I’m a primary care doctor, and, in normal times, my favorite part of the job is getting to see my patients regularly. But because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, I’ve had to substantially cut down on in-person visits to help put the brakes on the spread of …
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Experiment Shows COVID-19 Can Survive Long Exposure to High Temperatures
A team of French scientists assert the COVID-19 novel coronavirus has to be exposed to temperatures almost at the boiling point of water to kill the virus and ensure no functioning virions remain. Previous theories about warmer weather kicking the novel coron…
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New Coronavirus Has Infected More Than 9,000 U.S. Health-Care Workers
More than 9,000 U.S. health-care workers have contracted the new coronavirus and nearly three-quarters of them are women, according to federal data released Tuesday.
The figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offer the first nationwide s…
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Coronavirus Patients’ Oxygen Levels Get ‘Significantly Better’ When On Stomach, ICU Doctor Says
BOSTON (CBS/CNN) — Doctors are finding that placing the sickest coronavirus patients on their stomachs — called prone positioning – helps increase the amount of oxygen that’s getting to their lungs.
“Once you see it work, you want to do it more, and you see …
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El Paso County flattens the curve, no longer leading state in COVID-19 deaths
EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — The first case of COVID-19 in El Paso County was reported March 6. Now, as a community, we have flattened the curve. Tuesday, El Paso County Public Health updated city council and county commission on the fight against the viru…
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No, breast milk can’t prevent or cure COVID-19 in adults
As fears of the coronavirus continue to spread in the United States, some people have turned to unorthodox, unproven and even dangerous methods to attempt to ward off the disease. Now, rumors are spreading that breast milk could contain COVID-19 antibodies, b…
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Newly discovered coronavirus mutation could threaten vaccine race, study says
Scientists say they have discovered the first evidence of a “significant” mutation of the coronavirus — raising concerns that strides made toward a vaccine so far could become “futile,” according to a new study.
The researchers, who isolated a strain of the …
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Kids ages 2 and older should use face masks, CDC says. How to get them to wear one
Kids ages 2 and older should use face masks, CDC says. How to get them to wear one – Sacramento Bee
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More than one-third of the COVID-19 related deaths in Erie County are in nursing homes
BUFFALO, N.Y. New numbers from the New York State Department of Health show that many of the deaths related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Western New York, are coming in patients in nursing homes.
According to the state, 101 Erie County residents with pos…
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Nurse, 33, dies after ‘working with no coronavirus mask when her hospital ran out’
A HERO healthcare worker has died of suspected coronavirus after she had to work a hospital shift without protective equipment.
Danielle DiCenso, a 33-year-old nurse from Florida turned up for her shift at a hospital in Hialeah but management were unable to …
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