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A 60-year-old COVID-19 patient is transferred to the main ICU at the La Timone hospital in Marseille, southern France, from a makeshift wing which could not support both the dialysis and respirator machines necessary for his worsening condition on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020. France is more than two weeks into its second coronavirus lockdown, and intensive care wards have been over 95% capacity for more than 10 days now. Marseille has been submerged with coronavirus cases since September. The port city, on France's Mediterranean coast, was spared the worst of the virus last spring only to be hit with a vengeance as the summer vacation wound down. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

‘Hallazgo revolucionario’ revela por qué ciertos pacientes mueren de COVID-19

November 23, 2020 at 11:02 p.m.

La doctora Megan Ranney ha aprendido mucho sobre COVID-19 desde que empezó a tratar pacientes con la enfermedad en el departamento de emergencias en febrero. Pero hay una pregunta que...

Lo que los doctores no aprenden: a detectar el racismo en la atención médica

November 17, 2020 at 3:33 p.m.

Betial Asmerom, estudiante de medicina de cuarto año en la Universidad de California-San Diego (UCSD), nunca había demostrado interés en ser doctora. En su adolescencia, ayudó a sus padres, inmigrantes...

People walk by the Pfizer world headquarters in New York on November 9, 2020. - Pfizer stock surged higher on November 9, 2020 prior to the opening of Wall Street trading after the company announced its vaccine is "90 percent effective" against Covid-19 infections. The news cheered markets worldwide, especially as coronavirus cases are spiking, forcing millions of people back into lockdown. (Photo by Kena Betancur / AFP) (Photo by KENA BETANCUR/AFP via Getty Images)

Cinco preguntas sobre la vacuna de Pfizer

November 12, 2020 at 12:41 p.m.

El anuncio de Pfizer de que su vacuna contra covid-19 prevendría que nueve de cada 10 personas contraigan la enfermedad hizo que el precio de sus acciones se disparara. Muchos...

An ambulance arrives at a parking lot at the Bronx Zoo on April 23, 2020 in New York City. Seven more big cats have reportedly tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19) after a tiger tested positive earlier in the month.

Lions and tigers and anteaters? US scientists scan the menagerie for COVID-19

November 10, 2020 at 2:51 p.m.

As COVID-19 cases surge in the U.S., one Texas veterinarian has been quietly tracking the spread of the disease — not in people, but in their pets. Since June, Dr....

Javier Becerra, fiscal general de California.

Becerra: los jueces deben ver que ACA es ‘indispensable’

November 10, 2020 at 11:38 a.m.

Cuando la Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos esté escuchando el martes 10 un caso que podría decidir el destino de la Ley de Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio (ACA),...

Dr. Matthew Lewin holds up a vial containing varespladib, a drug being tested for snakebite treatment. Varespladib may also help treat a respiratory condition caused by COVID-19.

An ER doctor’s search for a snakebite drug might lead to a COVID-19 treatment

November 9, 2020 at 11:02 a.m.

Emergency room doctor Matthew Lewin was researching snakebite treatments in rural locations in preparation for an expedition to the Philippines in 2011, and the death a decade earlier of renowned...

Norma Crosby speaks at the 2019 national convention for the National Federation of the Blind in Las Vegas. Because Texas does not have a mail-in ballot system that accommodates people with visual impairments, Crosby will risk her health to vote in person this year during a pandemic.

Savvy patient fought for the price she was quoted — and didn’t give up

October 30, 2020 at 3:57 p.m.

When Tiffany Qiu heard how much her surgery was going to cost her, she was sure the hospital's financial department had made a mistake. Qiu, who already knew from a...

A vehicle parked in Oakland, California, during the first weeks of the 2020 Black Lives Matter demonstrations.

‘All you want is to be believed’: The impacts of unconscious bias in health care

October 28, 2020 at 7:06 p.m.

In mid-March, Karla Monterroso flew home to Alameda, California, after a hiking trip in Utah's Zion National Park. Four days later, she began to develop a bad, dry cough. Her...

Unas 2,500 personas participan de los ensayos de COVID-19 de Regeneron, con unos 2,000 recibiendo la terapia de anticuerpos.

¿Pueden los pacientes de covid recibir el tratamiento de Trump?

October 23, 2020 at 11:59 a.m.

Cuando Terry Mutter se despertó con dolor de cabeza y músculos adoloridos, el levantador de pesas amateur lo atribuyó a un entrenamiento duro. Sin embargo, ese miércoles por la noche...

Older adults are notably resilient psychologically, having a lifetime of experience and perspective to draw from in difficult times.

Lifetime experiences help older adults build resilience to pandemic trauma

October 14, 2020 at 3:10 p.m.

Older adults are especially vulnerable physically during the coronavirus pandemic. But they're also notably resilient psychologically, calling upon a lifetime of experience and perspective to help them through difficult times....

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