Grandfather, 59, who had to delay life-saving heart surgery due to coronavirus pandemic nearly died

A grandfather was a ‘ticking time bomb’ after he had to delay his heart surgery due to the coronavirus pandemic and nearly died from it. Jeff Street, 59, from Pocapello, Idaho, was born with a congenital condition that affects the way blood flows from the heart. After the largest blood vessel in his heart became severely … Read more

AstraZeneca is only covid vaccine-maker to promise US its shot at cost

AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson promised to offer their coronavirus vaccines to the US at cost during testimony before a Congressional committee on Tuesday. UK-based Astrazeneca also said that it would ramp up production of its prospective vaccine – created with Oxford University – to ensure that 300 million doses are available to the US … Read more

Coronavirus US: Black and Hispanic patients’ lung damage worse

Black and Hispanic coronavirus patients had lung damage that was 1.5 times worse than the infection’s attacks on white Americans, X-rays reveal Researchers looked at chest X-rays of 326 patients hospitalized with coronavirus between March 27 and April 10 Patients were given mRALE scores based on how severely the disease had impacted their lungs White patients … Read more

Up to 24 TIMES more Americans have had coronavirus than current case counts show, study suggests

As many as one-quarter of Americans may have contracted the novel coronavirus since the start of the pandemic, a new study suggests. Current case counts show that 3.8 million people in the US have fallen ill with COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, according to Johns Hopkins University. But a team, led by the … Read more

Red rash-like splotches in the MOUTH may be a new symptom of coronavirus, study suggests

Red rash-like splotches in the MOUTH may be a new symptom of coronavirus, Spanish study suggests Researchers examined 21 patients at a hospital in Madrid, Spain, who had skin rashes and a confirmed cases of coronavirus One-third of the patients had enanthem, which are rash-like lesions that usually form in the mouth All the patients with … Read more