The delta variant of the novel coronavirus is gaining a frightening foothold in areas of the country with low vaccination rates, spurring the White House to mobilize “surge response teams” to combat the variant that threatens to undo the nation’s progress in beating back the pandemic. About 1,000 counties in the U.S. have vaccination rates… Read More »
Dive Brief: Hospitalizations for several medical conditions at a major New York City-area hospital system plunged after the COVID-19 pandemic began, a new research letter published in JAMA Internal Medicine by researchers at New York University and the University of Michigan medical schools finds. And even amid a recent rebound, admissions still remain well below… Read More »
University Hospital in New Jersey has experienced a 48,000-document data breach, according to reporting from security researcher Ax Sharma at BleepingComputer. According to Sharma, the Newark-based hospital’s records appear to be among those leaked by SunCrypt, a ransomware operation that began hosting a dedicated leak site earlier this year. The data leak, which has since been removed… Read More »
‘Long Covid’ IS real: Three-quarters of coronavirus patients who were admitted to hospital still suffer symptoms THREE MONTHS later, study reveals Researchers studied 110 patients admitted to Southmead Hospital in Bristol A total of 81 said they were still experiencing at least one symptom on follow-up Many were also suffering from poor quality of life and… Read More »
You’ve heard the one about three characters walking into a bar. A new collaboration between United Airlines, Cleveland Clinic and Clorox reminded me of that scenario, and that in the age of the coronavirus pandemic, collaboration can bolster our health. In the era of COVID-19, people — consumers. patients managing chronic conditions, and caregivers (whether… Read More »
Another 813 people have died with coronavirus in UK hospitals, bringing the total to more than 20,000, the Department of Health has announced. At the government’s daily briefing, the home secretary described the figure as a “tragic and terrible milestone”. Last month, the government’s chief scientific adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance, said keeping deaths below 20,000… Read More »