New research indicates that white, non-Hispanic patients are less likely to have a severe form of the illness caused by SARS-CoV-2.The research, published in the journal Radiology, provides further evidence of the disproportionate effects of issues concerning race and ethnicity on the severity of COVID-19.The sudden emergence and rapid spread of SARS-CoV-2 could arguably have…
San Bernardino County reached a new record for coronavirus patients in intensive care units Monday and positive cases surpassed 24,000 over the weekend, according to the California Department of Public Health.As of Monday afternoon, 613 people were hospitalized, 194 of whom were in ICU marking, a new high for the county. But the overall number…
By JAY REEVES Associated Press | Jul 18, 2020 at 6:25 PM Registered nurses Army Lt. Col. Oswaldo Martinez, left, and Maj. Andrew Wieher, with the Urban Augmentation Medical Task Force, work to set up a nurses station inside a wing at United Memorial Medical Center, in Houston on July 16, 2020. The following day,…
The patients in Colorado are wanted for a study trial of the Moderna vaccine. DENVER — Researchers at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and UCHealth on the CU Anschutz Medical Campus are looking to recruit 1,000 patients in the state for a study testing a COVID-19 vaccine candidate. The recruitment period for the…
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…