[unable to retrieve full-text content]Hospitalized patients infected with the dangerous diarrhea bug Clostridium difficile (C. diff.) face more than twice the risk of dying than hospitalized patients without the infection, a Dutch study shows. WebMD Health
Anthony Fauci, director of the NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee during a hearing on “An Emerging Disease Threat: How the U.S. Is Responding to COVID-19, the Novel Coronavirus” on March 3, 2020 in Washington, DC. Sarah Silbiger | Getty Images White House… Read More »
Health-care providers are warning of an unseen toll COVID-19 could take if people die because they are too afraid to go to an emergency room for serious health issues unrelated to the pandemic. “There’s going to be secondary harm. Make no mistake,” said Dr. Alan Drummond with the Canadian Federation of Emergency Physicians. “To what… Read More »
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‘New cases are NOT accelerating out of control… and that’s good news’: Official charts show UK’s coronavirus curve IS flattening, despite grim record of 938 new deaths – more than Italy’s worst daily tally – taking toll to 7,097 Lockdown appears to be working in the battle against coronavirus with hospital admissions slowing recently Govt… Read More »