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Cesareo Contreras | MetroWest Daily News ASHLAND – More than nine months into the coronavirus pandemic, many local businesses are still struggling to get by. But for Dr. Sandra Cove, who owns a dental office at 37 Main St., business has been great. “People are knocking the door down,” she said. […]
© Inquam Photos/tvmneant.ro/Flavius Corfu/Reuters Firefighters at the hospital in Piatra Neamt, Romania, on November 14, 2020. Inquam Photos/tvmneant.ro/Flavius Corfu/Reuters A fire killed 10 COVID-19 patients in a Romanian hospital, and badly hurt a doctor who tried to rescue them, according to multiple reports. The doctor who stayed to try and […]
Video report by ITV News Health Editor Emily Morgan A hospital in Blackburn already has more Covid patients now than at the peak of the pandemic in April, as one doctor says he is more concerned about running out of oxygen than space. Currently, the Royal Blackburn Hospital is at […]
Pfizer and BioNTech announced on Friday that they were submitting an emergency use authorization request to the FDA for its coronavirus vaccine. If it’s approved, which the companies believe will be by mid-December, when will it be ready to ship for distribution? According to Friday’s press release, the answer is “within […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday issued emergency approval to a drug combo to treat moderate to seriously ill coronavirus patients. The combo, rheumatoid arthritis drug baricitinib plus Gilead’s remdesivir, was authorized to treat hospitalized patients 2 years or older requiring oxygen. The FDA said the drugs cut patients’ time […]
A Perth dentist has been sentenced to two months’ immediate jail for breaching COVID-19 quarantine requirements and treating 41 patients despite knowing the health risk posed by the virus. During sentencing in the Joondalup Magistrates Court, Magistrate Matthew Walton told Natalia Nairn her offending constituted a “contemptible disregard” for the […]
Effective at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Maryland restaurants must reduce indoor dining capacity from 75 percent to 50 percent. A new health advisory urges a 25-person cap on indoor gatherings. The governor also issued a heightened travel advisory that warns against visiting states with high rates of infections, ruling out nonessential […]
A public health expert whom President-elect Biden named to his coronavirus advisory board said Tuesday that he is “concerned” about military plans to distribute a COVID-19 vaccine. “We have to understand that Operation Warp Speed has been a remarkable effort in terms of bringing vaccines forward. I give them great […]
Coronavirus hospitalization rates in Alabama are surging, hitting levels not seen since August, according to state health data. As of Monday, the state reported some 1,174 new hospitalizations due to COVID-19, the highest levels since Aug. 6, when some 1,613 Alabamans were hospitalized, according to estimates from the Alabama Department of […]
The cluster ultimately involved 42 employees and 15 patients. None of the 57 became critically ill from COVID-19; one employee was briefly hospitalized but has gone home and is recovering, a hospital spokeswoman said. But the outbreak shook the hospital and led to a massive effort to figure out what […]
Marines may waive combat fitness tests for service members at risk for coronavirus Stars and Stripes is making stories on the coronavirus pandemic available free of charge. See other free reports here. Sign up for our daily coronavirus newsletter here. Please support our journalism with a subscription. Marine Corps commanders may […]
FILE PHOTO: Certified nursing assistant (CNA) Jermaine LeFlore prepares to take a patient’s nasal swab at a drive-thru testing site outside the Southside Health Center as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S., October 21, 2020. REUTERS/Bing Guan/File Photo (Reuters) – The United States broke its daily […]
In Alabama, the positivity rate for coronavirus tests reached 16.9 percent as of Thursday – the highest it’s been since mid-September. But it’s hard to compare that rate over time, because data backlogs and changes in reporting here have made comparisons difficult. State data is messy and getting messier. On […]
A bright-yellow helicopter rose into a blue sky Friday carrying a COVID-19 patient from the Netherlands to a German intensive care unit, the first such international airlift since the pandemic first threatened to swamp Dutch hospitals in the spring. The clatter of the helicopter’s rotors as it lifted off from […]
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Istanbul’s mayor Ekrem Imamoglu said on Saturday he has been hospitalised after testing positive for coronavirus and suffering a fever. “Yesterday evening around 9 p.m. I got a fever and with a temperature of 38 degrees. I came and spent the night in hospital,” he said in […]
Dental practices are adapting how they work in and around a patient’s mouth to account for this complicated reality. Dentists are screening patients for symptoms, limiting the number of appointments in a day, implementing stringent sanitation protocols and wearing more protective equipment to guard against the respiratory disease. The Centers […]
Dental offices have begun seeing patients return for routine procedures. Seattle dentist Kathleen Saturay has increased the layers of protective equipment she wears when treating patients. Elaine Thompson/AP hide caption toggle caption Elaine Thompson/AP Dental offices have begun seeing patients return for routine procedures. Seattle dentist Kathleen Saturay has increased […]
Dental offices have begun seeing patients return for routine procedures, and are working under updated CDC guidance regarding the coronavirus pandemic. Seattle dentist Kathleen Saturay has increased the layers of PPE she wears when treating patients, among other precautions. Elaine Thompson/AP hide caption toggle caption Elaine Thompson/AP Dental offices have […]
America’s dental offices are reopening after months of handling only emergencies. All 50 states now allow routine dental care, like teeth cleanings and cavity fillings, but dentistry is considered one of the highest risk professions for the coronavirus. “If someone asked me in January, ‘Hey, ever think about taking three […]