Leading physician gives warning as post-Thanksgiving Covid-19 hospitalizations hit a record 93,238

A leading physician gave a dire warning that the coronavirus is ‘a natural disaster occurring in all 50 states at the same time’ on Sunday, after millions passed through US airports for Thanksgiving against CDC advice. Emergency medicine physician Dr. Megan Ranney sounded the alarm as the number of COVID-19 patients currently being treated in hospitals … Read more

Former FDA Commissioner urges people to ‘buy better masks’ amid surging cases and hospitalizations 

Now you SHOULD buy an N95: Former FDA commissioner urges Americans to ‘buy better masks’ to protect themselves amid record-high surges in coronavirus cases Former FDA Commissioner Dr Scott Gottlieb wrote an op-ed in which he encouraged American to buy better masks He recommended the N95, or its equivalent, due to its proven ability to … Read more

US COVID-19 hospitalizations surpass the April peak by 17%

New coronavirus cases in the US have topped 100,000 on a daily basis for 13 days in a row and nearly 70,000 people are currently hospitalized for the infection across the country. With 69,455 people hospitalized as of Sunday, there are now 17 percent more people being treated for COVID-19 in U.S. facilities than were … Read more

US COVID-19 hospitalizations surpass the April peak by 17%

New coronavirus cases in the US have topped 100,000 on a daily basis for 13 days in a row and nearly 70,000 people are currently hospitalized for the infection across the country. With 69,455 people hospitalized as of Sunday, there are now 17 percent more people being treated for COVID-19 in U.S. facilities than were … Read more

US coronavirus hospitalizations hit record-high since JULY

With the presidential election just five days days away, coronavirus cases, hospitalizations and deaths are all on sharp upward track in the US as the average number of daily infections reached a record high on Wednesday.  The seven-day rolling average number of new daily cases hit a record  high of 74,134, according to a DailyMail.com … Read more

US reports record 481,000 new coronavirus cases in a single week as hospitalizations spike by 14.5%

The US has set a record for new coronavirus cases reported in a single week with more than 481,300 infections, as the virus continues to surge across the Midwest and the South.  The seven-day moving average of new daily cases stood at 68,767 after Sunday – the highest peak since late July and a 5.9 … Read more

CDC no longer publicly displays data on coronavirus hospitalizations

A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website that, up until yesterday, publicly displayed how many US hospital and ICU beds were occupied by coronavirus patients will now only show out-of-date information.  It comes after the Trump Administration instructed hospitals to send their COVID-19 directly to a new Department of Health and Human Services … Read more

More hope for New York as hospitalizations drop again and there are fewer ICU admissions

New York’s ICU admissions fell again on Thursday to lower than they were before the coronavirus crisis began, another indication that the state has hit its peak and is now on the road to restarting the economy with antibody tests, thousands of which will become available next week.  Hospitalizations increased slightly from 200 new admissions … Read more