At least 14 states are hitting record high COVID-19 hospitalizations, with seven more states close to peaking, according to The COVID-19 Tracking Project data cited by The New York Times.
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Boston Children's Hospital will no longer perform two types of genital surgeries on intersex children if they are too young to meaningfully consent, reports The 19th News.
Patients with private insurance were more likely to receive surgical care at high-volume hospitals than those who were underinsured or insured by Medicare or Medicaid, according to a study published in the American Cancer Society's peer-reviewed journal, Cancer.
Kootenai Health in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, is looking at opportunities to transfer patients to facilities in Seattle and Portland, Ore., as its hospital nears capacity and COVID-19 cases surge in the region, according to TV station KREM.
Salt Lake City-based University of Utah Hospital has canceled elective procedures amid a COVID-19 surge in the state, according to Newsweek.
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Tocilizumab, a drug used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, may help reduce mortality in critically ill COVID-19 patients if given within the first two days of admission to an intensive care unit, according to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.
There are 13 deaths among men with confirmed COVID-19 cases for every 10 deaths among women, according to an analysis from Global Health 50/50, an initiative to improve gender equality in global health.
The University of Alabama at Birmingham and UAB Medicine are opening a uterus transplant program to help women with fertility issues, the organizations said Oct 19. The initiative marks the first such program in the Southeast region and only the…
Care teams are facing the dual challenge of responding to COVID-19 patients' immediate medical needs while also discerning how to help survivors facing long-term symptoms, reports The Washington Post.
Paintball attacks have sent nearly a dozen people to the hospital with injuries in Chicago, reports local station WGN-TV.