These conditions can limit underlying reserve and lead to worse outcomes when older people become severely ill, which taxes all organ systems, said Dr. Annie Luetkemeyer, an infectious diseases specialist at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. For exa…
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – U.S. hospitals, gearing up for a large surge in patients as the new coronavirus spreads throughout the country, are reaching out to temporary staff agencies and exploring other ways to maintain workforce levels as school closures add t…
The swabs collected by Mercy are being sent to commercial and state labs for testing, and Mercy said they had faced no challenges in having the tests performed. The tests cost about $100, Sorensen said, and most insurance companies along with Medicare and Me…
ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) – On Saturday, Phoebe Putney Hospital confirmed seven additional patients have tested positive for COVID-19. Five of the patients remain hospitalized and the remaining are recovering at home, according to Phoebe officials. These are comm…
A 65-year-old Rockland County man is the second coronavirus fatality in New York state, The Post has learned. The victim died earlier this week in the Village of Suffern and has posthumously tested positive for the deadly virus, sources said. The Rockland C…
El Paso County health officials say they’re worried about seniors who may have played in the same bridge games as the woman who died Friday of the novel coronavirus. Health officials are urging anyone who attended the Colorado Springs Bridge Center between l…
Health officials on Saturday reported 11 newly confirmed cases of novel coronavirus in Los Angeles County, bringing the number of cases in the county to 53.Eight of the total cases are likely due to community transmission, according to the county Department o…
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22 Congress MLAs had resigned earlier this week (File)New Delhi: The Madhya Pradesh Assembly Speaker, Narmada Prasad Prajapati, on Saturday accepted resignations of the six ministers who, along with 16 other Congress MLAs, have endangered the Kamal Nath government by resigning en masse earlier this week. The move came after the rebel leaders, who are…
PORTLAND, Maine —In response to the coronavirus outbreak, officials at Maine Medical Center imposed new visitation restrictions Saturday in an effort to safeguard patients and staff. According to a spokesperson for Maine Medical Center, the new rules were p…
