Health

© Lucy Nicholson / Reuters Co-Director of the Intensive Care Unit at CommonSpirit’s Dignity Health California Hospital Medical Center, Dr. Zafia Anklesaria, 35, who is seven months pregnant, is giving birth to a patient COVID-19, Los Angeles, May 18, 2020. Lucy Nicholson / Reuters Doctors say it is difficult to …

California coronavirus surveillance list for troubled counties is reactivated after massive glitches in a database of test results threw down key metrics used by public health officials to track the pandemic – which for weeks made Orange County and others better look like they really were. Orange County remains on …

“We have an interim system – it’s just an interim system – to get daily reports from hospitals about new admissions,” Birx said in a roundtable discussion hosted by Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson. “I think it has been critically important to support the states.” The White House began asking hospitals …

By accessing real-time data on intoxicants, people could reduce their alcohol intake, prevent drinking and even warn a sponsor of someone receiving treatment for alcohol abuse, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have said. Researcher and emergency physician Brian Suffoletto studied 22 adults between the ages of …

First Republicans are preparing to unveil a smaller coronavirus relief package as soon as Tuesday that is expected to include billions in new funds for the Postal Service. In addition to $ 10 billion in post office funding, the Republican proposal is expected to include liability protection, a $ 300-a-week …