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(Reuters) - A Texas man who waited until his brain tumor was softball-sized; a baby who suffered an ear infection for six days; a heart patient who died: The resurgence of COVID-19 is creating another health crisis as hospitals fill and patients are fearful or unable to get non-emergency care. A protective screen is seen at the entrance to a negative pressure ICU hospital room, where COVID-19 patients are treated, at St John's Regional Medical Center in Oxnard, California, U.S., July 9, 2020. Picture taken July 9, 2020. REUTERS/Sandra Stojanovic With U.S. coronavirus infections reaching new heights, doctors and hospitals say they are also seeing sharp declines in patients seeking routine medical care and screenings - and a rise in those who have delayed care for so long they are f...

Tokyo — Under pressure from the scientific community, the World Health Organization acknowledged last week the airborne transmission of "micro-droplets" as a possible third cause of COVID-19 infections. To many researchers in Japan, the admission felt anti-climactic.  This densely populated country has operated for months on the assumption that tiny, "aerosolized" particles in crowded settings are turbo-charging the spread of the new coronavirus. Very few diseases — tuberculosis, chicken pox and measles — have been deemed transmissible through aerosols. Most are spread only through direct contact with infected persons or their bodily fluids, or contaminated surfaces.  Still the WHO has refused to confirm aerosols as a major source of new coronavirus infections, saying more evidence...

Michigan saw its typical Sunday dip in reported COVID-19 cases and deaths July 12. The number of new coronavirus cases dropped below 400 for the first time in nearly a week. Daily figures provided by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services show 390 new confirmed coronavirus cases, as well as one additional confirmed death. It’s the lowest number of new cases since 297 were reported July 6. Figures on weekends, particularly Sundays, have typically been lower since the Michigan outbreak began, as not all county health departments provide an update on those days to MDHHS. Michigan reports fewer than 400 new coronavirus cases for first time in six days Michigan has seen a total of 69,338 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 6,068 confirmed deaths since March. MDHHS also reports a tota...

(CNN) — With airlines introducing new measures like face masks and intensive sanitization routines to reassure passengers, people have been cautiously returning to air travel even while the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread around the world. But for some, the notion of climbing aboard an airplane now or in the near future, remains unthinkable. Nothing that airlines, government officials or fellow travelers can say will convince them to step on board. CNN spoke to some of these self-grounded travelers to find out their biggest concerns about air travel at the moment and what it would take to get them back above 30,000 feet. For Chris Trinh, a 41-year-old father of four based in Minnesota, the decision to stay off airplanes is partly because of his kids -- his youngest child is ...

Paris – They call themselves "long-haulers," "long-tailers," or simply survivors. Some have been sick almost as long as the novel coronavirus is known to have existed. Six months after the virus began to scorch its way across the planet, it is becoming clear that COVID-19 causes far more symptoms than was first suspected. Thousands of people of all ages have remained sick for weeks or even months. British forensic psychiatrist Jenny Judge began an odyssey of illness in March with a fever, cough, headache and breathing problems. She has since experienced waves of other symptoms including a racing heart, scalding rashes and "COVID toes," which were itchy and ulcerated. At one point she was so delirious she heard her dogs talking, and was not particularly surprised. "Now I am go...

As the coronavirus pandemic reached new highs in Florida and across the world Sunday, New York City health officials offered a glimmer of hope: They reported zero deaths for the first time in four months.  Meanwhile, with more than 66,000 new infections, the U.S. accounted for almost 29% of the 230,000 reported cases globally Sunday by the World Health Organization. Nearly 15,300 of the new cases in the U.S. were confirmed in Florida, which smashed recent records, reporting 269,811 cases. California held the previous daily record of 11,694, established four days ago. New York had 11,571 deaths on April 15. Internationally, the wife of a French bus driver who was beaten to death after he asked four passengers to wear face masks aboard his vehicle called Saturday for “exemplary punishme...

In news that has broken the Internet, Russia has become the first nation to complete clinical trials of Covid-19 vaccine on humans, and the results have proven the medication's effectiveness, the media reported on Sunday. Chief researcher Elena Smolyarchuk, who heads the Center for Clinical Research on Medications at Sechenov University, told Russian news agency TASS on Sunday that the human trials for the vaccine have been completed at the university and they will be discharged soon. "The research has been completed and it proved that the vaccine is safe. The volunteers will be discharged on July 15 and July 20," Smolyarchuk was quoted as saying in the report. There was, however, no further information on when this vaccine would enter commercial production stage. Back in India, the count...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Another cluster of COVID-19 has been confirmed at Pearl City Nursing Home. As of Sunday afternoon, July 12, Dr. Scott Miscovich, president and founder of Premier Medical Group Hawaii, said there have been six confirmed cases there. Health experts said that Hawaii will continue to see more clusters if people continue to gather in large groups and inside smaller areas. Dr. Miscovich said his team has kept busy as COVID numbers continue to rise across the state. “We’re doing the strike team testing. This is the testing when you have an outbreak and you need to be on the spot immediately,” he said. “I can’t even publicly announce how many different places we’ve had to go that are workplaces, nursing homes etc. and have everybody there tested.” ...

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The long-term effects of COVID-19, even on people who suffered a mild infection, could be far worse than was originally anticipated, according to researchers and doctors in northern Italy. Psychosis, insomnia, kidney disease, spinal infections, strokes, chronic tiredness and mobility issues are being identified in former coronavirus patients in Lombardy, the worst-affected region in the country. The doctors warn that some victims may never recover from the illness and that all age groups are vulnerable. Image: Infection rates have lessened but Italy is seeing the long-term effects COVID-19 has on survivors The virus is a systemic infection that affects all the organs of the body, not, as wa...