Children’s art dots the lawn outside the Capitol in an installation Wednesday. Kids can develop “severe” symptoms from the coronavirus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found in a report released Friday. Jemal Countess/Getty Images for ParentsTogether hide caption toggle caption Jemal Countess/Getty Images for ParentsTogether Children’s art dots the lawn outside the Capitol in an installation Wednesday. Kids can develop “severe” symptoms from the coronavirus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found in a report released Friday. Jemal Countess/Getty Images for ParentsTogether While most children who catch the coronavirus have either no symptoms or mild ones, they are […]
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How the coronavirus almost killed a healthy woman with “no normal symptoms” by Tucker Reals/CBSNews London — Rebecca Wrixon knew that working as a nanny for a pair of doctors could leave her exposed to the coronavirus, but as a healthy 44-year-old with young children, she didn’t worry much about catching COVID-19. It was already clear then, in early April, that the disease hit the elderly and those with underlying conditions hard, but it didn’t seem much of a threat to her healthy family. Then one morning just after Easter, Wrixon woke up with a numb arm. She never had a cough […]
Carmen Quintero works as a supervisor at a distribution center for N95 masks. She owes $1,840 for other care she received when she tried to get a test for COVID-19. Heidi de Marco/KHN hide caption toggle caption Heidi de Marco/KHN Carmen Quintero works as a supervisor at a distribution center for N95 masks. She owes $1,840 for other care she received when she tried to get a test for COVID-19. Heidi de Marco/KHN Carmen Quintero works an early shift as a supervisor at a 3M distribution warehouse that ships N95 masks to a nation under siege from the coronavirus. On March […]
The figures are “a starting point” for further research and investigation which must be carried out whilst those who are most at risk are given the protection that they require, says Dr Andrew Clark of the London School of Tropical Hygiene and Medicine. 22 per cent of the world’s population,1.7 billion people, are at increased risk of “severe COVID-19” if they’re infected with the virus as a result of having at least one underlying health condition, according to a new study published in the Lancet Global Health journal that uses data from 188 countries. Dr Andrew Clark, with the London School of Tropical Hygiene and […]
Preliminary research has suggested that men, particularly those who are bald, are at a higher risk of suffering from severe COVID-19 symptoms. Dr. Carlos Wambier, an assistant professor of dermatology and clinician educator at Brown University’s Warren Alpert Medical School, has proposed that male hormones that cause baldness are also linked to severe COVID-19 symptoms. If his theory is correct, that could also explain why COVID-19 fatalities are higher among men than women. An April analysis by the Washington Post of data from 13 US states found that men who have COVID-19 are more likely to die than women who catch […]
United Airlines will now require passengers to review a health assessment before boarding. United Airlines hide caption toggle caption United Airlines United Airlines will now require passengers to review a health assessment before boarding. United Airlines United Airlines will now require passengers to complete a “health self-assessment” as part of its check-in process. It’s the latest effort by a U.S. airline to assure passengers that it’s safe to fly as the coronavirus pandemic continues. The airline’s “Ready-to-Fly” checklist does not involve temperature checks or diagnostic testing for the virus. Instead, travelers must review the checklist when checking in online and click […]
A woman is tested for COVID-19 at Harlem’s Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City earlier this month. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images A woman is tested for COVID-19 at Harlem’s Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City earlier this month. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images Earlier in this pandemic, the shortage of tests for coronavirus was a major problem in fighting the spread of COVID-19. The shortage was such that many hospitals and clinics would only test someone who had traveled to a country with an outbreak, had a known exposure […]
Seniors With COVID-19 Show Unusual Symptoms, Doctors Say by Judith Graham/Medscape Nurses Older adults with COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus, have several “atypical” symptoms, complicating efforts to ensure they get timely and appropriate treatment, according to physicians. COVID-19 is typically signaled by three symptoms: a fever, an insistent cough and shortness of breath. But older adults — the age group most at risk of severe complications or death from this condition ― may have none of these characteristics. Instead, seniors may seem “off” — not acting like themselves ― early on after being infected by the coronavirus. They may […]