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Cancer patients — especially those with blood or lung malignancies, or tumors that have spread throughout the body — have a higher risk of death or other severe complications from covid-19 compared with those without cancer, according to a study published Tuesday.The study, which involved 14 hospitals in Hubei province in central China, where the…

(Click here for a bigger version)Health Minister Zweli Mkhize told the portfolio committee on Monday the question of the future need was based on what was seen around the world, in countries such as the United States and Italy.He said, at the moment, the understanding was that ventilators were currently available in both public and…

The first two coronavirus patients in New Jersey to receive an experimental plasma treatment are both making “remarkable” recoveries, according to the hospital system treating them.Virtua Health said both Renee Bannister, a 63-year-old teacher from Gloucester County, and Andy Fei, a 61-year-old opera singer from Mount Laurel, have been taken off of ventilators and moved…

UPMC says it will test all patients for COVID-19, continue to offer non-emergency procedures UPMC says it will test all patients for COVID-19, continue to offer non-emergency procedures UPMC said it will test all patients for the COVID-19 coronavirus, which it said will allow the healthcare system to continue performing non-emergency surgeries for patients who…

Soon after he repurposed his 60-bed cardiac unit to accommodate covid-19 patients, Mount Sinai cardiovascular surgeon John Puskas was stumped: With nearly all the beds now occupied by victims of the novel coronavirus, where had all the heart patients gone? Even those left almost speechless by crushing chest pain weren’t coming through the ER. Variations…