Coronavirus Infected One-Third of Americans in 2020

Aug. 26, 2021 — About one third of the US population had been infected with coronavirus 2 by the end of 2020, according to a new study published today in Nature. Jeffrey Shaman, PhD, director of the Climate and Health Program at Columbia University, and colleagues simulated the spread of coronavirus within all 3,142 … Read more

Do Women or Men Make the Best Doctors?

By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, July 19, 2021 (HealthDay News) — When you’re hospitalized, you’ll want qualified medical professionals treating you, but does it matter if your doctor is a man or a woman? It might. A new study in Canada found that patients cared for by female physicians had lower in-hospital death rates … Read more

Why U.S. Hispanic People Got COVID at Higher Rates

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By Robert Preidt               HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, May 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Workplace exposure to the new coronavirus is a major reason for Hispanic Americans’ disproportionately high COVID-19 death rate, a new study claims. In 2020, Hispanics accounted for 19% of the U.S. population but nearly 41% of … Read more

COVID Far More Lethal Than Flu, Data Shows

By Robert PreidtHealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Dec. 18, 2020 (HealthDay News) — COVID-19 is far more harmful and deadly than the seasonal flu, new studies confirm. Researchers analyzed U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs data on more than 3,600 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 between Feb. 1 and June 17 of this year, and more than … Read more

1,759 COVID-19 deaths in Nov so far; experts cite non-resident patients, cold weather as reason

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Delhi, which has been reeling under the third wave of coronavirus, has reported a death rate of 1.58 per cent as compared to the national fatality rate of 1.48 per cent. Experts attribute the high number of daily COVID-19 deaths in the national capital to a large number of “critical” non-residents patients coming to the … Read more

Expert: Darkest Weeks of Pandemic Are Yet to Come

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Oct. 19, 2020 — A top infectious disease specialist said Sunday that the country is entering the darkest time of the entire pandemic. “We do have vaccines and therapeutics coming down the pike,” Michael Osterholm, PhD, the director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, said on … Read more

COVID Death Toll Hits 200,000 in the U.S.

Sept. 22, 2020 — Just over 6 months after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic, the United States has reached a grim milestone: the novel coronavirus death toll has climbed to a staggering 200,000. “It’s sobering. It’s a large number, and clearly it tells us that everything we’re doing right now to … Read more

No Canadian COVID Deaths for First Time in 6 Months

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Sept. 14, 2020 — For the first time in six months, Canada on Friday reported no new COVID-19 deaths. Reuters said the last time that happened was on March 15, at the start of pandemic-related lockdowns, CBS News reported. As of Saturday, there had been 137,676 COVID-19 cases and 9,214 deaths from … Read more

What Changing Death Rates Tell Us About COVID-19

Amesh Adalja, MD, emerging infectious disease specialist, Johns Hopkins University Center for Health Security. Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz, epidemiologist, University of Wollongong, Australia.  David Ropeik, retired Harvard University instructor; author, How Risky Is It, Really? Why Our Fears Don’t Always Match the Facts.  World Health Organization: “Naming the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and the virus that causes it,” … Read more

What Changing Death Rates Tell Us About COVID-19

Amesh Adalja, MD, emerging infectious disease specialist, Johns Hopkins University Center for Health Security. Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz, epidemiologist, University of Wollongong, Australia.  David Ropeik, retired Harvard University instructor; author, How Risky Is It, Really? Why Our Fears Don’t Always Match the Facts.  World Health Organization: “Naming the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and the virus that causes it,” … Read more