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SARS-CoV-2 (shown here in an electron microscopy image). Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH After only a few days caring for critically ill COVID-19 patients at the start of the outbreak in New York City, Aakriti Gupta, MD, realized that this was much more than a respiratory disease. "I was on the…

PERRY CO., MO (WSIL) -- According to a statement from Perry County Memorial Hospital, a doctor who tested positive for COVID-19 was still on duty and may have seen patients. That doctor was asymptomatic at the time. A post on the hospital's Facebook page says two physicians tested positive and a third refused to return…

As a physician's assistant, I've had my fair share of interesting days. I work at a hospital in the Chicago suburbs, where I've been a PA in the emergency department for three years. In the past month, I've worked with a handful of COVID-19 patients who have come to the ER. Physician's assistants are able to…