Los Angeles County’s COVID cases and hospitalizations are continuing to increase as a new subvariant of the coronavirus makes further gains across the state. For the seven-day period that ended Sunday, there were an average of 121 new cases per day in L.A. County, up from 106 a day the prior week, according to the […]
After thousands of households made one simple switch in their kitchens, Ecuador appears to be cooking its way to a healthier future and a less burdened health care system. In August 2023, researchers revealed that hospitalization rates and harmful pollution likely declined “in lockstep” with the increased adoption of induction stoves over a six-year span. […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A raft of hypothermia hospitalizations and other questionable conditions at a Virginia prison uncovered in a recent report deserve further scrutiny, leading Democratic state lawmakers said this week. Lawmakers pledged to press Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin‘s administration for answers and called for a newly created prisons watchdog to look into the […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Virginia State Police investigator seemed puzzled about what the inmate was describing: “unbearable” conditions at a prison so cold that toilet water would freeze over and inmates were repeatedly treated for hypothermia. “How do you get hypothermia in a prison?” the investigator asked. “You shouldn’t.” The exchange, captured on video […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Virginia State Police investigator seemed puzzled about what the inmate was describing: “unbearable” conditions at a prison so cold that toilet water would freeze over and inmates were repeatedly treated for hypothermia. “How do you get hypothermia in a prison?” the investigator asked. “You shouldn’t.” The exchange, captured on video […]
The number of patients hospitalized due to COVID-19 has hit its lowest weekly level since the start of the pandemic. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports just 5,615 were hospitalized in the U.S. due to the coronavirus the week of April 20, the most recent data available. That’s far below the 150,650 who […]
Weekly COVID-19 hospitalizations have hit their lowest level ever reported since the pandemic began, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There were 5,615 COVID hospitalizations in the most recent week data that is available. In comparison, there were over 150,000 weekly admissions at the peak of the Omicron variant circulating […]
Respiratory virus activity continues to remain elevated across the United States but there may be some signs that a peak has been reached for at least one virus, newly updated federal data shows. As of Friday, “high” or “very high” levels of respiratory illness activity — defined as people visiting a health care provider with […]
In the past two weeks, hospital admissions due to COVID-19 have gone up 20% in the U.S. and 27% in New Jersey, according to federal Centers for Disease Control data. And across the state, a pocket shared by Monmouth and Ocean counties is seeing the biggest hike in hospital admissions due to COVID-19. More: JN.1 […]
As a seasonal slew of respiratory illnesses circulate, it’s Covid that continues to send the most people to the hospital, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday. “Covid is still the primary cause of new respiratory virus hospitalizations and death,” CDC Director Dr. Mandy Cohen said at a briefing for reporters Friday. The […]