As the holiday weekend draws to a close, doctors and public health experts warn that coronavirus cases and hospitalizations will continue to rise before a vaccine is approved for emergency use authorization. On Sunday, the US recorded 138,903 cases, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. It is less than the record 205,557 infections reported … Read more
Now you SHOULD buy an N95: Former FDA commissioner urges Americans to ‘buy better masks’ to protect themselves amid record-high surges in coronavirus cases Former FDA Commissioner Dr Scott Gottlieb wrote an op-ed in which he encouraged American to buy better masks He recommended the N95, or its equivalent, due to its proven ability to … Read more
The US has set a record for new coronavirus cases reported in a single week with more than 481,300 as infections continue to surge across the Midwest and the South. The seven-day moving average of new daily cases stood at 68,767 after Sunday – the highest peak since late July and a 5.9 percent increase … Read more
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website that, up until yesterday, publicly displayed how many US hospital and ICU beds were occupied by coronavirus patients will now only show out-of-date information. It comes after the Trump Administration instructed hospitals to send their COVID-19 directly to a new Department of Health and Human Services … Read more
The majority of people who are still being hospitalized with the coronavirus in New York are staying at home and are not essential workers. In a study of some 1,000 new patients over the last week, 66 percent were not essential workers and were staying at home. More than 80 percent had not taken any public … Read more
New York’s ICU admissions fell again on Thursday to lower than they were before the coronavirus crisis began, another indication that the state has hit its peak and is now on the road to restarting the economy with antibody tests, thousands of which will become available next week. Hospitalizations increased slightly from 200 new admissions … Read more