Nov. 6, 2020 — Governors are toughening face mask rules and other restrictions as the still-surging coronavirus pandemic continues to topple records for case numbers across the nation. On Thursday, the country recorded 121,888 new COVID cases — a 1-day record and the second day in a row the count has topped 100,000, according … Read more
Image copyright PA Media NHS Nightingale hospitals in Manchester, Sunderland and Harrogate are being asked to get ready to take patients. Government advisers say admissions are rising, with more elderly people needing urgent treatment for Covid. More people are now in hospital with Covid than before restrictions were announced in March. England’s deputy chief medical … Read more
Image copyright PA Media Boris Johnson said in his virtual conference speech: “This government is pressing on with its plan for 48 hospitals. Count them. That’s eight already under way and then 40 more between now and 2030.” This is an upgrade of the “40 new hospitals” pledge Mr Johnson made during the election campaign … Read more
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Related Topics Coronavirus pandemic image copyrightEPA image captionThe number of coronavirus cases in Birmingham is 153.2 per 100,000 people The UK’s first hospital trust to record 1,000 Covid-19 deaths says the toll is the “terrible reality” of the virus. University Hospitals Birmingham, which has four hospitals and is the biggest trust in England, had reported … Read more
By JoNel Aleccia, Kaiser Health News Thursday, September 03, 2020 (Kaiser News) — Dozens of major hospitals across the U.S. are grappling with whether to ignore a federal decision allowing broader emergency use of blood plasma from recovered COVID patients to treat the disease in favor of dedicating their resources to a gold-standard clinical trial … Read more
Aug. 26, 2020 — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is changing COVID-19 reporting requirements for hospitals again, drawing the ire of the two major U.S. hospital associations. The rule, issued Aug. 25 by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, goes into effect immediately, without any chance for comment or revision. CMS … Read more
(Representative image) UNITED NATIONS – The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross warned Wednesday that the frequency of sophisticated cyber attacks against hospitals, electricity and water supplies, and other critical civilian infrastructure is increasing. Peter Maurer said the ICRC is increasingly concerned about the destructive effects of cyber operations that cut off … Read more
Image copyright PA Media Image caption Sports centres around Wales were converted into temporary field hospitals from April Two field hospitals set up to help cope with the coronavirus pandemic are to be converted back into leisure centres. Carmarthenshire council said it hoped sports facilities in Llanelli and Carmarthen could begin operating from October. Ysbyty … Read more