Loading the player… Two southern states in India became the latest to declare lockdowns, as coronavirus cases surge at breakneck speed across the country and pressure mounts on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to implement a nationwide shutdown. At over 300,000, Karnataka’s capital of Bengaluru has the highest active caseload of any Indian city. But… Read More: India’s surge hits southern states, prompts more lockdowns »
Boris Johnson promises NHS will get ‘all the funding it needs’ to get through Covid backlog as number waiting for routine treatment hits ANOTHER record-high with 4.7million patients on the list 387,885 people have now waited more than a year for hospital treatment 30.3% of people diagnosed with cancer are waiting more than two months… Read More: Covid-19 UK: NHS waiting list hits ANOTHER record-high amid pandemic,… »
Mark Johnson, 30, of Glenside in the Mt Airy/Wadsworth section of Northwest Philadelphia, PA on June 1, 2020. (Photo by Bastiaan Slabbers/NurPhoto via Getty Images) COVID-19 continues to devastate Black communities despite myths that Blacks either cannot be affected or that they are not taking this pandemic seriously. As more data becomes widely available, results… Read More: Black people are in no rush to re-open economy despite… »
Enlarge this image Amid the COVID-19 epidemic, there has been a steep drop in patients seeking nonurgent primary care and specialty care. LM Otero/AP hide caption toggle caption LM Otero/AP Just three weeks ago, Dr. Kathryn Davis worried about the novel coronavirus but not about how it might impact her group of five OB-GYNs who… Read More: COVID-19 Hits Some Health Care Workers With Pay Cuts And… »