The first week-and-a-half following hospital discharge is the most dangerous for COVID-19 patients, a new study suggests. Researchers found that they were about 40 percent more likely to be rehospitalized or die within 10 days of leaving compared with patients ill with pneumonia or heart failure. However, after 60 days, the COVID-19 patients’ risk of … Read more
The first week-and-a-half following hospital discharge is the most dangerous for COVID-19 patients, a new study suggests. Researchers found that they were about 40 percent more likely to be rehospitalized or die within 10 days of leaving compared with patients ill with pneumonia or heart failure. However, after 60 days, the COVID-19 patients’ risk of … Read more
Pulse oximeters that measure blood oxygen levels are FOUR times more likely to be inaccurate in black patients than white patients, study finds, as scientists worry the devices weren’t designed to scan blood color through darker skin Researchers looked at readings of pulse oximeters, which measure oxygen levels, of black patients and white patients In 12% … Read more
An elementary school teacher who suffered with flu-like symptoms later developed sepsis that left her with rotting legs before she had all ten toes amputated. Skeeter Hockett, from Michigan, booked an appointment with doctors in March who sent her home after dismissing fears that she had the flu. But the 42-year-old’s condition worsened in the … Read more
The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Republicans‘ last-gasp bid to reverse Pennsylvania‘s certification of President-elect Joe Biden‘s victory in the electoral battleground – meaning he will be certified by the Electoral College as the winner. The court without comment refused to call into question the the certification process in Pennsylvania by voiding its mail-in ballots. No … Read more
The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Republicans’ last-gasp bid to reverse Pennsylvania’s certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the electoral battleground. The court without comment refused to call into question the the certification process in Pennsylvania. Gov. Tom Wolf already has certified Biden’s victory and the state’s 20 electors are to meet on Dec. … Read more
A pregnant mother who was intubated moments after giving birth to her son has died of COVID-19 without ever being able to hold the newborn in her arms. Erika Becerra, 33, died on Friday night in Detroit, Michigan, after testing positive for the virus three weeks ago; she was eight months pregnant at the time. As … Read more
TIME Magazine has announced its first-ever Kid of the Year – 15-year-old scientist and inventor Gitanjali Rao. Roa’s love for science began at the age of 10 when she discovered carbon nanotube sensor technology, which uses molecules to detect chemicals in water, and her passion grew from there. Prior to being named Kid of the Year, … Read more
The top Michigan Republican legislative leaders who met with President Trump at the White House as part of the president’s extraordinary move to try to overturn Joe Biden’s popular vote win in the state said Friday evening they will ‘follow the law.’ The lawmakers, Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey and House Speaker Lee Chatfield, issued a … Read more
Rate of suicidal thoughts among pregnant women and new mothers has TRIPLED and the rate of self-harm has doubled in the last decade Researchers looked at more than 595,000 women in the year before and after they gave birth from 2006 to 2017 Diagnoses of suicidality – meaning thoughts, plans and attempts – tripled from … Read more