Had COVID or Gotten Vaccine? Hospitalization Is ‘Extremely Uncommon’
Latest Coronavirus News MONDAY, March 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) Been vaccinated? Already had COVID? New research shows that your chances of winding up in the hospital if you get a breakthrough infection are practically nil. In the study, scientists looked at more than 106,000 hospitalized primary care patients, aged 18 and older, at the Mayo […]
Airlines Ask Biden to Drop Mask Mandates, COVID Testing
Latest Coronavirus News Consumer news THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) As coronavirus hospitalizations and deaths drop across the United States, the chief executives of the country’s largest airlines have asked President Joe Biden to let a federal mask mandate at airports and on planes to lapse next month. Also included in the request is […]
Lying Prone Can Help Hospitalized COVID Patients, But Many Can’t Sustain It
Latest Coronavirus News Consumer news THURSDAY, March 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) Lying facedown may improve breathing in COVID-19 patients who are awake, but many can’t stay in a prone position long enough to reap the benefit, a new study finds. Prone positioning is standard for patients with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), because it […]
Scientists Worry Virus Variant May Push Up COVID Cases In US
With coronavirus cases rising in parts of Europe and Asia, scientists worry that an extra-contagious version of the omicron variant may soon push cases up in the United States too. Experts are also keeping their eyes on another mutant: a rare delta-omicron hybrid that they say doesn’t pose much of a threat right now but […]
Why ‘Zero COVID’ Policies May Backfire For Countries Like China
As Europe and the U.S. prepare to turn the page from the emergency stage of the coronavirus pandemic, countries once deemed winners for using strict measures to contain COVID-19 cases could face long-term challenges dealing with the virus. A new surge in China driven largely by the omicron BA.2 subvariant led authorities to once again […]
Dr. Ashish Jha Named New White House COVID Coordinator
Latest Coronavirus News THURSDAY, March 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) President Joe Biden announced Thursday that he has named Dr. Ashish Jha, the dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, to replace Jeff Zients as the country’s COVID-19 coordinator when Zients leaves his post next month. In a statement about Jha’s appointment, Biden highlighted […]
Omicron Wave Had 5 Times as Many Small Kids Hospitalized Compared to Delta
Latest Coronavirus News WEDNESDAY, March 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) Omicron appears to have hit America’s youngest children much harder than any previous variant of the virus, a new government report shows. Five times as many kids aged 4 and younger landed in the hospital during the Omicron wave than were hospitalized when Delta was the […]
It Can Take Weeks for Some Patients With Severe COVID to Recover Consciousness
Latest Coronavirus News WEDNESDAY, March 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) In yet another sign that severe COVID-19 is tough to recover from, a new study shows that some survivors who required mechanical ventilation take days or even weeks to regain consciousness after sedation is halted and their breathing tube is removed. For the study, the researchers […]
Airplane, Transit Mask Mandate Extended to April 18 – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Coronavirus News FRIDAY, March 11, 2022 Mask mandates for airplanes, trains and transit hubs that were set to expire next week will be extended to April 18, the Biden administration is expected to announce Thursday. Between now and mid-April, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will work with other federal agencies “to […]
Airplane, Transit Mask Mandate Extended to April 18 – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Coronavirus News FRIDAY, March 11, 2022 Mask mandates for airplanes, trains and transit hubs that were set to expire next week will be extended to April 18, the Biden administration is expected to announce Thursday. Between now and mid-April, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will work with other federal agencies “to […]