Covid-19: Uncertain winter ahead as flu circulates at same time, says Harries
Catching both viruses at the same time puts people at a more significant risk of death, a health boss says. Source link
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Covid-19: Two million booster jabs given in England
England’s chief nursing officer urges people to top up protection ahead of a busy winter for the NHS. Source link
‘Isolate if you have Covid-19 symptoms but test negative’
Bath’s public health director says to regard it as Covid even if you receive a negative PCR result. Source link
Over 140,000 U.S. Children Have Lost a Caregiver to COVID-19
THURSDAY, Oct. 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) — It is an excruciating statistic: One in every four COVID-19 deaths in the United States leaves a child without a parent or other caregiver, researchers report. The analysis of data shows that from April 2020 to July 2021, more than 120,000 children under the age of 18 … Read more
COVID-19 Booster Shots: Top Questions Answered
Sept. 24, 2021 — The FDA and the CDC this week announced that certain groups of people at high risk for serious COVID-19 infection can now get a booster dose of the Pfizer vaccine. You and your friends and family may have questions: Am I eligible? Where do I go to get a booster? … Read more
Covid-19: Life expectancy is down but what does this mean?
“Essentially what this means is you’ve lost a large section of your more frail population, then you have a healthier surviving population and you would expect mathematically there to be fewer deaths in the period that follows,” Stuart McDonald, co-founder of the Covid-19 Actuaries Response Group, says. Source link
Survey: 2/3 of Critical Care Nurses Consider Quitting Due to COVID-19
Sept. 20, 2021 — Critical care nurse Beth Wathen has been looking after seriously ill patients for 35 years. But nothing could have prepared her for the last 18 months. Wathen, who works in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Children’s Hospital Colorado, said it is impossible to describe the overwhelming death and despair … Read more
New AI tool can help treat COVID-19 patients globally: Study – ET HealthWorld
A team of international researchers has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that can predict how much extra oxygen a COVID-19 patient might need during hospital care. To check the accuracy of the AI tool, it was tested out in a number of hospitals across five continents. The results showed it predicted the oxygen needed … Read more
Covid-19: How a Norwich care home is preparing for autumn and winter
How are care home staff and residents preparing to face a second autumn and winter of Covid-19? Source link
Your Diet Could Cut Your Odds for Severe COVID-19
Of course, Merino said, people with healthy diets may be different in many ways from those with less-healthful eating habits. So his team accounted for factors like age, race, exercise habits, smoking, body weight and whether people lived in low- or high-income neighborhoods. Obesity, for example, is a risk factor for severe COVID-19. And … Read more