Health

COVID-19 deaths in ICUs have decreased by about a third since the start of the outbreak. Although the decrease is substantial, health experts say the mortality rate for ICU patients with COVID-19 is higher than that seen with other viral pneumonias. Health experts think that better treatment and more resources …

Mayor of New York City, Bill de Blasio. The | Bryan Thomas / Getty Images NEW YORK – Mayor Bill de Blasio, faced in May with the task of monitoring the spread of the coronavirus among a population of more than 8 million people, wanted community involvement to get his …

TORONTO – The Blue Jays were denied Canadian government approval to play in Toronto amid the coronavirus pandemic. Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino announced in a statement Saturday that the federal government had denied the application. “Unlike preseason training, regular season games would require repeated cross-border travel by the Blue Jays’ …

House Democrats overseeing the coronavirus response have asked the Trump Administration to reverse a decision that ordered all hospitals to stop sending daily COVID-19 data to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Hospitals were instructed beginning July 15 to bypass CDC and send daily patient information to the Department …

Sherwood Oaks [Used with permission] According to the administrator of the Fort Bragg Sherwood Oaks health center, Will Maloney, a resident of the center who had tested positive for the COVID-19 virus died the night of Thursday, July 16, 2020. He explained: “We cannot say with certainty that he passed …