America’s top health official is warning of ‘impending doom,’ as COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths all spike ominously in the U.S. ‘I am scared,’ said Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) director Dr Rochelle Walensky during an emotional Monday press briefing. ‘When I first started at CDC about two months ago, I made a … Read more
Were 600K COVID hospitalizations preventable simply through diet and exercise? TWO THIRDS of people hospitalized for COVID were obese or had diabetes, high blood pressure or heart failure, study finds Tufts University researchers looked at data on more than 900,000 hospitalized COVID-19 patients 30% were obese, 26% had high blood pressure, 21% had diabetes had … Read more
The United States has hit a pandemic record of more than 3,900 deaths and 125,000 hospitalizations in a single day as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned that there could be 82,000 more fatalities in the next 24 days. For the ninth day this month, deaths have exceeded 3,000. On Wednesday, the … Read more
Gov Gavin Newsom said California is facing its ‘most intense and urgent’ stage of the pandemic on Tuesday California has ordered 5,000 more body bags and put dozens of mobile morgues on standby as the state faces its ‘most intense’ coronavirus surge yet. Governor Gavin Newsom warned of the possibility of thousands of deaths in … Read more
As the first Pfizer vaccines were administered in the US on Monday, the country hit a new devastating record for hospitalizations with more than 110,000 people being treated for COVID-19. The virus continues to grip the country with more than 193,000 new cases and 1,358 deaths recorded on Monday and a new record of 110,549 … Read more
As the holiday weekend draws to a close, doctors and public health experts warn that coronavirus cases and hospitalizations will continue to rise before a vaccine is approved for emergency use authorization. On Sunday, the US recorded 138,903 cases, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. It is less than the record 205,557 infections reported … Read more
A leading physician gave a dire warning that the coronavirus is ‘a natural disaster occurring in all 50 states at the same time’ on Sunday, after millions passed through US airports for Thanksgiving against CDC advice. Emergency medicine physician Dr. Megan Ranney sounded the alarm as the number of COVID-19 patients currently being treated in hospitals … Read more
Now you SHOULD buy an N95: Former FDA commissioner urges Americans to ‘buy better masks’ to protect themselves amid record-high surges in coronavirus cases Former FDA Commissioner Dr Scott Gottlieb wrote an op-ed in which he encouraged American to buy better masks He recommended the N95, or its equivalent, due to its proven ability to … Read more
New coronavirus cases in the US have topped 100,000 on a daily basis for 13 days in a row and nearly 70,000 people are currently hospitalized for the infection across the country. With 69,455 people hospitalized as of Sunday, there are now 17 percent more people being treated for COVID-19 in U.S. facilities than were … Read more
With the presidential election just five days days away, coronavirus cases, hospitalizations and deaths are all on sharp upward track in the US as the average number of daily infections reached a record high on Wednesday. The seven-day rolling average number of new daily cases hit a record high of 74,134, according to a DailyMail.com … Read more