Doctors concerned patients may avoid ER over coronavirus fears Hide Transcript Show Transcript AWAY FROM THE ER WHEN THEY SHOULD GETTING MEDICAL ATTENTION. >> WE ARE ONLY SEEING 50 TO 60% OF WHAT WE NORMALLY SEEN. REPORTER: A BIG DROP IS A MAJOR CAN PULMONARY AND CRITICAL CARE DR. VANESSA WALKER. SHE RECENTLY NOTICED A…
We have reached a strange point in time when it is rare to go on a trip to the supermarket or walk through the park without seeing people wearing surgical-style face masks. The official advice about whether you should wear these mask varies from country to country, with the British government, for example, not advising…
More than 500 doctors, researchers and public health specialists are calling on the Food and Drug Administration to eliminate constraints on blood donations by gay and bisexual men, saying the agency did not go far enough when it relaxed its restrictions earlier this month.The demand was made in a letter dated Thursday that was written…
If only every time we were updated on the daily death toll from coronavirus, we could also be told the number of babies being born - wouldn't that make this ghastly situation a little more hopeful? This is what I thought last week as I sat on my own, in isolation, on the postnatal ward…
After long shifts treating covid-19 patients in New York hospitals, emergency room doctor Calvin D. Sun goes home and works for another 45 minutes. He cleans. He peels off his shoes, scrubs his jacket and places his protective suit outdoors to bake in the sun. Finally, he takes a shower, hot and scouring, to eliminate…
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…