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The US is buying nearly all the next three months’ projected production of Covid-19 treatment remdesivir from US manufacturer Gilead. The US health department announced on Tuesday it had agreed to buy 500,000 doses for use in American hospitals. Tests suggest remdesivir cuts recovery times, though it is not yet clear if it improves survival […]
As more job sectors in South Africa begin to open, the risk of infection also becomes greater — a new study reminds us that we shouldn’t feel safe and let our guards down when we’re in close proximity to someone that doesn’t ‘look or sound’ like they have COVID-19. South Africa currently has 80 412 identified […]
A patient is taken from an ambulance to the emergency room of a hospital in the Navajo Nation town of Tuba City during the 57-hour curfew, imposed to try to stop the spread of the Covid-19 virus through the Navajo Nation, in Arizona on May 24, 2020. Mark Ralston | AFP | Getty Images Coronavirus […]
What don’t people know about surviving a stay in the ICU? Healing does not happen in the hospital. Treatment happens in the hospital. All of the healing happens when you leave. You lose so much muscle mass in the hospital. You lose independence, and for me, even my sense of identity. I also worry a […]
Harvard University, already supported by a massive $ 41 billion endowment, is getting nearly $ 9 million in taxpayer aid from the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, the U.S. Department of Education announced. Under the terms of the payout from CARES’ Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund, at least half of the $ 8,655,748 […]
Media playback is unsupported on your device Almost 400 care companies which provide home support across the UK have told the BBC they still do not have enough personal protective equipment (PPE). Without protection, providers say they may not be able to care for people awaiting hospital discharge. Of 481 providers, 381 – 80% – […]
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York state’s hospitals will be overwhelmed under almost any realistic scenario in the coronavirus outbreak and authorities are adding capacity wherever possible to meet soaring demand, Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Thursday. The need for hospital beds and ventilators was particularly acute, the governor said, as the hardest hit state […]
Over 75,000 Pounds of Salad Recalled for E. Coli Contamination | Real Simple – Health Top Navigation Close Explore Health Profile Menu Follow us Close Share options Close View image Nearly 100,000 Pounds of Salad Are Being Recalled for E. Coli Contamination—Here’s What You Should Know this link is to an external site that may […]
Measles has killed nearly 5,000 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2019, authorities said, after the disease spread to all the provinces in the country. Close to a quarter of a million people have been infected this year alone. The World Health Organization (WHO) says this is the world’s largest and fastest-moving epidemic. […]
A father who almost died a week before his son’s first birthday is urging people to get immunised against flu this winter. Last winter, Adam Blackman did not bother getting the jab and caught influenza. The virus triggered a life-threatening asthma attack. He spent more than a month in hospital recovering. He says he “learned […]
A teenage boy nearly died after vaping caused a catastrophic reaction in his lungs, doctors in Nottingham say. Ewan Fisher was connected to an artificial lung to keep him alive after his own lungs failed and he could not breathe. Ewan told BBC News e-cigarettes had “basically ruined me” and urged other young people not […]
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Duane ‘Dog the Bounty Hunter’ Chapman Hospitalized Nearly 3 Months After Wife’s Death – Health Top Navigation Close Explore Health Profile Menu Follow us Close Share options Close View image Duane ‘Dog the Bounty Hunter’ Chapman Hospitalized Nearly 3 Months After Wife’s Death this link is to an external site that may or may not […]
Media playback is unsupported on your device Referrals to child mental health units from UK primary schools for pupils aged 11 and under have risen by nearly 50% in three years, the BBC has learned. Replies to Freedom of Information (FOI) requests from 46 health trusts indicate they rose from 21,125 to 31,531. Seven trusts […]