Month: July 2020

About one-third of coronavirus patients have symptoms that don’t go away, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The report — which focused on patients who were not hospitalized from the coronavirus — found patients experience symptoms weeks and months after they first tested positive. Patients with COVID-19 did not return to their regular level of health within two to three weeks of the diagnosis. In fact, 1 in 5 patients have not returned to normal health. Lingering symptoms included fatigue, cough, congestion, dyspnea, loss of taste and smell, chest pain and confusion. Other symptoms, like vomiting, nausea, fever and chills, did not last as long. “COVID-19 can result in prolonged illness, even among young adults without underlying c...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Local leaders are extending the ban on vehicular traffic for Nueces County beaches until Aug. 17. County Judge Barbara Canales made that news official moments ago at Thursday’s daily city-county joint news briefing. The new order goes into effect Friday. Vehicles haven’t been allowed on Nueces County beaches since before the Fourth of July weekend. The ban was set to expire Saturday morning. That means for another two weeks, the only way to the beach is by foot. “The cars down there, they park wherever they want, and this allows people to have more space,” said Rebecca McKinzie. McKinzie and her family regularly vacation here from Fort Worth. She believes keeping vehicles off the beach is a good thing. This is not as crowded as it normally is when we come down here...

How do dogs respond to COVID-19? Getty/Darian Traynor The coronavirus pandemic is often discussed in terms of waves. First waves, second waves. The information surrounding the pandemic works in a similar way, particularly as scientists learn more about how the disease spreads and who -- or what -- it infects. Several companion animals tested positive for COVID-19 during the early days of the pandemic. In March, a 17-year-old dog in Hong Kong became infect...

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A Chicago woman who last month became the country's first COVID-19 patient to undergo a double lung transplant said she woke up days later, unaware about the surgery and unable to 'recognize my body.'  Mayra Ramirez, 28, spoke to the media on Thursday alongside Brian Kuhns, 62, of Lake Zurich, Illinois, who followed her as the second U.S. coronavirus patient to undergo the procedure. Ramirez went into surgery at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago on June 5 and didn't wake up until weeks later.  'I looked at myself and couldn't recognize my body,' she told reporters. 'I didn't have the cognitive ability to process what was going on. All I knew was that I wanted water.'  Scroll down for video  Mayra Ramirez, a COVID-19 survivor due to a double-lung transplant, spoke ...