COVID-19 is causing ambulance delays and longer ER waits even for those without coronavirus
TOPSHOT - Medical Director of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Dr. Thomas Yadegar walks inside a temporary Emergency Room, built into a parking garage at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center in Tarzana, California on January 3, 2021. - Approximately four weeks ago, the hospital had a very manageable census, and very small amounts of patients in the ICU, but since Thanksgiving it seems like the census has been doubling every 10 days and they ve gotten to a point where 80% of the hospital is filled with patients with Covid-19, and 90% of the ICU is now filled with Covid-19. According to doctor Yadegar, it s not just a matter of room, but it s also the staffing to have nurses, as well as doctors to be able to take care of those patients. It s very difficult to get critical care nurses and doctors. So, it s hard to expand, even if we can expand with the number of beds in the rooms it
Jan 21, 2021 10:25am
Pfizer and BioNTech join with health groups to promote “Science can make this possible. Only you can make it real,” COVID-19 awareness campaign.(Getty/Meyer & Meyer)
Remember hugging, playing with grandchildren, kissing people goodbye and sharing exciting news with family in person? While COVID-19 has kiboshed those things, Pfizer and BioNTech want to remind people about them and how they ll be possible again with vaccines.
The Comirnaty vaccine makers, together with a coalition of health organizations, recently debuted an awareness campaign aimed at shoring up confidence in the new COVID-19 shots.
The 25- to 30-second videos are real takes of real people found online and then licensed with consent for the digital campaign, which launched last week on social media. Future plans include a move to local TV.
Print article Alaska is in the midst of a second wave of coronavirus that’s setting new records and shows no sign of slowing. Case numbers are surging in Anchorage and Fairbanks but also in isolated, medically underserved rural communities including the Yukon River delta village of Chevak where nearly 18% of the population tested positive in the space of just a few days. Statewide, there are so many people testing positive that public health workers can’t keep up with the contact tracing that’s a central part of Alaska’s strategy to contain coronavirus. Alaska statewide case-count records were shattered on Saturday, with 355 new cases reported, then again Sunday with 526 cases. The numbers of people hospitalized in Alaska with COVID-19 hit its highest level at one time so far on Friday, at 59, and 58 were reported hospitalized on Sunday. Hospitalizations are considered a “lagging indicator,” meaning people admitted to the hospital with COVID-19 may have tested pos