HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) – Callers to 911 in Houston will no longer be asked if they are experiencing COVID-like symptoms, changing a month-long practice to relay information to first responders. Firefighters are now being told to treat each call as if the patient or home were COVID-positive. Houston Fire Chief …
Read More »Doctor warns of “a new generation of patients with chronic diseases” if young people don’t take COVID-19 seriously
Twenty-five states have seen an increase in new cases of COVID-19 in the past two weeks, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University, and health officials fear that young people under 40 will return to work or bars and Restaurants are increasingly becoming victims and leading deliverers. “We know …
Read More »COVID Symptoms: Patients report strange and persistent symptoms of coronavirus long after initial infection with COVID-19.
CHICAGO (WLS) – Around the world, people report persistent, mysterious and terrifying symptoms for weeks and months after becoming infected with COVID-19. Patients with severe illness would be expected to suffer lasting consequences. But the ABC7 I-Team found that increasing numbers of younger people, even those with a milder form …
Read More »Study Identifies Six Different “Types” of COVID-19
A new study of COVID-19, based on data from a symptom tracking app, found that there are six different “types” of the disease that involve different groups of symptoms. The discovery could open new possibilities for how doctors can best treat individual patients and predict what level of hospital care …
Read More »COVID-19: Here are symptoms in young children and other children
US Military / Getty Many parents with children are struggling to adjust to a sudden lack of access to child care and / or to find ways to safely educate and socialize young children during a pandemic. Others want to make sure they will be able to carefully monitor the …
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