenty of it available, Anthony Fauci, M.D., infectious diseases chief at the U.S. National Institutes of...

Covid-19: Closing U.S. Schools Resulted in 1.37 Million Fewer Cases Over 26-Days

Jul 31, 2020

Modeling study also estimates that 40,600 lives were saved over a 16-day period School closures in the United States last Spring were associated with significant declines in Covid-19 incidence and ...

Heart Failure, Cardiac Injury May be Next Chapter in Covid-19

Jul 31, 2020

Two studies raise new concerns about long-term cardiac injury Two newly published studies raise concerns about lasting myocardial injury and heart failure related to Covid-19 infection. An analysi...

Covid Times Get Stranger and Stranger

Jul 30, 2020

After learning that several players on the Miami Marlins baseball team had tested positive for the Covid-19 virus, the team went ahead with a scheduled game on Sunday, July 26. How did they make the d...

‘It’s About Love and Solidarity’: Mutual Aid Unites NYC Neighbors Facing COVID

Jul 30, 2020

NEW YORK CITY — Nancy Perez, a 45-year-old resident of the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant, contracted COVID-19 in March. She stayed quarantined in her room for a month to isolate from h...

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