Autopsies of 10 African American victims of coronavirus in New Orleans show that the insides of their lungs were riddled with blood clots, adding to evidence that COVID-19 stokes damage in the body far beyond a typical respiratory illness.Researchers from LSU Health Sciences began carefully examining victims of coronavirus in mid-March, less than a week…
(CNN)Careful autopsies of 10 African-American victims of coronavirus show their lungs were clogged with blood clots, researchers reported Wednesday. All 10 patients had underlying conditions that ha…
Several research teams writing in the journal Radiology suggest that blood clots play a significant role in why some people become seriously sick with COVID-19. Share on PinterestBlood clots may lead to serious complications in some people with severe COVID-19.The death toll from COVID-19 continues to rise daily. But how SARS-CoV-2, the new coronavirus that…
April 24, 2020 -- Hooman Poor, MD, was tired of watching his patients die, and it looked like another was slipping away. She was on a ventilator, but it wasn’t helping. Oxygen wasn’t getting to her organs. Acid was building in her blood. Her body was in shock. Her kidneys were failing, but he couldn’t…
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…