Medical
Coronavirus: Number of deaths in care homes in the area revealed
The ONS figures show that overall deaths in the district in March were 141, slightly down on the previous five-year average of 143 for the month. ONS looks at registered deaths, which includes death certificates which include a mention of Covid-19 while CQC looks at death notifications - care homes telling the regulator in England they've had a death with Covid-19. [Full Article...]
Kentucky Democrat Governor Stops Bill That Would Save Babies Surviving Botched Abortions
Beshear announced three new deaths, two in Adair County and one in Jackson County, which is the lowest amount of new deaths in several days. -For acute care hospitals, maintain at least 30% bed capacity, per facility surge plan, in both ICU and total beds for COVID-19 patients. [Full Article...]
U.S. Surpasses 1 Million Mark in Coronavirus Cases
The coronavirus has killed more people in the United States than the seasonal flu in recent years, except for the 2017-2018 season, according to the U.S. USA coronavirus deaths, the highest in the world, now exceed the total number of Americans killed in the 1950-53 Korean War - 36,516. Monday's bleak milestone comes less than two weeks after the number of confirmed cases hit 2 million . [Full Article...]
British Airways lays off 12,000 staff
It swang into losses in the first quarter, with its operating profit, excluding "exceptional" items, down from €135 million a year ago to a loss of €535 million. It said it expected the second quarter to be much worse after it reduced passenger capacity in April and May by 94% compared to a year ago, only operating flights for essential travel and repatriation. [Full Article...]
No Hard Dates To Reopen Ontario Economy
Both Ford and Elliott, however, referred to the tenets of the plan, dubbed " A Framework for Reopening our Province ", which also call for a reduction in the number of hospitalizations before non-essential businesses can resume operations in Ontario. [Full Article...]
Doctors weigh in on Governor Abbott's plan to reopen the Texas economy
Under Abbott's plan, bars, gymnasiums, barbershops and hair salons will remain closed until at least May 18, when the state could launch a second phase of reopening businesses. "While it may be OK for other parts of Texas , it is not good in Paris". "The city can't impose any restrictions that supersede his orders", Portugal said. [Full Article...]
Health experts looking at reports of coronavirus-related syndrome among children
Hancock said, "I think that it is very important that we're constantly learning about how to do these things better and I think listening to the voices on the front line is a very, very important part of how we improve". Mr Hancock said that in an effort to "bring as much transparency as possible" to the death figures, "from tomorrow we will be publishing not just the number of deaths in hospital... [Full Article...]
India Dismisses Plasma Therapy as Treatment for COVID-19
The procedure involves the transfusion of blood plasma from a Covid-19 patient who has recovered to another patient who is critically ill. The health ministry official said that the country's top medical research body was conducting a study to find out the efficacy of plasma therapy and till then, doctors are advised to use it only for trial purposes. [Full Article...]