Month: August 2020

President TrumpDonald John TrumpBiden says his faith is 'bedrock foundation of my life' after Trump claim Coronavirus talks on life support as parties dig in, pass blame Ohio governor tests negative in second coronavirus test MORE has repeatedly claimed that the U.S. has one of the lowest COVID-19 mortality rates anywhere in the world, even though the nation has recorded more deaths from the coronavirus than any other country. The U.S. also has a mortality rate per 100,000 about twice that of Canada. While the U.S. rate is lower than Spain, the United Kingdom and Italy per 100,000 people, it is higher than such nations as Germany, France and the Netherlands. But Trump is not focused on those numbers. Rather than the mortality rate, Trump has been fixated on the percentage of p...

Early in the outbreak, health experts stressed that older adults were most at risk for the virus that has infected more than 4.8 million people in the United States, but new data from the World Health Organization shows that most cases -- by far -- are reported in people ages 25 to 64. The proportion of cases in teens and young adults has gone up six-fold, and in very young children and babies the proportion has increased seven-fold, WHO said. The increase might be explained by broader testing, greater detection of milder cases and shifting demographics of hotspots, but "a rise in risky behavior after easing of public health and social measures" is also to blame, WHO said. "This is a disease everyone should take seriously. Please watch out for each other," Dr. Lawton Davis, the Health Dire...

Gov. Abbott answers questions about schools, masks and more During a FOX 4 interview, Gov. Greg Abbott responded to criticism from Tarrant County leaders about a religious convention being held at the Fort Worth Convention Center. He also answered questions about reopening schools and talked about when his mask mandate might end. DALLAS - Gov. Greg Abbott will be in Dallas Thursday to discuss preparations for the upcoming flu. The governor is scheduled to attend a roundtable event with state health leaders and other medical experts at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He said the upcoming seasonal flu will pose a new challenge. “We know that the flu season is coming up and if flu season this coming year were as severe as it was last year on top of the pandemic of COVI...

A coronavirus-stricken man in Scotland has emerged from a three-week coma and recovered – only to learn that his mother and her partner died of the disease, according to a report. Scott Miller, 43, of Edinburgh, shared an apartment with his 76-year-old mother, Norma, who suffered from dementia, and her 69-year-old partner, the BBC reported. “When I was upstairs in ICU fighting for my life, my mum was in a ward downstairs, basically passing away,” he told the news outlet. Miller said he first noticed something was amiss when he was unable to get his mother back on her feet after she took a tumble March 21 in the apartment where they all lived together. She was later diagnosed with COVID-19 at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, according to the BBC. Before the end of the week,...

The physicians, who are part of the non-profit Obesity Canada and the Canadian Association of Bariatric Physicians and Surgeons, believe doctors have not been treating patients with obesity the way they should be. In their view, weight discrimination impedes treatment and medicine has made little room for body positivity. Obesity, they argue, should be defined by a person's health, rather than just their weight. By that definition, people would only be diagnosed as obese if their body weight affects their physical health or mental wellbeing, said Dr. Arya Sharma, professor of medicine at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, and scientific director of Obesity Canada, who co-wrote the guidelines. "This is a huge departure from this notion that you can step on a scale and diagnose ob...