VANCOUVER, Wash. – Angela Primachenko was 27 years old, 34 weeks pregnant, and days into a fight against the coronavirus when she made the decision, with the advice of her doctors, to go into a medically induced coma. When she woke up, her belly was flat and …
A new study published Sunday reports that Thailand has seen the first case of a COVID-19 infection being transmitted from a dead patient to a medical examiner, raising concerns over the high exposure risk morgue and funeral home workers could face. Accordin…
PHOENIX, AZ HonorHealth announced the survival of the very first Arizona coronavirus patient placed on a special therapy machine. The medical group says the patient received an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (or ECMO) treatment. The ECMO therapy remove…
A deserted Trafalgar Square in London, where the coronavirus death rate is the highest in the UK. (PA Images via Getty Images) Nearly half of all deaths in London are being caused by coronavirus, figures have revealed. The Office for National Statistics (ON…
Paris (AFP) - Around 117 million children worldwide risk contracting measles because dozens of countries are curtailing their vaccination programmes as they battle COVID-19, the United Nations warned Tuesday. Currently 24 countries, including several already…
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…