SACRAMENTO, Calif. — For Caroline Brandenburger, the coronavirus outbreak that has overwhelmed California hospitals comes with a very personal toll. “Just today we had two deaths on this unit. And that’s pretty much the norm,” said Brandenburger, who works on
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Los Angeles County memo responds to Covid-19 surge
With hospitals in Los Angeles County swamped with Covid-19 patients, a memo that went out to the county’s ambulance crews last week caused public alarm and prompted explanations from medics on social media about their care practices. In the memo,
Governors scramble to speed vaccine effort after slow start
New York’s governor threatened to fine hospitals if they don’t use their allotment of COVID-19 vaccine fast enough. His South Carolina counterpart warned health care workers they have until Jan. 15 to get a shot or move to the back
LA County ambulances directed not to transport patients with little chance of survival
Hospitals across Los Angeles County have become so slammed with patients in recent weeks that county officials have instructed ambulances not to transport patients to the hospital with virtually no chance of survival and to preserve supplemental oxygen supplies by
LA County ambulance response being compromised by coronavirus surge
Hospitals across Los Angeles County have become so slammed with patients in recent weeks that county officials have instructed ambulances not to transport patients to the hospital with virtually no chance of survival and to preserve supplemental oxygen supplies by
Jammed LA County hospitals get assistance with overtaxed oxygen-delivery systems
As the massive volume of COVID-19 patients continues to strain hospitals throughout Southern California, state and federal agencies are stepping in to assist facilities needing to provide oxygen to individuals with respiratory issues. Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday, Jan. 4,
Britain Will Re-Enter Lockdown as Coronavirus Variant Rages
As I speak to you tonight, our hospitals are under more pressure from Covid than at any time since the start of the pandemic. In England alone, the number of Covid patients in hospitals has increased by nearly a third
You’re Infected With the Coronavirus. But How Infected?
As Covid-19 patients flood into hospitals nationwide, doctors are facing an impossible question. Which patients in the E.R. are more likely to deteriorate quickly, and which are most likely to fight off the virus and to recover? As it turns
Citizen journalist in China who reported on COVID-19 sentenced to 4 years
Zhang Zhan, a 37-year-old citizen journalist who reported on crowded hospitals and the conditions in Wuhan earlier this year, was sentenced Monday to four years over the offense of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble,” reports said. Reuters, citing her lawyer,
E.U.’s Mass Vaccination Campaign Starts, With Nursing Homes as Focus
BERLIN — From nursing homes in France to hospitals in Poland, older Europeans and the workers who care for them rolled up their sleeves on Sunday to receive coronavirus vaccine shots in a campaign to protect more than 450 million
Health officials collectively hold breath as holidays threaten to worsen coronavirus surge
As Los Angeles County hospitals fill rapidly with COVID-19 cases, often beyond the ability to immediately find patient beds, health officials today fretfully awaited another holiday weekend that threatens to spread the virus even further, potentially leaving medical centers completely
Surprise Medical Bills Cost Americans Millions. Congress Is Finally Set to Ban Most of Them.
Hospitals and doctors, who tend to benefit from the current system, fought to defeat solutions that would lower their pay. Insurance companies and large insurers groups, on the other hand, have wanted a stronger ability to negotiate lower payments to
Hospitals try to keep pace, stores close during virus surge
California hospitals are battling to find beds to house patients amid fears the explosion of coronavirus cases will exhaust staffing resources. As of Saturday, nearly 17,400 people were hospitalized with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 infections — more than double the
Overwhelmed, California hospitals contemplate rationing care
California hospitals are battling to find beds to house patients amid fears that the exploding coronavirus infection rate will exhaust resources and health care workers. As of Saturday, nearly 17,400 people were hospitalized with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 infections —
California hospitals struggle as coronavirus cases explode
California hospitals are battling to find beds to house patients amid fears that the exploding coronavirus infection rate will exhaust resources and health care workers. As of Friday, nearly 17,000 people were hospitalized with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 infections —
California hospitals struggling as coronvirus cases explode
California hospitals are battling to find beds to house patients amid fears that the exploding coronavirus infection rate will exhaust resources and health care workers. As of Friday, nearly 17,000 people were hospitalized with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 infections —
Hot spot: California hospitals buckle as virus cases surge
Hospitals across California have all but run out of intensive care beds for COVID-19 patients, ambulances are backing up outside emergency rooms, and tents for triaging the sick are going up as the nation’s most populous state emerges as the
Intensive-care bed capacity at Southern California hospitals tumbles to 0.5%
The number of available intensive-care unit beds at Southern California hospitals has declined for the ninth consecutive day, tumbling to 0.5% capacity Wednesday, Dec. 16 — rekindling alarm among public health and hospital officials. The index, posted by state public
Hopeful sign: Midwestern states see drop in new virus cases
After a punishing fall that left hospitals struggling, some Midwestern states are seeing a decline in new coronavirus cases. But the signs of improvement are offset by the infection’s accelerating spread on both coasts. States including Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota and
Coronavirus: Southern California’s ICU availability index tumbles again – to 1.7%
Now looming dangerously close to zero, intensive-care bed capacity at Southern California hospitals declined for the eighth day in a row on Tuesday, Dec. 15, as state officials reported a 1.7% availability rate. The current index fell a full percentage
Start of Vaccinations Across U.S. Brings Hope as Virus Death Toll Soars
In Fargo, N.D., a state devastated by the virus, the Sanford Health hospital’s pharmacy staff carried out an elaborate plan on Monday morning even before vaccines could start: They unpacked their first shipment of vaccines, which arrived at 7:02 a.m.,
Coronavirus: ICU capacity at Southern California hospitals continues to fall, hits 4.2%
Intensive-care bed capacity at Southern California hospitals declined for the sixth day in a row on Sunday, Dec. 13, as state officials posted a 4.2% rate, more than a percentage point lower than 5.3% on Saturday. With 30,334 new cases,
Rudy Giuliani Brags About Getting ‘Celebrity’ Virus Treatment
While Americans are filling up hospitals and dying in droves from the coronavirus, Rudy Giuliani is boasting about how his “celebrity” influenced the treatment he received from doctors. Either because he is too dense, too stupid, or just thoroughly devoid
Children’s hospitals are pitching in to help with the flood of adult Covid-19 patients.
With a rising tide of Covid-19 patients threatening to overwhelm hospitals, public health officials across the United States are reaching for a safety valve that the Northeast used in the spring: borrowing beds in children’s hospitals to care for adults.
Coronavirus in California: More Stay-at-Home Orders Imposed
Good morning. California’s hospitals continued to fill with patients, Gov. Gavin Newsom said on Monday, even as the latest round of lockdowns took effect across much of the state. The availability of intensive care beds is teetering in Southern California
Pressure on California hospitals is still mounting fast, Newsom says.
Hospitals across California have continued to fill rapidly to dangerous levels as state and local officials try to dampen the explosive spread of the coronavirus in the state, Gov. Gavin Newsom said on Monday. More than 10,000 Covid-19 patients are
As hospitals cope with a COVID-19 surge, cyber threats loom
By late morning on Oct. 28, staff at the University of Vermont Medical Center noticed the hospital’s phone system wasn’t working. Then the internet went down, and the Burlington-based center’s technical infrastructure with it. Employees lost access to databases, digital
Nurses wanted: Swamped hospitals scramble for pandemic help
U.S. hospitals slammed with COVID-19 patients are trying to lure nurses and doctors out of retirement, recruiting students and new graduates who have yet to earn their licenses and offering eye-popping salaries in a desperate bid to ease staffing shortages.
Reno doctor’s selfie used to claim COVID-19 is a hoax
A photo of a hospital’s alternative care site in Reno, Nevada, is being misrepresented on social media to fuel the false narrative that the coronavirus pandemic is a hoax, even as cases surge in the state. Renown Regional Medical Center
As state logs 125 more coronavirus deaths, Pritzker offers Thanksgiving warning: ‘Skip the big group dinner this year’
Rush University Medical Center staff see patients in the Brennan Pavilion, the hospital’s main lobby, which was transformed into a treatment area last week. | Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times file Illinois hospitals have been treating at least 6,000 COVID-19 patients for