Most patients in New York City hospitalized with the CCP virus suffered from one or more underlying health issues, such as obesity or kidney disease, according to a new study. Researchers analyzed records from 5,700 patients and found more than 56 percent suffered from hypertension. Another 41 percent had obesity, while nearly 34 percent suffered…
April 23, 2020A new study of thousands of hospitalized coronavirus patients in the New York City area, the epicenter of the outbreak in the United States, has found that nearly all of them had at least one major chronic health condition, and most — 88 percent — had at least two.Though earlier research has shown…
Scientists and healthcare workers are still trying to make sense of the many symptoms of COVID-19.From extensive lung and blood vessel damage to the loss of smell and taste and even strange discoloration of toes, questions linger about the deadly virus currently sweeping the globe.Now, doctors are noticing mysterious blood clots in COVID-19 patients that may be…
Health giant UPMC will begin testing all asymptomatic patients for covid-19 as it looks to clear the way for restarting some of its shuttered but medically necessary surgeries. Officials at the Pittsburgh- based health system announced Tuesday the universal testing will begin with all patients requiring hospitalization for surgery or other invasive procedures. The testing…
UPMC says it will test all patients for COVID-19, continue to offer non-emergency procedures UPMC says it will test all patients for COVID-19, continue to offer non-emergency procedures UPMC said it will test all patients for the COVID-19 coronavirus, which it said will allow the healthcare system to continue performing non-emergency surgeries for patients who…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…