Since COVID-19's spread to the United States earlier this year, death rates in the U.S. have risen significantly. But deaths attributed to COVID-19 only account for about two-thirds of the increase in March and April, according ...
Jul 1, 2020
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Malaria causes almost a half-million deaths every year worldwide. While the majority of people affected by this mosquito-borne parasitic infection are in Africa, a smaller percentage of cases are also found in Southeast Asia. ...
Jun 25, 2020
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With the arrival of warm weather, and as states begin to loosen months of lockdown restrictions from the coronavirus pandemic, it's only natural that people are itching to get outside.
Jun 24, 2020
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(HealthDay)—Following declaration of the COVID-19 pandemic as a national emergency, there was a decrease in visits to the emergency department for myocardial infarction (MI), stroke, and hyperglycemic crisis, according ...
Jun 24, 2020
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Researchers from UCLA, Harvard Medical School and the University of Tokyo found that during a recent six-year period, homeless people in New York state were more likely to hospitalized and treated with mechanical ventilators ...
Jun 18, 2020
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You've watched police brutality protests unfold across America and you want to take part, but you fear that choice could raise your risk of coronavirus infection. Is there a way to express your outrage without endangering ...
Jun 5, 2020
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(HealthDay)—The emergency department visit rate increases with age among individuals aged 60 years and older, according to a June data brief published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center ...
Jun 4, 2020
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Emergency room visits in the U.S. for chest pain and heart attacks fell early this spring, according to a study that supports fears that the coronavirus outbreak scared away people from going to the hospital.
Jun 4, 2020
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In a study published in the American Journal of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai researchers describe some of the earliest cases of a COVID-19-related illness newly identified by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) ...
May 29, 2020
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In public health emergencies—including the current COVID-19 pandemic—local media are important sources of information for the public. In a paper published this week in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, researchers have ...
May 21, 2020
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