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Olympia Medical Center may yet stay open to help cope with pandemic, city official says
The new owner of Olympia Medical Center in Mid-Wilshire — which announced suddenly on New Year’s Eve that it would close its doors in March, setting off alarms in the pandemic-plagued community — would allow the previous owner to keep
India Begins Vaccinating Health Care Workers for Covid-19
India’s campaign to inoculate its population of 1.3 billion began on Saturday with medical workers. The country has reported more than 10.5 million coronavirus cases, the second largest caseload after the United States.
More people in New York become eligible for the vaccine.
Across New York State, medical providers had the same story in recent weeks: They had been forced to throw out precious vaccine doses because of difficulties finding patients who precisely matched the state’s strict vaccination guidelines — and the steep
California is desperate, but volunteer health corps dwindles
California desperately needs more medical workers at facilities swamped by coronavirus patients, but almost no help is coming from a volunteer program that Gov. Gavin Newsom created at the start of the pandemic. An army of 95,000 initially raised their
How to Lose Body Fat Once and For All: Cherish Your Muscles
I love that you’re encouraging people not to focus on weight loss! But I have a medical condition where I actually have to lose weight :/ do you have any advice for when you actually do need to get smaller?
‘Like a bathtub filling up’: Alabama is slammed by the virus
With its dozen intensive care beds already full, Cullman Regional Medical Center began looking desperately for options as more and more COVID-19 patients showed up. Ten beds normally used for less severe cases were transformed into intensive care rooms, with
Human body parts found discarded at 2 sites in Arizona
Human body parts that authorities say may have been intended for medical research were found this weekend in northern Arizona ByThe Associated Press December 28, 2020, 12:04 AM • 2 min read PRESCOTT, Ariz. — Human body parts that authorities
CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta receives the Covid-19 vaccine
CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta and Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice just got the first dose of their Covid-19 vaccine at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta. Moments before, both doctors admitted they have an aversion to needles, but both
Kaiser’s healthcare workers in Woodland Hills begin vaccinations against COVID-19
A vile of COVID-19 vaccine at Kaiser Permanente Woodland Hills Medical Center, Thursday, December 17, 2020. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) Emergency room physician Dr. Stephanie Rubio reacts after receiving a COVID-19 vaccination from nurse Leslee Hernandez
Paul Farmer Is Awarded the $1 Million Berggruen Prize
Paul Farmer, a medical anthropologist who has fought for stronger public health care infrastructure around the world, has been named the recipient of the 2020 Berggruen Prize. The $1 million prize, which is awarded annually to people who “have profoundly
New York Administers Its First Coronavirus Vaccine
Sandra Lindsay, an intensive care nurse at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in Queens, received the coronavirus vaccine during a news conference with Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Exposure feared after New Hampshire speaker dies of COVID-19
The speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives died of COVID-19, a medical examiner ruled Thursday a day after the Republican’s unexpected death, raising concerns that other members of one of the world’s largest legislative bodies might have been
Cook County to fight opioid deaths by giving anti-overdose medication to police and other first responders
Dr. Ponni Arunkumar, chief medical examiner of Cook County, left, and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, right, at a July news conference. | Pat Nabong/Sun-Times file Last year, Cook County saw 1,277 opioid deaths, making it the “deadliest year
Pilot error cited in North Dakota plane crash that killed 3
Federal investigators say pilot error most likely caused the 2018 crash of a medical plane in North Dakota that killed all three people on board ByThe Associated Press December 9, 2020, 6:11 PM • 1 min read BISMARCK, N.D. —
145 more Illinois coronavirus deaths as hospitalizations fall — but post-holiday spike still looms
Rush University Medical Center staff collect nasopharyngeal swab samples to test people for the coronavirus last month at the hospital’s drive-thru testing site. | Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times That state’s average testing positivity rate fell below 10% for the first time
ID of man who found Rocky Mountains treasure chest revealed
A grandson of Forrest Fenn has confirmed that a medical school student from Michigan found an over $1 million treasure chest that the retired art and antiquities dealer stashed in the wilds of Wyoming over a decade ago. Jonathan “Jack”
Some Black and Latino Americans remain hesitant to take a Covid-19 vaccine
America’s history of racism in medical research and a lack of trust in the federal government is making some Black Americans and Latinos hesitant to take the coronavirus vaccine. CNN’s Jason Carroll reports health and community leaders fear vaccine hesitancy
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
Covid ‘Long-Haulers’ Need Medical Attention, Experts Urge
Dr. John Brooks, the chief medical officer of the C.D.C.’s Covid response, the co-chairman with Dr. Haag of one session, said he expected long-term post-Covid symptoms would affect “on the order of tens of thousands in the United States and
Tyrod Taylor will not file a grievance against the Chargers over punctured lung
Tyrod Taylor will not file a grievance against the Chargers over the medical incident that led to the quarterback ultimately losing his starting job, a person from the NFL with knowledge of the situation confirmed. Taylor suffered a punctured lung
U.N. Reclassifies Cannabis as a Less Dangerous Drug
A United Nations commission voted on Wednesday to remove cannabis for medical use from a category of the world’s most dangerous drugs, such as heroin, a highly anticipated and long-delayed decision that could clear the way for marijuana research and
U.S. House could vote to lift nationwide pot prohibition this week — but McConnell could block effort even with weed-friendly Biden presidency looming
Proponents of medical marijuana hold signs outside of the U.S. Supreme Court in 2004. Ending the years-long federal prohibition of cannabis is being debated in Congress this week. | Sun-Times file photo “There are the votes to outright end marijuana
New buildings part of $1.6 billion upgrade project at UCLA-Harbor Medical Center near Torrance
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center near Torrance, one of five trauma centers in Los Angeles County, has begun a $1.6 billion upgrade that will include a new 468,000-square-foot inpatient tower and 198,000-square-foot outpatient building, dramatically reshaping the antiquated facility and improving patient
‘Sore Throat,’ the Church of Scientology and the 1970 plot against the American Medical Association
Author and former Sun-Times medical writer Howard Wolinsky. | Rich Chapman In an excerpt from his book ‘Contain and Eliminate,’ former Sun-Times reporter Howard Wolinsky writes of the Chicago whistleblower who with the church went after the AMA. In the
Patients of a Vermont Hospital Are Left ‘in the Dark’ After Cyberattack
At lunchtime on Oct. 28, Colleen Cargill was in the cancer center at the University of Vermont Medical Center, preparing patients for their chemotherapy infusions. A new patient will sometimes be teary and frightened, but the nurses try to make
On deadly day for COVID-19 — 155 more deaths — Pritzker insists ‘not the year to have everybody over at Grandma’s house’
Rush University Medical Center staff collect nasal swab samples to test people for the coronavirus at the hospital’s drive-thru testing site. | Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times file Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Illinois Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike have said they’re
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
Illinois reports 8,322 new coronavirus cases, lowest test positivity rate in more than two weeks
Rush University Medical Center staff collect swab samples to test people for the coronavirus at the hospital’s drive-thru testing site. | Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times file As of Sunday night, 6,171 people with the virus were reported to be in the
The race to find a COVID-19 vaccine
Emilio Cici, 42, of Burr Ridge, gets a shot at Rush University Medical Center as part of a clinical trial for a COVID-19 vaccine developed by drugmaker AstraZeneca. | Ashlee Rezin Garcia / Sun-Times Drug manufacturers Pfizer, Moderna and AstraZeneca