Doctors form an essential part of an effective response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We argue they have a duty to participate in pandemic response due to their special skills, but these skills vary between different doctors, and their duties are constrained by other competing rights. We conclude ...
COVID-19 cases have picked up after a lull during a tight lockdown at the start of the year, especially in Kyiv and western Ukraine, where the government set up mobile hospitals to cope with a sharp spike in cases. Ukraine has registered 1.3 million cases with 26...
A patient is taken from an ambulance to the emergency room of a hospital in the Navajo Nation town of Tuba City during the 57-hour curfew, imposed to try to stop the spread of the Covid-19 virus through the Navajo Nation, in Arizona on May 24, 2020. Mark Ralston | AFP | Getty Ima...
Mexico Says Cuban Doctors Who Helped With COVID-19 Fight Flown Back to Cuba More MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Some 92 Cuban doctors and nurses who lent a hand to Mexico during the coronavirus pandemic in recent months have been flown home, Mexico's foreign ministry said on ...
Maurizio Bertaccini, a 67-year-old general practitioner, was among the most recent COVID-19 deaths, passing away on Tuesday, the 115th physician to die in Italy. According to his friend Maurizio Grossi, the impact of Bertaccini's death might have been different from other victims -- he...
"I was left to fend for myself from bed that first year because I did not fit the profile of who was considered high-risk," Angela Meriquez Vázquez said in her testimony to the senate. Vázquez described herself as a disabled former athlete and Long COVID patient. She was a runner fo...
World Cancer Day: telemedicine helps doctors treat cancer patients over COVIDBy Cao Bing Share Error loading player: No playable sources found 02:16 The past year of 2020 has been particularly difficult for cancer patients, especially those who live far from hospitals and ...
How? Blood flow jumps when people move around and subsides during rest. But some long Covid patients don’t get enough of a drop during rest because the fight-or-flight system that controls stress reactions stays activated, Verma said. ...
Frank Augstein/AP/Shutterstock As the UK—including the prime minister—clapped for carers, doctors held a silent protest outside the Downing Street gates, laying a wreath for all the NHS workers who have died with covid-19. …doi:10.1136/bmj.m2188...
The demand for online medical care has exploded during the COVID-19 pandemic, largely due to doctors and patients who’d prefer to limit in-person contact when possible. Patients who lack transportation or live a long distance from the nearest clinic have benefited greatly from the convenience ...