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James M. Beggs, NASA administrator in the 1980s, dies at 94 James M. Beggs, who had a key role as NASA's administrator in the 1980s in promoting the space shuttle program, then resigned soon after the 1986 Challenger disaster that left seven astronauts dead, died April 23 at his home in Bethesda, Md. He was 94.
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Perfect Storm: Lombardy's Virus Disaster Is Lesson for World ROME — As Italy prepares to emerge from the West's first and most extensive coronavirus lockdown, it is increasingly clear that something went terribly wrong in Lombardy, the hardest-hit region in Europe's hardest-hit country. Italy had the bad luck of being ...
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Perfect storm: Lombardy's virus disaster is lesson for world ROME -- As Italy prepares to emerge from the West's first and most extensive coronavirus lockdown, it is increasingly clear that something went terribly wrong in Lombardy, the hardest-hit region in Europe's hardest-hit country. Italy had the bad luck of being ...
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A reality check on antibody testing: How do we race forward thoughtfully? As U.S. government officials begin debating the right steps in easing restrictions due to the novel coronavirus, antibody tests have been touted as the key to returning to normal. This particular type of test can detect whether or not a person has developed ...
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Virus lockdowns an extra ordeal for special-needs children PARIS — Weeks into France's strict coronavirus lockdown, Mohammed, a 14-year-old with autism, took a pickax and started hitting the wall of his family's house. His explanation: "Too long at home, too hard to wait." The disruptions in daily life caused by the ...
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Abbott's Fast COVID-19 Test Poses Safety Issues, Lab Workers Say Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. Lab personnel say worries are mounting over the safety of a rapid coronavirus test by Abbott Laboratories that President Donald Trump has repeatedly ...
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Be a friend to the elderly, get paid Bill Rodger, 91, often finds himself sitting on a worn flower-print couch in his living room in North Hollywood, California, facing a wall of accolades that document his long life. There are photos of Rodger over the decades winning sports tournaments and ...
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Recuperating nursing home residents get their own buildings HARTFORD, Conn. — A few states may have found a way to help slow the spread of the coronavirus in nursing homes by converting some of them into "recovery centers" set aside mostly for residents who have left the hospital but still might be contagious or ...
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COVID-19 Daily: Stroke in Young Adults, Abbott Test Safety Issues Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. Here are the coronavirus stories Medscape's editors around the globe think you need to know about today: Stroke in Young Adults. Investigators from ...
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As virus lockdown eases, Italy ponders what went wrong As Italy prepares to emerge from the West's first and most extensive coronavirus lockdown, it is increasingly clear that something went terribly wrong in Lombardy. By. NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press. April 26, 2020, 2:15 AM. 6 min read. 6 min read.
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In Four US State Prisons, Nearly 3300 Inmates Test Positive for Coronavirus -- 96% Without Symptoms (Reuters) - When the first cases of the new coronavirus surfaced in Ohio's prisons, the director in charge felt like she was fighting a ghost. "We weren't always able to pinpoint where all the cases were coming from," said Annette Chambers-Smith, director of the ...
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COVID-19: Home Pulse Oximetry Could Be Game Changer, Says ER Doc What your doctor is reading on Medscape.com: APRIL 24, 2020 -- Clinicians have been fighting COVID-19 wrong, says an emergency medicine physician who has been on the front line of the COVID-19 surge in New York City. "Everybody's coming in too late.
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Coronavirus sweeps through Iowa firefighter's family IOWA CITY, Iowa — His mother first fell sick a month ago with an illness she believes she caught at the Iowa egg factory where she works. His younger sister, 22, was next — a new mother who was soon on a ventilator fighting for her life. Then the coronavirus ...
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'A way out': Inside the ambitious Mass. coronavirus contact tracing effort Dr. Emily Wroe started working for Boston-based Partners in Health, the renowned global health nonprofit, while still a Harvard medical student. She worked with the government of Rwanda to build a modern hospital in the country's poor northern region, ...
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In four US state prisons, nearly 3300 inmates test positive for coronavirus -- 96% without symptoms (Reuters) - When the first cases of the new coronavirus surfaced in Ohio's prisons, the director in charge felt like she was fighting a ghost. This video file cannot be played.(Error Code: 102630). "We weren't always able to pinpoint where all the cases were ...
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Coronavirus immunity not assured after infection, WHO says, imperiling 'passport' idea Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. There is "currently no evidence" that people who recover from coronavirus are protected from a second infection, the World Health Organization wrote Friday in a ...
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These are the 6 new possible symptoms of the coronavirus the CDC added to its list Chills, repeated shaking with chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat and a loss of taste or smell. Those are the six new symptoms the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cautioned could be signs of the coronavirus. The additions come as health ...
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Why researchers are testing 5700 people for COVID-19 in San Francisco's Mission District SAN FRANCISCO — Doctors and volunteers fanned out early Saturday morning to pop-up testing centers in the city's heavily-Latino Mission District for an unprecedented effort to test all 5,700 residents in one census tract in hopes the data collected will help ...
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New York's Death Tally Up Slightly Even as Pandemic Subsides Daily coronavirus fatalities in New York rose slightly to 437, but Saturday marked the sixth straight day of deaths under 500 and hospitalizations dropped to the lowest point since the beginning of April, Governor Andrew Cuomo said. "Twenty-one days of hell ...
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6 Solutions To Beat COVID-19 In Countries Where The Usual Advice Just Won't Work The fight against coronavirus will not be won until every country in the world can control the disease. But not every country has the same ability to protect people. For low-income countries that struggle with weak health systems, large populations of ...
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Coronavirus: Worldwide death toll climbs to 200000 More than 200,000 people worldwide have now died with the coronavirus, figures from Johns Hopkins University show. There are more than 2.8 million confirmed cases of Covid-19, according to the tally. It comes after the number of fatalities in the US passed ...
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Family diaries kept during Spanish flu give Ohio descendants hope during coronavirus pandemic The diary entries from a woman in northeastern Ohio about farm work and life during the 1918 flu pandemic and World War I have brought her future generations comfort and hope as the nation grapples with the coronavirus pandemic. "No school on account ...
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Mink Found to Have Coronavirus on Two Dutch Farms: Ministry AMSTERDAM — Two mink farms in the Netherlands have been put into quarantine after animals were found to be infected with the new coronavirus, the agriculture ministry said on Sunday, urging people to report any other likely cases in the animals.
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Mothering With a Mask: Belgian With COVID-19 Gives Birth to Healthy Baby BRUSSELS — A pregnant Belgian woman diagnosed with the coronavirus has given birth to a healthy baby daughter - but must now learn to care for her newborn wearing, and sleeping with, a protective mask. Baby Mahaut was born on April 23 in Brussels ...
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Minnesota COVID-19 deaths double in one week It took 28 days for Minnesota to lose 121 people to COVID-19. It took just seven more for the count to double. State health officials announced 23 more deaths Saturday, pushing the statewide total to 244 since the first Minnesotan to die from the virus was ...
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'We paid the ultimate price': Stories of NY's nursing home coronavirus victims Families of coronavirus victims in local nursing homes say their kin's final days were shrouded in secrecy by evasive facilities forced by the state to take in infected patients. One woman said her family only discovered by accident their mother's Long Island ...
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As COVID-19 spreads across Minnesota, contact tracers are in demand Posted on the walls of a nerve center inside the Minnesota Department of Health headquarters are dozens of sheets of paper identifying people who have tested positive for COVID-19. For now, at least, there is still enough wall space to add more sheets with ...
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Mink found to have coronavirus on two Dutch farms: ministry AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Two mink farms in the Netherlands have been put into quarantine after animals were found to be infected with the new coronavirus, the agriculture ministry said on Sunday, urging people to report any other likely cases in the animals.
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Long Island man, 100, dies from coronavirus, a century after Spanish flu took his twin brother Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. The coronavirus has killed a 100-year-old Long Island man who went through life remembering the twin brother he lost to the 1918-19 Spanish Flu pandemic when ...
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Outbursts, Panic: Lockdown Ordeal for Special-Needs Families PARIS — After weeks of France's strict lockdown, Mohammed, a 14-year-old with autism, took a pickax and started hitting the wall of his house, hoping that he could finally go out. His explanation: "Too long at home, too hard to wait." Coronavirus lockdown is ...
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COVID-19 live updates: Dallas County reports 75 new cases, 4 additional deaths Dallas County health officials confirm 75 more people have tested positive for COVID-19. This brings the total case count to 2,909. "Today is the last day of the week and each day this week had a lower number of positive cases than the average daily the week ...
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LA County reports 48 new COVID-19 deaths and 600-plus additional cases Los Angeles County reported 48 new deaths and 607 additional cases of COVID-19 on Saturday. Long Beach, which has its own health department, reported 26 new cases, bringing the county total to 895 deaths and more than 19,100 cases. "This past week ...
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Coronavirus local updates: SC officials report 180 new COVID-19 cases, 9 additional deaths CHARLOTTE, N.C. — More than 2.8 million people worldwide -- including nearly 905,000 people in the United States – have been infected with the new coronavirus, and the number of deaths from the outbreak continues to rise. Officials are attempting to ...
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Mom with COVID-19 delivers twins as husband faced death: 'Let me live' The twins were coming. Jennifer Laubach was battling COVID-19 symptoms the day her water broke. So was her husband, who raced upstairs to pack his wife's hospital bag, worried as she wasn't due for another eight weeks. But when he returned with the ...
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Six new symptoms of COVID-19 added by CDC SAN ANTONIO, Texas (WOAI) - The Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta has updated the list of symptoms people have reported from COVID-19. The six new symptoms include: Chills; Repeated shaking with chills; Muscle pain; Headache; Sore throat; New ...
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Coronavirus updates: Texas nears 10000 recoveries HOUSTON — We are continuing to track the latest headlines and updates regarding the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. LIVE VIDEO: Watch #HTownRush from 7 to 8 a.m. now, streaming live in the video player on this page. Get the latest updates ...
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Coronavirus: Diary kept during Spanish flu pandemic gives Ohio descendants insights Diary entries kept by a woman in northeastern Ohio during the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic and World War I is providing comfort to her descendants, who are dealing with the coronavirus. >> Coronavirus checklist: 100-plus disinfectants that may kill ...
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Young and middle-aged people, barely sick with covid-19, are dying of strokes Thomas Oxley wasn't even on call the day he received the page to come to Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital in Manhattan. There weren't enough doctors to treat all the emergency stroke patients, and he was needed in the operating room. The patient's chart ...
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Virus lockdowns an extra ordeal for special-needs children PARIS (AP) — Weeks into France's strict coronavirus lockdown, Mohammed, a 14-year-old with autism, took a pickax and started hitting the wall of his family's house. His explanation: "Too long at home, too hard to wait." The disruptions in daily life caused by ...
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NJ coronavirus deaths increase to 5938 with 109038 cases statewide. 3730 new positive tests confirmed. The coronavirus death toll in New Jersey increased Sunday to 5,938 people, with 109,038 total cases statewide, though the total number of state residents hospitalized dropped to a three-week low with 6,573 patients under treatment for a confirmed or ...
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Baystate Health has been leading the way in treatment for COVID-19 by keeping patients off ventilators President and CEO of Baystate Health Dr. Mark A. Keroack reported that the health system has been able to keep more COVID-19 patients off ventilators at higher rates than nearly any other health system in Massachusetts. This has meant a much quicker rate ...
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Some nations inch toward reopening as virus deaths rise BEIJING (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to return to work after recovering from the coronavirus, his office said Sunday, as U.S. states and nations around the world took divergent paths on when to reopen their economies and communities.
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Another 48 people die of COVID-19 in LA County as residents remain under stay-at-home orders Another 48 people died of COVID-19 in Los Angeles County over the past day, a steady death toll that shows the virus' continued grip over the region. On Saturday, health officials reported a total of 895 deaths and 19,107 confirmed cases of the virus after ...
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Experts worry 'quarantine fatigue' is starting Researchers tracking smartphone data say they recently made a disturbing discovery: For the first time since states began implementing stay-at-home orders in mid-March to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus, Americans are staying home less.
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Coronavirus: First known victim in US died of "burst" heart, pathologist says A Santa Clara County woman now believed to be the first person in the U.S. killed by the novel coronavirus died of a ruptured heart caused by her body's struggle to defeat the virus, her autopsy shows. Patricia Dowd, 57, of San Jose, died at home on Feb.
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Inside a New York ER: Photos, stories capture scene of hospital besieged by coronavirus Emergency medical technicians transport a patient from a nursing home to an emergency room bed, Monday, April 20, 2020, at St. Joseph's Hospital in Yonkers, N.Y. (AP Photo/John Minchillo). John Minchillo. YONKERS, N.Y. (AP) — A nurse furiously pushes ...
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COVID-19 death toll at Stony Brook veterans home climbs to 52 The Long Island State Veterans Home has suffered six additional deaths from COVID-19 since Tuesday, bringing the death toll there to 52 and dividing families of residents between those complaining that the facility has not done enough and those standing ...
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Minnesota deaths up 23, to 244, in COVID-19 pandemic Twenty-three more people have died from COVID-19 in Minnesota, state health officials reported Saturday, as the number of confirmed cases continued to mount with expanded coronavirus testing across the state. The statewide toll is now 244 deaths, ...
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Michigan coronavirus (COVID-19) cases up to 37214; Death toll now at 3274 The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Michigan has risen to 37,214 as of Saturday, including 3,274 deaths, state officials report. Saturday's update includes 573 new cases and 189 additional deaths. Friday's numbers included ...
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Beaches lure some despite coronavirus risks: 'It's hot. Nobody wants to be inside' Sebastian Alcaraz was preparing to surf at 11th Street in Newport Beach on Friday afternoon, as he has continued to do during the COVID-19 pandemic. The 17-year-old from Long Beach said he was sick for about a week in January and lost his senses of ...
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