The results of a new study from the United Kingdom indicate that, among a cohort of over 400 pregnant women, those who are black or of ethnic minority backgrounds were some of the most likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19.Share on PinterestWomen who are black or of ethnic minorities made up more than half of…
NEW YORK CITY -- A pregnant nurse was taking care of novel coronavirus patients in Brooklyn, until she got the virus herself. She then went on a ventilator and her heart stopped. Now, the woman who spent a career caring for patients is a patient who needs caring for full-time.Shirley Licin told our sister station…
As a physician's assistant, I've had my fair share of interesting days. I work at a hospital in the Chicago suburbs, where I've been a PA in the emergency department for three years. In the past month, I've worked with a handful of COVID-19 patients who have come to the ER. Physician's assistants are able to…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.A pregnant nurse in the United Kingdom died after contracting the novel coronavirus — but doctors were able to save her baby by performing an emergency C-section, according to a report.Mary Agyeiwaa Agyapong, 28, passed away last Sunday after battling the…
Doctors have managed to save the baby of a pregnant 28-year-old nurse who sadly died from coronavirus. Mary Agyeiwaa Agyapong passed away on Sunday in Luton and Dunstable University Hospital, where she had worked for five years.A hospital trust spokesperson told the BBC the nurse's "child was doing very well" but shared no further information.…
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…