The following is a summary of "Early bacterial co-infections and ventilator-associated lower respiratory tract infections ...

Dr. John Hick holds a laryngoscope, often used during the intubation process for COVID-19 patients, in the emergency department at Hennepin Healthcare in Minneapolis on Feb. 12. On a calm day in ...

The narratives that have grown around pandemic lockdowns have increasingly supplanted any tales of the ingenuity, dedication, ...

In November 2019, a mysterious pneumonia appeared in Wuhan, China. The strange virus then appeared in Thailand, followed by Taiwan. By March 1, 2020, the first case was confirmed in New York City.

Dr. Joseph Varon hasn’t had a day off in months. Friday was his 134th consecutive day leading the coronavirus unit at Houston’s United Memorial Medical Center. “If you ask me how the hell ...

Five years ago, on March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Whether it still is depends on who you ask. There are no clear criteria to mark the end of a pandemic ...

Numbers and graphics on this page will continue to update automatically but may become out of date as public health agencies wind down reporting of various COVID-19 metrics. This page tracks the ...

One of the skills he learned is intubation—placing a breathing tube ... run the risk of exposure to other things. 4:31 a.m. A COVID-19 positive patient being prepared to be intubated by the ...

Even if they are treating someone who has COVID-19, they are only given a close-fitting N95 mask if the patient is receiving a treatment, such as intubation, that is likely to spread viral ...