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A COVID-19 patient in the intensive care unit at the United Memorial Medical Center, Houston, Texas on July 28th, 2020. Go Nakamura/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Go Nakamura/Getty Images A COVID-19 patient in the intensive care unit at the United Memorial Medical Center, Houston, Texas on July 28th, 2020. Go Nakamura/Getty Images Leslie Cutitta…

Three people were in a transit van when it was petrol bombed in Mfuleni.Their vehicle had been surrounded and attacked by a crowd during a violent protest.The man remains on a ventilator while the woman is suffering "excruciating pain" from burns sustained in the attack.A Cape Town man is on a ventilator in intensive care…

Extracorporeal Life Support Organization. Most are still on the machines, and data is incomplete, so survival rates are unclear.“ECMO doesn’t fix anything,” Dr. Raz said. “It keeps you alive while other things, hopefully, take place.”Mr. Bello’s lungs were so stiff that his “lung compliance” — a measure of elasticity that is usually over 100 in…

In a series of essays called The Distance, Thomas Lake is telling the stories of Americans living through the pandemic. Email [email protected] to share your story idea. (CNN)Kevin Rathel was delirious, paralyzed with drugs, trying to comprehend this waki…

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox.  Sign up here.Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk mocked CNN on Thursday, saying he’s surprised the liberal network still exists after it reported he did not supply ventilators to hospitals treating coronavirus patients -- a claim the billionaire disputed in a series of tweets“Three weeks…