Month: October 2020

President Donald Trump was taken to Walter Reed hospital Friday evening after being diagnosed with COVID-19 late last night. For many patients, being hospitalized indicates they are on the edge of falling seriously ill, doctors say. “If he went from being on the campaign trail to feeling sick yesterday to having a fever and now being hospitalized, I would be worried about him as a patient,” said Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, who has treated dozens of COVID-19 patients but isn’t privy to the President’s condition. “Hospitalization typically indicates a higher level of disease.” White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said Friday the president "remains in good spirits and has mild symptoms."  "Out of an abundance of caution, and at the recommendation of his physician and medical experts, the Pr...

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The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) is telling owners to avoid kissing and snuggling a popular household pet -- no matter how cute they are -- after 32 cases of Salmonella were linked to hedgehogs. Thirty-two individuals in 17 states have been infected with Salmonella Typhimurium as of late September, with five hospitalizations. Of the 23 patients interviewed by the CDC, 16 reportedly came into contact with the small, spiky housepets.  The agency said that droppings from a hedgehog in the home of an ill New Yorker contained the strain of Salmonella that had been found in the 32 patients.  The strain, the CDC said, is identical to one that caused Salmonella outbreaks in 2012 and 2019.  While the hedgehogs themselves may appear spry an...

A COVID-19 test reportedly led to a life-threatening infection for a woman with a rare, undiagnosed health condition. The woman, in her 40s, received a nasal swab test that was said to have punctured her brian lining, causing fluid to leak from her nose and putting her in danger of an infection that could have been deadly, Jarret Walsh, an otolaryngologist, reported in the medical journal JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, according to AFP.  A woman in her 40s received a nasal swab test that was said to have punctured her brain lining, causing fluid to leak from her nose. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) The patient reportedly had an undiagnosed health condition and received a COVID-19 test that, doctors say, may not have been administered correctly. The woman wen...