Two staff members wheel Amwell telemedicine carts into the entrance of the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Benioff Children’s Hospital in Mission Bay, San Francisco, California during an outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus, March 16, 2020. Smith Collection | Gado | Getty Images As companies across the U.S. see plunging demand from two months… Read More »
I was in medical school when the world saw the news of the Zika and Ebola viruses, but never have I seen mass hysteria to this level for COVID-19. No longer is coronavirus what is depicted in a copy of First Aid for the USMLE Step 1, where it says coronavirus is a cause for… Read More »
In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, people’s ‘ordinary’ health needs continue, with many left struggling or in pain due to operations on hold or procedures cancelled. he Irish Patients Association (IPA) says there’s been a huge fall off in hospital admissions and attendance since the pandemic began and the patients’ advocacy group is warning… Read More »