A March 28 email from the NYU Langone Health Department of Emergency Medicine Chair told physicians to “think more critically about who we intubate,” according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. “In Emergency Medicine, we do not have the luxury of time, data, or committees to help with our critical triage decisions. Senior…… MORE
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Man awaiting liver transplant gets some hope during coronavirus outbreak
Zach Branson can once again look forward to getting a new lease on life now that his liver transplant has been rescheduled after being put on hold because of the coronavirus pandemic. Branson’s transplant was delayed when his uncle was no longer able to donate his liver after the outbreak forced hospitals to put elective…… MORE
Battling the coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 3,000 Americans will take cooperation from everyone, officials say
A record 574 deaths from coronavirus in the US was reported Monday and officials say the battle to defeat the virus will take cooperation from every American. “This is the whole of America approach, the cooperation we’re seeing all the way from the public, private to the interagency, to the state, local and federal part…… MORE
Coronavirus threatens other areas of scientific progress, researchers fear
On a normal day, Maddie LaRue would wake up, head to her lab and get to work. As a PhD candidate at New York University studying pancreatic cancer, and just months away from defending her thesis, she’s spent years getting to this point — years of cultivating a mouse colony with a particular genetic composition,…… MORE
Stress eating these days? Here’s some help
Stress eating is something that many people struggle with on a regular basis, when things are “normal.” But with the coronavirus pandemic challenging us in different ways each day, it seems to have become an equal opportunity problem, affecting even those who don’t typically eat in response to anxiety or other emotions. “I think I…… MORE
Prince Harry and Meghan officially start their non-royal life. Here’s what that will look like
When the Duke and Duchess of Sussex announced they would be giving up their senior royal roles to become “financially independent,” it sent shock waves through the British establishment and became the topic of intense debate across the country and beyond. Why are they doing it? How will they survive? And what do the rest…… MORE
11 veterans at a Massachusetts home for soldiers have died. 5 tested positive for coronavirus
Eleven veterans who live at the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke, Massachusetts, have died and five of them tested positive for coronavirus, Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse told CNN Monday. Tests are still pending for five other veterans who passed away and the status of the last one is unknown, Morse’s Chief of Staff Mike Bloomberg said.…… MORE
Idaho governor signs two anti-transgender bills into law
Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed two anti-transgender bills into law Monday. One measure bans transgender girls from playing on girls’ and women’s sports teams, while the other prohibits transgender people from changing their gender on Idaho birth certificates. Little’s office did not comment on the laws. House Bill 500, also known as the Fairness in…… MORE
California doctors ‘cautiously hopeful’ early shelter at home measures are working
Two weeks after San Francisco issued the country’s first shelter-in-place order for residents to prevent spread of the novel coronavirus, hospital emergency rooms throughout the region appear to be seeing the early effects. “The surge we have been anticipating has not yet come,” Dr. Jahan Fahimi, an emergency physician and medical director at the University…… MORE
Trump’s self-congratulatory presence marks stark contrast with death toll
It is falling to President Donald Trump to lead America into its most tragic month in decades, as experts say the coronavirus pandemic could kill more citizens than the Vietnam and Korean wars combined. But the President’s bullish, self-congratulatory rhetoric — a staple of a presidency that has divided the nation — is still jarring…… MORE
