UK may move patients into hotels to ease hospital strain England's health care system may move patients into hotels to ease pressure on hospitals struggling to handle rising COVID-19 admissions. Jan 13, 2021 0 0
Dutch hold mass coronavirus testing amid new variant fears Residents of a Dutch town filed into a sports hall Wednesday to take part in the country's first mass coronavirus testing program, which aims to find out more about the spread of a new more transmissible coronavirus variant. Jan 13, 2021 0 5
Survey finds global mistrust could weigh on vaccine rollout Waning trust in governments and all types of media is threatening to limit the rollout of coronavirus vaccines around the world, particularly in the United States, according to a survey conducted by communications firm Edelman. Jan 13, 2021 0 0
Recurrent GBM brain tumors with few mutations respond best to immunotherapy Glioblastoma brain tumors are especially perplexing. Inevitably lethal, the tumors occasionally respond to new immunotherapies after they've grown back, enabling up to 20% of patients to live well beyond predicted survival ... Jan 13, 2021 0 50
How Ireland became 'most infectious' coronavirus country In the midst of a third wave of coronavirus infections, Ireland now holds the unhappy title of the nation with the highest transmission rate in the world. Jan 13, 2021 0 2
'So much death': LA hospital reels at center of COVID storm Deep within a South Los Angeles hospital, a row of elderly Hispanic men lay hooked up to ventilators—their bodies resting in induced comas—while nurses clad in spacesuit-style respirators checked their patients' bleeping ... Jan 13, 2021 0 1
Accidental awareness in women having pregnancy-related surgery under general anaesthesia is more frequent than expected Accidental awareness occurs when a patient is temporarily conscious during a general anaesthetic and can remember things that happened during surgery, perhaps feeling pain or being unable to move. More commonly however, awareness ... Jan 13, 2021 0 4
One small alcoholic drink a day is linked to an increased risk of atrial fibrillation A study of nearly 108,000 people has found that people who regularly drink a modest amount of alcohol are at increased risk of atrial fibrillation, a condition where the heart beats in an abnormal rhythm. Jan 13, 2021 0 6
US Covid-19 deaths hit daily record as China rushes to contain outbreaks The United States has endured its worst day of the pandemic, with three Americans dying every minute, as China took decisive steps on Wednesday to stamp out a tiny coronavirus outbreak. Jan 13, 2021 0 1
Indonesia starts mass COVID-19 vaccinations with president Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Wednesday received the first shot of a Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccine after Indonesia approved it for emergency use and began efforts to vaccine millions of people in the world's fourth ... Jan 13, 2021 0 1
