Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

8 dead from COVID, 89 infected at Connecticut nursing home

Eight residents of a nursing home in Connecticut have died during a coronavirus outbreak while 89 residents and employees have tested positive for the disease, nursing home officials say.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

COVID-19 now linked with strokes in young patients

COVID-19 might raise stroke risk in young and middle-aged adults, with virus-linked blood clots causing severe damage to their brains, doctors warn.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Virus ravages NY nursing homes: Many report multiple deaths

The despair wrought on nursing homes by the coronavirus was laid bare Friday in a state survey identifying numerous New York facilities where multiple patients died over the past few weeks.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Science Says: Fatal outbreak germ a threat to frail patients

A common virus blamed for a deadly outbreak at a New Jersey children's rehabilitation center usually poses little risk for healthy people but can lead to dangerous pneumonia in already frail patients.

page 2 from 3