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	health Daily update ⋅ March 26, 2020
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	The New York Times A Different Kind of Storm: New Orleans Facing Deadly Virus Outbreak The New York Times NEW ORLEANS — Yanti Turang, an emergency room nurse at a New Orleans hospital, walked out into the parking lot in full protective gear early this month to meet a woman with flulike symptoms who had just returned home after a layover in South Korea. Flag as irrelevant
	NPR Is Loss Of Smell And Taste A Symptom Of COVID-19? Doctors Want To Find Out NPR Three weeks ago, Washington, D.C., resident Rebecca Read Medrano started feeling unwell. She had a dry cough, fatigue, nausea and terrible stomach pains that had her bending over. There was one more symptom, and it was a bit odd. Medrano had ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Can You Become Immune to the Coronavirus? The New York Times As the number of people infected with the coronavirus surpasses 450,000 worldwide, and more than one billion are locked in their homes, scientists are wrestling with one of the most pressing questions of the pandemic: Do people who survive the infection ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medscape COVID-19 and Angiotensin Drugs: Help or Harm? Medscape The controversy about whether angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) may increase susceptibility to the COVID-19 virus infection continues unabated, with new commentaries about this appearing almost ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times How You Can Protect Your Community, Not Just Your Own Health The New York Times Stemming the spread of the coronavirus is already requiring radical changes in behavior. It's not just that we need to avoid close contact with most other human beings. We have to stay home. We have to resist temptations to hoard sanitizer and use the face ... Flag as irrelevant
	NPR As The Coronavirus Crisis Heats Up, Why Aren't We Hearing From The CDC? NPR At a time when the nation is desperate for authoritative information about the coronavirus pandemic, the country's foremost agency for fighting infectious disease outbreaks has gone conspicuously silent. "I want to assure Americans that we have a team of ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times 'What Are the Symptoms?' 'Is There a Cure?' and Other Coronavirus Questions The New York Times As the coronavirus continues to spread across the globe, the news is coming at a fast and furious pace. But don't let the volume send you into a panic about your health and that of your loved ones. "The mantra is, 'Keep calm and carry on,'" said Dr. Marguerite ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times 13 Deaths in a Day: An 'Apocalyptic' Coronavirus Surge at an NYC Hospital The New York Times In several hours on Tuesday, Dr. Ashley Bray performed chest compressions at Elmhurst Hospital Center on a woman in her 80s, a man in his 60s and a 38-year-old who reminded the doctor of her fiancé. All had tested positive for the coronavirus and had ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Robots could help us combat future pandemics. Here's how experts wish they could help us now CNN (CNN) Although many people around the world are practicing social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic, those on the frontlines fighting the virus can't stay home. Experts agree that robots could take over the "dull, dirty and dangerous" jobs humans ... Flag as irrelevant
	NBCNews.com Inside a top hospital's battle against the coronavirus NBCNews.com Earlier this month, the top officials at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston were modeling scenarios for a possible coronavirus pandemic. The emergency response team was meeting daily. The staff were receiving accelerated training on how to safely ... Flag as irrelevant
	Charlotte Observer Smaller Communities Prepare for Onslaught of Virus Patients The New York Times SAVANNAH, Ga. — It started with an infected person from out of town who attended a funeral. Now the largest hospital in Georgia's mostly rural southwest corner is rapidly running out of space amid the highest rate of coronavirus infection in the entire state. Flag as irrelevant
	Livescience.com Has half the UK already caught COVID-19? Probably not. Livescience.com A new study rests on several big assumptions, but highlights the desperate need for antibody testing. Shares. Comments (0). Crowded Oxford Circus Station. Oxford Circus Station in April 2015. (Image: © Shutterstock). On March 24, a headline in the Financial ... Flag as irrelevant
	Los Angeles Times Older patients stranded in hospitals as nursing homes turn them away over coronavirus Los Angeles Times Carl Schoen's 99-year-old mother has lived in a nursing home for five years. On March 13, she was taken to the emergency room at Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena with pneumonia. She got better quickly, within a few days, but now the nursing ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Nevada governor limits use of anti-malaria drugs for coronavirus patients CNN (CNN) Nevada's governor has signed an emergency regulation limiting the use of two anti-malaria drugs to treat coronavirus patients, the same medication that President Donald Trump has touted as possible treatments. Trump has said that using chloroquine ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Dr. Sanjay Gupta's coronavirus podcast for March 25: Searching for treatments CNN (CNN). Currently there is no proven treatment or cure for Covid-19, but scientists around the globe are working to find one. In today's edition of "Coronavirus: Fact vs. Fiction," CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta explains some of the drug ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Suddenly Nextdoor is filled with kind neighbors. But also new kinds of shaming. Washington Post SAN FRANCISCO — The social network known for sniping neighbors and obsessive concern about package theft is finding its more helpful side. Nextdoor, a site for people who live in proximity to each other, is filling up with posts from neighbors who want to ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Hospitals consider universal do-not-resuscitate orders for coronavirus patients Washington Post Hospitals on the front lines of the pandemic are engaged in a heated private debate over a calculation few have encountered in their lifetimes — how to weigh the "save at all costs" approach to resuscitating a dying patient against the real danger of exposing ... Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters New York sees glimmer of progress against coronavirus, New Orleans worsens Reuters (Reuters) - New York state, leading the country in coronavirus infections and deaths, is showing tentative signs of slowing the spread of the disease, Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Wednesday, while the health crisis deepened in hard-hit New Orleans and ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medscape Pandemic Foreshadows Crisis in Mental Health Services Medscape My wife is green through and through. She recycles. She buys no plastics and composts everything organic (to the distress of our neighbors). She is the reason we bought a hybrid car. I can say confidently that our carbon footprint is de minimis. However, it's ... Flag as irrelevant
	USA TODAY Fact check: Pets will not catch and spread the coronavirus to their owners USA TODAY Several Facebook posts have circulated in recent days claiming that pet owners are dropping off their pets at shelters in fear the animals could spread the coronavirus. One post from a Facebook page called "Santa Paws Little Helper" had more than 265,000 ... Flag as irrelevant
	Chicago Tribune Coronavirus questions? National medical experts have your answers. Chicago Tribune In interviews and webinars, medical experts have been answering questions about COVID-19 and providing tips and advice regarding symptoms, prevention, staying healthy and avoiding getting infected. Tribune Publishing reporters are updating these ... Flag as irrelevant
	NPR ICU Bed Capacity Varies Widely Nationwide. See How Your Area Stacks Up NPR As the COVID-19 pandemic intensifies, some communities will be better equipped to treat the sickest patients — specifically those requiring admission to intensive care units — than others. Not only do ICU capabilities vary from hospital to hospital, but also ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medscape Could Half the UK Population Have Been Infected by COVID-19? Medscape Scientists were sceptical of University of Oxford modelling that suggested sizeable UK infection rates of COVID-19, but say the findings underline the need for extensive testing. Statistics for infection rates and mortality from COVID-19 have proved hard to ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post At care facility linked to three coronavirus deaths, official says staff need more protective equipment to halt spread Washington Post RICHMOND — Three former patients from Canterbury Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center outside Richmond have died of coronavirus since Tuesday, and more than a dozen other patients and staff are infected. But a top local health official said staff at the ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times A Sewing Army, Making Masks for America The New York Times They are scrounging for fabric, cutting it up, stitching it together. They are repurposing drapes, dresses, bra straps, shower curtains, even coffee filters. They are building supply chains, organizing workers, managing distribution networks. Most of all, they are ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Coronavirus: Home tests won't be available 'next week' BBC News A test to see whether someone has already had the virus is being developed, but will not be available within days, the UK government's chief medical adviser says. "I do not think - and I want to be clear - that this is something we'll suddenly be ordering on the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Livescience.com Ending Wuhan's social distancing too soon may spur 'second wave' of COVID-19 in midsummer Livescience.com The findings have implications for the rest of the world as COVID-19 cases continue to surge outside of China. Shares. Comments (0). A person alone in a room. (Image: © Shutterstock). Social distancing measures in Wuhan, China — where the outbreak of ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Questions arise after teen's death was initially linked to coronavirus in California CNN (CNN) California health officials are reevaluating the death of a 17-year-old boy from coronavirus, saying his case is "complex" and needs further investigation. The Lancaster teen was initially described as the first known juvenile to die from the coronavirus in ... Flag as irrelevant
	Fortune COVID-19 Infections Rise in New York With Peak Weeks Away The New York Times ALBANY, N.Y. — Hospitalizations from COVID-19 were rising faster than expected in New York as residents and leaders prepared for a peak in cases that is expected to still be weeks away. Temporary hospitals, and even a morgue in Manhattan, are being ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Couple who can't see their baby in NICU hope people take social distancing more seriously CNN Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) Juan Flores used a single finger to stroke his son's arm. A breathing machine rested under Nico's nose. A thin feeding tube wound down from his mouth, and tiny wires seemed to be connected to every other part of his body. Flag as irrelevant
	U.S. News & World Report New York Sees Glimmer of Progress Against Coronavirus, New Orleans Worsens U.S. News & World Report (Reuters) - New York state, leading the country in coronavirus infections and deaths, has begun showing tentative signs of slowing the spread of the disease, Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Wednesday, while the health crisis deepened in hard-hit New ... Flag as irrelevant
	HealthDay COVID-19 May Force Some Cancer Patients to Delay Treatment HealthDay By E.J. Mundell HealthDay Reporter. WEDNESDAY, March 25, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Early findings involving cancer patients from Wuhan, China -- the original epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic -- suggest that many contracted the coronavirus while ... Flag as irrelevant
	Medscape London Latest Capital to Turn Convention Centre Over to COVID-19 Medscape A new, temporary, hospital in London's ExCeL exhibition and conference centre will open next week to offer care to hundreds of patients infected with COVID-19, rising to several thousand over the coming weeks, it was announced yesterday. The capital joins ... Flag as irrelevant
	Los Angeles Times Nearly half of all patients at one Kaiser hospital believed to have coronavirus Los Angeles Times About half of Kaiser Permanente's San Jose hospital has been filled with patients confirmed or suspected to have the new coronavirus, a hospital vice president said in an interview with a medical journal. There have been so many patients that Kaiser San ... Flag as irrelevant
	ABC News Vaping and e-cigarettes: Adding fuel to the coronavirus fire? ABC News New data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week warns that young people may be more impacted by COVID-19 than was initially thought, with patients under the age of 45 comprising more than a third of all cases, and one in ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post More than 140 nursing homes have reported coronavirus cases. Federal officials won't say which ones. Washington Post More than 140 nursing homes in the United States have at least one resident who tested positive for the coronavirus, according to federal government figures released earlier this week, but exactly which homes are affected and where they are, federal officials ... Flag as irrelevant
	Los Angeles Times They already had an anxiety disorder. Then the coronavirus pandemic hit Los Angeles Times At first, Jonathon Seidl wasn't worried about the coronavirus despite his anxiety disorder. But that changed. The 33-year-old digital media strategist from Dallas, who takes medication for his condition, said his concern was less about getting sick than about the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Fox News How does the coronavirus pandemic affect children's mental health? Fox News Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. With an increasing number of states issuing shelter-in-place ordinances in response to the coronavirus pandemic, more and more Americans are following ... Flag as irrelevant
	WebMD COVID-19 Likely Worse for Vapers, Smokers WebMD By Rich Holmes HealthDay Reporter. WEDNESDAY, March 25, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Smokers and vapers who get COVID-19 can probably expect a more severe infection, health experts warn. Many advisories have focused on the risk facing older ... Flag as irrelevant
	Moneycontrol.com Don't Let These 5 Myths About COVID-19 Interfere with Your Safety Healthline While the flu and COVID-19 both cause respiratory illness, they are different. Dry cough, fever, and fatigue are three early symptoms most commonly associated with infection from SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 disease. Although older ... Flag as irrelevant
	Patch.com Quarantine Tightened As Coronavirus Deaths Mount In Los Angeles Patch.com Expecting a wave of coronavirus cases to wash over Los Angeles, health officials announced more stringent isolation and quarantine orders. By Paige Austin, Patch Staff. Mar 25, 2020 2:39 pm PT | Updated Mar 25, 2020 2:43 pm PT ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNBC Trump's claim that malaria drug can treat coronavirus gives hope, but little evidence it will work CNBC Scientists and infectious disease experts say Trump's claims about the drugs chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine may be premature. Chloroquine gained a lot of attention after a small study of 36 COVID-19 patients published March 17 in France showed ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Indian Express Beware Second Waves of COVID-19 if Lockdowns Eased Early: Study The New York Times LONDON — Extending school and work closures at the coronavirus' ground zero in China may delay a second wave of infections, researchers said on Thursday, urging the rest of the world to take note. With containment measures largely successful and the ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN How to strengthen your immunity to coronavirus. Part 1: Diet CNN (CNN) As the coronavirus situation intensifies, you might be wondering: how can I keep myself healthy? And will swallowing a pill protect me from getting sick? First, there's the not-so-great news. Despite claims you may have seen on the Internet, there's no ... Flag as irrelevant
	Fox News Recovered coronavirus patient's message to ICU staff goes viral: 'You are all rockstars' Fox News Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. A patient who recently recovered from the novel coronavirus left a touching message on the wall of his isolation room for the medical staff who helped care for him ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times How long does Coronavirus live on surfaces? USA TODAY Tiny, infected water droplets that drift in the air or land on surfaces have multiplied into a global pandemic. Typically, an infected person's cough or sneeze spreads SARS-CoV-2 — the coronavirus that causes the disease COVID-19, a highly contagious ... Flag as irrelevant
	TIME The Coronavirus Pandemic May Be Causing an Anxiety Pandemic TIME As the physical coronavirus pandemic continues to spread, an emotional pandemic is following fast in its wake. When the whole world is going to pieces, it's awfully hard for the human mind—a fragile thing in the best of times—to cope, and more and more, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters 'Delivering coffins non-stop': coronavirus stalks a Paris nursing home Reuters PARIS (Reuters) - Outside a Paris retirement home on Wednesday, a director rushed out and told the man delivering a coffin to use a side entrance, away from prying eyes. An employee delivers a coffin at the Fondation Rothschild retirement home (Ehpad) in ... Flag as irrelevant
	WIRED The Covid-19 Pandemic Is a Crisis That Robots Were Built For WIRED We humans weren't ready for the novel coronavirus—and neither were the machines. The pandemic has come at an awkward time, technologically speaking. Ever more sophisticated robots and AI are augmenting human workers, rather than replacing them ... Flag as irrelevant
	USA TODAY New York City hospital at 'center of this crisis' sees 13 coronavirus deaths in 24 hours USA TODAY At a New York City hospital in the center of the state's coronavirus outbreak, at least 13 patients died in the span of 24 hours, local media reported. Elmhurst Hospital, part of the city's public hospital system, said the 13 deaths were consistent with the number of ... Flag as irrelevant

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