A study conducted by the country’s National Health Commission on Wednesday revealed that more than half of Chinese adults are now considered overweight. The rate of obesity in Chinese adults has more than doubled in less than two decades, from 7.1% in 2002 to 16.4% this year. According to the …
Read More »Activates Federal Medical Station in Escondido, California, Opens 200+ Hospital Beds – NBC7 San Diego
The current ICU capacity in Southern California is 0% and most beds are filled with COVID-19 patients, according to state data. California has activated a field medical center in San Diego County to support overcrowded hospitals, as Covid-19 patients continue to fill hospital beds, Government News reported Wednesday. The Federal …
Read More »Holiday celebrations can crush ICU capacity News
If you are planning a reunion during the upcoming holidays, county health officials say you should cancel it. Gathering with family or friends outside of your home can increase COVID-19 in cases and hospitalizations, further straining the health care of local complex care already close to capacity. “I know how …
Read More »New covid strain: Genetics experts worry vaccines won’t work well against UK variant
“This whole epidemic I’ve seen throughout the epidemic, where I took a step back and said:‘ Oh, ’” he recalls. Health officials have ruled out the possibility that coronavirus vaccines will not work against UK stress, but Warobi and other scientists think it is a possibility – and only a …
Read More »Essential workers are ahead of the line for the covid vaccine – but who is ‘essential’ and who decides?
For months, the workers needed to take care of others and keep the country going have been putting their health on the line. But as States face difficult decisions To whom should a limited dose of Covid-19 vaccine be given, the question arises, who needs more? The term “essential worker” …
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