Dr. Matt Hanserd of Athens-Limestone Hospital is used to dealing with death.As a hospitalist, he routinely treats patients at the end of their lives, patients who have multiple health issues to be juggled, often patients who will not survive their stay.It’s not the deaths caused by COVID-19 that bothers him. It’s the sheer number of…
Doctors and other health care providers still prescribe highly addictive pain medications at rates widely considered unsafe. Critics say the practice exposes tens of millions of patients each year to unnecessary risk of addiction, overdose and death. Tracy Lee for NPR hide caption toggle caption Tracy Lee for NPR Doctors and other health care providers…
Senior doctors in Zimbabwe's public health service have threatened to walk out over low pay and lack of coronavirus protective gear, in the latest dispute to plague the country's battered health system.Some 15 000 nurses have been on strike for two weeks over wages that have been hit by galloping inflation.Coronavirus infections are rising rapidly,…
Share on PinterestA new review collates information about COVID-19’s impact on the body beyond the lungs.At the time of writing, globally, there have been more than 13 million confirmed cases of COVID-19, the illness that the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 causes, and more than 570,000 deaths. While experts initially thought that the illness was principally a respiratory…
Some hospitals in states where coronavirus cases are surging are running out of beds. Doctors and nurses, who watched COVID-19 hit New York City hard, are concerned about what's next for their communities.Five front-line medical workers from Texas, Florida, Alabama and California, spoke to CBS News senior medical correspondent Dr. Tara Narula about their fears and…
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