SARS and COVID-19 both emerged as new types of coronavirus transmittable to humans, but the illnesses have unique characteristics that coincide with very different global health impacts.
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While hospitals and health systems nationwide are still bracing for large surges of COVID-19 patients, STAT reports that some researchers are already looking ahead to an important question: How and when should the U.S. lift social distancing measures?
President Donald Trump is pushing more action on the COVID-19 pandemic to the state level. Below are key updates from March 25-26 from the states hardest hit by the coronavirus:
Obesity appears to be a major risk factor for critical COVID-19 cases, according to an Intensive Care National Audit and Research Centre analysis on United Kingdom critical care admissions.
As the novel coronavirus continues to spread widely in the U.S., many cities have far too few hospital beds to treat a surge of COVID-19 patients. To expand capacity, state and local governments across the nation are rushing to reopen…
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The U.S. COVID-19 death toll surpassed 1,000, with 1,046 deaths as of 11 a.m. CDT March 26. Nationwide, 69,246 American cases have been reported.
Some hospitals are considering do-not-resuscitate orders for all COVID-19 patients, citing the high exposure risk for staff as protective equipment supplies run low, The Washington Post reports.
As COVID-19 spreads quickly across the country, hospitals are racing to respond — working on increasing bed capacity, staff and other key resources and equipment, namely ventilators, which are in short supply.
A mammogram technician at Piedmont Newnan (Ga.) Hospital was found dead in her home March 19 and posthumously tested positive for COVID-19, reports The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
New York is creating a surge healthcare force to help support care for the huge surge in COVID-19 patients in the state, and 40,000 have signed up to join it, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in a news briefing March 25.