Monthly Archives: May, 2020

Bucks County officials on Thursday pledged to test every resident at Neshaminy Manor, the county-owned nursing home, as the COVID-19 death count there continued to soar, part of a surge in senior-citizen deaths countywide. County Coroner Meredith J. Buck said 22 residents at the county home who died had tested positive for COVID-19, in addition…

What you eat has a significant impact on your energy, your sleep, your mood. And certain foods may fortify your immune system too, helping it fight off viruses and bacteria that could make you sick.To be clear, just eating the right diet won’t make you immune to coronavirus. You should still stick with the latest…

A UPMC doctor on Thursday made a case the death rate for people infected with the new coronavirus may be as low as 0.25% — far lower than the mortality rates of 2-4% or even higher cited in the early days of the pandemic.Dr. Donald Yealy based it partly on studies of levels of coronavirus…

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…

April 30, 2020 | 7:46pm Michigan is sending out special deliveries to its locked-down lovers. The state’s health department has launched a new, free condom delivery service to help prevent unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The condoms-by-mail program helps replace the free condom giveaways counties had once offered at…