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ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. (KABC) -- Orange County has seen a 9.4% increase in hospitalizations over the last 3 days. It's been a trend for the last couple of weeks."For Orange County specifically, I would say we're in the top of the 2nd inning. I mean, this is just the beginning. We've heard about it all…

Dr. Ashish Jha, director of the Harvard Global Health Institute, predicted there is a likelihood that a coronavirus vaccine will be available in early 2021, but cautioned that it may not be 100 percent effective.Jha told "Fox News Sunday" that he was encouraged by developments in vaccine creation in the U.S., Europe, and China, and but said…

Dr. Danielle Ofri, author of When We Do Harm: A Doctor Confronts Medical Error, says medical mistakes are likely to increase as resource-strapped hospitals treat a rapid influx of COVID-19 patients. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Dr. Danielle Ofri, author of When We Do Harm: A Doctor Confronts Medical Error,…

BOSTON—The patient in Room 5 had one big thing going for her. She was young. Adriana Rice-Leiva, 31 years old and 7½ months pregnant, also had been in good health. Even in a hospital bed, hooked to machines and deathly ill with Covid-19, her dark hair shined and her skin glowed. Ms. Rice-Leiva was breathing…

After recovering from COVID-19, Dr. Dillon Barron (R) and his partner Eric Seelbach (L) say they are not allowed to donate plasma due to FDA restrictions. (Screenshot: CBS 2)After Dr. Dillon Barron, an emergency medicine physician at Amita Health St. Francis Hospital in Evanston, Ill., and his partner Eric Seelbach fully recovered from COVID-19, they…