Month: April 2021

COVID-19 survivors have an almost 60% increased risk of death up to six months after infection compared to non-infected people, according to a massive study published over the weekend in the peer-reviewed journal Nature. That is the equivalent of about eight extra deaths per 1,000 patients over six months. “When we are accounting for COVID-19 deaths, the actual total of deaths is much higher,” Ziyad Al-Aly, director of the Clinical Epidemiology Center at Washington University in St. Louis and the Chief of Research and Education Service at Veterans Affairs St. Louis Health Care System, told The Jerusalem Post. He was the lead researcher on the study.  Al-Aly said that most deaths caused by long-term COVID-19 complications are not recorded as COVID-19 deaths. As such, h...

FOR MEDICAID, SOCIAL PROGRAMS, AND INFRASTRUCTURE. DANIELLE: A SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY DOCTOR IS SEEING A CHANGE IN CORONAVIRUS PATIENTS. THEY ARE YOUNGER AND SICKER. >> THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS THAT ARE COMING IN TEND TO BE YOUNGER NO THEY ARE SICKER IN GENERAL, THOUGH OVERALL ICU USE SEEMS TO BE DOWN. BUT THEY ARE STILL FAIRLY SICK. DANIELLE: DR. PETRER DILLON SAYS HE IS ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT VARIANTS IN THE YOUNGER PEOPLE. IN TERMS OF HOSPITALIZATIONS, SAYS Penn State Health doctor: Coronavirus patients are younger, sicker WGAL News 8 coronavirus coverage Updated: 6:21 PM EDT Apr 26, 2021 A Susquehanna Valley doctor is seeing ...

The Oregon Health Authority on Monday reported one COVID-19 death and 630 new coronavirus cases as the number of statewide hospitalizations surged – setting up a shutdown of indoor dining in hard-hit counties this week. Gov. Kate Brown is expected to announce Tuesday which counties will face renewed restrictions for restaurants and gyms, but the list appears likely to include Multnomah and Clackamas counties, based on preliminary state data. The looming restrictions were triggered Monday because Oregon reported 319 people actively hospitalized with confirmed cases of COVID-19, exceeding the 300-person benchmark set by Brown earlier this month. With average cases at 818 a day and projected to continue climbing into early May, state officials also revised quarantine guidance for people...

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