The family of a top New York City emergency room doctor who recently died by suicide is speaking out about the mental struggle health care workers are facing amid the coronavirus pandemic as well as the possibility that the virus may have “altered her brain” after she became infected herself. Dr. Lorna Breen, who served as…
Published on Apr 29, 2020Dr. Mario Ramirez, an emergency room physician treating COVID-19 patients, joins Andrea Mitchell to discuss what Dr. Fauci calls "good news" from a coronavirus drug treatment trial, and the outlook for the development of a coronavirus vaccine. Ramirez also served as a pandemic and emerging threats coordinator at the Dept. of…
CLOSE Hospital staff celebrate as Henry Ford Health Doctor Scott Kaatz leaves the hospital after surviving COVID-19 and neighbors serenade him to the tune of Queen. Detroit Free PressEight days ago, Henry Ford Health doctor Scott Kaatz was on a ventilator, clinging to life.The 62-year-old physician had COVID-19, a virus that had ravaged his lungs,…
A top emergency room doctor at a Manhattan hospital that treated coronavirus patients died by suicide on Sunday, according to her father.Dr. Lorna M. Breen, the medical director of the emergency department at NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital, died in Charlottesville, Va., where she was staying with family, her father said in an interview.Tyler Hawn, a spokesman…
Kataza the baboon. Facebook / Baboon Matters The City of Cape Town has asked the public not to feed a baboon that has relocated to Tokai. The baboon, known as Kataza or SK11, is slowly being integrated into the Tokai troop. Video footage, however, shows humans feeding Kataza. The City of Cape Town has requested that Kataza…
As SA Rugby moves to determine which franchises will go to Europe in future, Rassie Erasmus has noted several potential benefits for the local game should that route be followed.The national director of rugby believes the high world rankings of Wales, Ireland and Scotland mean PRO Rugby is competitive and that fans will eventually identify…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…