California ER doctor: Covid is tearing our health care system apart at the seams
We’re exhausted. We can’t hide it anymore. The spirited conversations we used to have as we walked through the double doors to our shifts…
Continue ReadingWe’re exhausted. We can’t hide it anymore. The spirited conversations we used to have as we walked through the double doors to our shifts…
Continue ReadingA new study provides early evidence that a Covid-19 vaccine might be effective against two new coronavirus strains first identified in South Africa…
Continue ReadingOn December 18, a San Diego emergency room nurse was given a shot of the Covid-19 vaccine. A week later, he tested positive for the virus, CNN…
Continue ReadingIdentical twins may not be quite as identical as we thought; researchers in Iceland have discovered genetic differences that begin at the early…
Continue ReadingPresident-elect Joe Biden will aim to release every available dose of the coronavirus vaccine when he takes office, a break with the Trump…
Continue ReadingIn just less than two weeks, the US recorded its five deadliest days since the Covid-19 pandemic’s start — with more than 4,000…
Continue ReadingModerna became the third Covid-19 vaccine to be authorized for use in the UK, the country’s Department of Health said in a press release on…
Continue ReadingThe attack on the US Capitol on Wednesday has left parents wondering how to talk to their kids about what happened. How much should they see of the…
Continue ReadingPediatricians like us have seen it over and over again in the last few months — kids who have put on 5, sometimes 10, at times even 20 pounds…
Continue ReadingThe United States reported 3,865 Covid-19 deaths on Wednesday, the highest number of deaths reported in a single day since the pandemic began. The…
Continue ReadingThe federal government “overpromised and underdelivered”on coronavirus vaccine expectations, leaving states understaffed and without…
Continue ReadingCounties where large colleges and universities opened for in-person classes in the fall suffered a significant rise in the incidence of Covid-19,…
Continue ReadingAmerica is ideologically split, and if the animosity over the 2020 election results is any indication, we may be fast losing the ability to bridge…
Continue ReadingThe usual New Year’s resolutions — exercise more, spend less time doomscrolling on social media and more time reading, go to bed earlier…
Continue ReadingWhile socializing and dating in person may have mostly fizzled this past year, as could be expected in a pandemic, in some cases it’s…
Continue ReadingAs the United States reported its highest single day of Covid-19 deaths, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned the overall toll…
Continue ReadingThe United States could and should have done a better job of rolling out coronavirus vaccines, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious…
Continue ReadingThe Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner is investigating the death of a doctor weeks after he received a Covid-19 vaccine, according to Darren…
Continue ReadingThe US coronavirus vaccine rollout has been slow, and some states eager to move more doses are beginning to vaccinate more than the health care…
Continue ReadingAt least 52 cases of a coronavirus variant first identified in the UK have been found in the United States, according to data posted Wednesday by the…
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