Many rural residents flock to cities for hospital care they cannot get at home Patients with Covid-19 lie in beds at Tangshan Gongren Hospital in the northeastern city of Tangshan on Dec 30. (Photo: AFP) TANGSHAN, China: Understaffed and underfunded clinics stand half-empty in parts of the Chinese countryside even […]
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Chinese resort to black market for COVID-19 drugs amid infection surge
Desperate families searching for critical COVID-19 medication in China — faced with bare pharmacy shelves and an explosion of cases — are being driven into murky online marketplaces that are rife with price gouging and fraud. Key points: Beijing last month suddenly lifted widespread COVID-19 containment restrictions, resulting in more infections The current wave […]
China races to bolster health system as COVID surge sparks global concern
Authorities rush to add hospital beds, build fever clinics U.S. raises concerns over possibility of COVID mutations Beijing reports five more deaths on Tuesday Security tight at crematoriums amid doubts over death toll BEIJING/SINGAPORE, Dec 20 (Reuters) – Cities across China scrambled to install hospital beds and build fever screening […]
White House resists declaring emergency as flu, viruses surge in children
The White House is resisting calls from pediatric health groups to declare a national emergency due to the early surge in respiratory illness in children. As seasonal flu, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), coronavirus and other respiratory viruses swarm the country, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association […]
Ascension Genesys hospital stops elective surgeries amid COVID-19 surge
GRAND BLANC TWP., MI — Ascension Genesys hospital has told its medical staff not to schedule new elective surgeries until at least Nov. 30 amid a surge in COVID-19 cases. In a message to doctors Thursday, Nov. 12, the hospital said it was making the move “due to the recent […]
As coronavirus cases surge, here’s why the New Orleans Convention Center remains in ‘warm status’ | News
While Louisiana’s coronavirus cases and hospitalizations continue to surge, Gov. John Bel Edwards’ administration has largely abandoned what was once thought to be a key part of the state’s response to the pandemic, a massive medical facility set up at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans. After […]