SAN FRANCISCO—As the coronavirus pandemic swept from China into Europe last winter, the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center began preparing for the worst. A triage tent was brought in. An entire floor was cleared for Covid-19 cases. A satellite campus was converted to take the overflow. Health screenings started for everyone from doctors…
Iowa’s three hospital system said they will test all patients for COVID-19 and return test results in 24-36 hours.UnityPoint announced Tuesday that it will join MercyOne and Broadlawns in testing all admitted patients, even if they are asymptomatic. Dr. Rossana Rosa, with UnityPoint Health, said the increased testing will help determine where patients will be…
Fort Lauderdale and Broward fire-rescues’ newly released numbers confirm what many have suspected: More people are afraid to go to the hospital and, as a result, are dying at home. Records released Monday from Fort Lauderdale Fire and Rescue and Broward County Fire and Rescue found twice as many people were already dead when responders…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.A number of hospitals in Mexico City are reaching their maximum capacities for coronavirus patients, with some facilities being forced to turn patients away over the weekend, according to a report.CLICK HERE FOR FULL CORONAVIRUS COVERAGEAt least 26 of the 64…
May 10, 2020 | 1:34pm | Updated May 10, 2020 | 1:59pm Enlarge Image Emergency Medical Service workers unload a patient out of their ambulance at the Cobble Hill Health Center Getty Images Patients in New York hospitals must now test negative for the coronavirus before they can be discharged to nursing homes, Gov. Andrew…
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…