Doctors Consider Possible Stroke and COVID-19 Connection
TUESDAY, May 12, 2020 (American Heart Association News) –The first thing to know about the possible links between COVID-19 and stroke is simple, say doctors: We just don’t know. “We
Continue readingKidney injury seen in more than a third of hospitalized COVID-19 patients: U.S. study
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Over a third of patients treated for COVID-19 in a large New York medical system developed acute kidney injury, and nearly 15% required dialysis, U.S. researchers reported on
Continue readingTop Health Officials Warn Against Reopening as Millions More Americans Go Out
By Robin Foster and E.J. MundellHealthDay Reporters WEDNESDAY, May 13, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Even as the country’s top health officials testified to Congress
Continue readingMay 13, 2020 — A roundup of the latest news about COVID-19
Resentment over lockdowns is beginning to bubble over into violence. But most Americans still believe social distancing is necessary. And a devastating wave of coronavirus is sweeping across Latin America.
Continue readingCOVID-19 Fears Tied to Dangerous Drop in Child Vaccinations
What your doctor is reading on Medscape.com: MAY 12, 2020 — The social distancing and sheltering in place mandated because of the COVID-19 pandemic are keeping
Continue readingU.N. warns of global mental health crisis due to COVID-19 pandemic
LONDON (Reuters) – A mental illness crisis is looming as millions of people worldwide are surrounded by death and disease and forced into isolation, poverty and anxiety by the pandemic of COVID-19,
Continue readingCOVID-19 Cuts Stroke Cases Nearly 40% Nationwide
What your doctor is reading on Medscape.com: MAY 12, 2020 — Almost 4 in 10 people experiencing an acute stroke during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United
Continue readingBrazil passes France in coronavirus cases to become 6th worst-hit country
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil registered a record number of new cases of the novel coronavirus on Wednesday, surpassing France’s tally to become the sixth-worst hit country, as the disease sends
Continue readingTakeda says coronavirus treatment trial using recovered patients’ blood could start in July
(Reuters) – Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd could start a clinical trial as early as July for a potential treatment of COVID-19 that is based on antibodies from recovered patients’ blood, company
Continue readingLife After COVID-19: The Road To Recovery
Akhink Omer, Nurse, Nashville. Covid-19 Dashboard by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. UpToDate: “Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): Epidemiology, virology,
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