Photo: Reuters The Union Health Ministry and Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) have together come up with the guidelines that will issue “official documents’ ‘ in case of COVID related deaths. The guidelines, as submitted by the Centre to the Supreme Court in case of seeking compensation for COVID deaths, noted that cases that … Read more
TUESDAY, Aug. 31, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A high amount of coronavirus in the lungs is a major contributor to death in COVID-19 patients, new research shows. The findings challenge previous theories that simultaneous infections such as pneumonia or an overreaction of the body’s immune system are significant factors in COVID-19 deaths, the researchers … Read more
At present, the city’s active caseload stands at 592, according to the Delhi government data. (Picture courtesy: IE) Delhi on Sunday broke a four-month streak to report zero casualties from Covid-19. The last time the national capital reported zero Covid-19 deaths was on March 2. The city also tested 71,546 samples on Sunday, of which … Read more
Vino K. Palli, MD, MPH, emergency medicine, internal medicine and urgent care, founder and CEO, MiDoctor Urgent Care, New York City. Hugh Cassiere, MD, medical director, Respiratory Therapy Services, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY. Stuart C. Ray, MD, professor of Medicine and Oncology, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore. … Read more
Agarwal said these numbers were not supported by evidence or backed by the basis on which these calculations were made. There was a robust system for registration of death and detailed guidelines were issued by the MoHFW for recognizing Covid deaths and reporting it. The government on Thursday denied that the country was under-reporting Covid-19 … Read more
When last year’s peak is taken into account, this is a 13.4 percentage point increase. Coronavirus cases in India are reaching new peaks as the second wave is wreaking havoc in India with more than 2 lakh cases surfacing on a daily basis. This means more people are now positive, thus, increasing the rate of … Read more
March 29, 2021 — Most of the coronavirus-related deaths in the U.S. were avoidable, Deborah Birx, MD, the coronavirus response coordinator under former President Donald Trump, told CNN. Birx and several doctors who ran the pandemic response spoke with Sanjay Gupta, MD, CNN’s chief medical correspondent, for a documentary called “COVID WAR: The Pandemic … Read more
William Schaffner, MD, professor of infectious diseases, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. Leana Wen, MD, emergency medicine doctor; visiting professor of health policy and management, George Washington University School of Public Health. Amesh Adalja, MD, emerging infectious diseases specialist, Johns Hopkins University Center for Health Security. Juanita Mora, MD, allergist; national spokesperson on minority health … Read more
In the past month, infections in urban India increased 1.2 times while they went up by 1.16 times in rural India. The news from the hinterland is not all good with fatalities increasing faster than infections. Rural and semi-urban districts now account for 27% of all deaths, up from 25% two months ago. In contrast, … Read more
Germany, which also initially slowed the virus, reported a four-month high of more than 2,000 cases on Saturday. The world hit a grim coronavirus milestone Saturday with 800,000 confirmed deaths and close to 23 million confirmed cases. That’s according to a tally kept by Johns Hopkins University. Governments have been attempting to balance public health with … Read more