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A 46-year-old physician in Arizona with no prior health issues contracted the coronavirus and was so ill that his doctors feared he would die. But Karl Viddal ended his nearly two-month hospital stay on Friday after being put on a life-support machine that is not widely available.His treatment illustrates how hospitals around the country are…

diagnosed with pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome, the first known case in Oregon of a newly discovered syndrome linked to COVID-19.The syndrome, according to Dr. Mark Buchholtz, a pediatric critical care physician at Randall, is similar to Kawasaki disease, an illness that causes inflamed blood vessels. But the syndrome presents somewhat differently.Coronavirus in Oregon: Latest news…

eNCA cameraman Lungile Tom dies from Covid-19"Management has decided to test all staff on the premises as an added precautionary measure to support the measures already in place. There were 89 tests performed and we are awaiting results."He added Covid-19 protocol had been followed."We wish to confirm that all NICD and department guidelines were strictly…

POSITIVE. MUCH IS STILL UNKNOWN ABOUT COVID-19, BUT HEALTH EXPERTS DO WARN THE VIRUS IS MORE SEVERE THAN THE SEASONAL FLU. KCCI’S LAUREN DONOVAN IS LIVE AT THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH WITH A COMPARISON. LAUREN? LAUREN: GOOD MORNING. AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE EXPERT TELLS US THERE ARE SOME SIMILARITIES. HOWEVER, HE SAYS EVIDENCE SHOWS…

Food habits make Indians vulnerable to Covid-like diseases, a doctor in UK has warnedLONDON: Poor diet is a major cause behind the Covid-19 deaths and the Indians must urgently cut down on ultra-processed food to build resilience against the deadly virus, a leading Indian-origin cardiologist in the UK has cautioned. Dr Aseem Malhotra, who is…