(Natural News) “First, do no harm” is the most iconic – if not, the most important – maxim in the medical profession. But a leading hospital in London not only failed to uphold these principles, but it also imposed treatment limitations on over half of its COVID-19 patients at the height of the pandemic. King’s College Hospital, one […]

(Natural News) In mid-July, Republican Mayor of the City of Miami, Francis Suarez, warned that many of the city’s hospitals were at around 95 percent capacity due to the massive new influx of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases. Now, a July 27 report prepared by the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said that the hospitals […]

(Natural News) Deaths from COVID-19 patients in intensive care units (ICUs) have fallen by a third since the early stages of the pandemic, suggest British researchers. In their report, which they published in the journal Anaesthesia, the team noted that overall ICU mortality of patients with severe COVID-19 symptoms has declined from around 60 percent at […]

(Natural News) As coronavirus cases blast skyward across the United States, it has become increasingly clear that not all of them are being ‘domestically produced,’ so to speak. In fact, in some Southwestern regions of the country, the dramatic increases in COVID-19-related hospitalizations are coming from across the border. As hospital ICUs and floors filled […]

(Natural News) Houston’s intensive-care wards are being filled beyond capacity, forcing hospitals in America’s fourth-largest city to tap into “surge capacity” to cope with a resurgent Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. As of Tuesday, intensive-care units in Houston were at handling around 1,350 patients – 102 percent of capacity – according to the Texas Medical Center. […]

(Natural News) A Houston hospital that has been called the largest medical complex in the world has stated that it is running out of intensive-care beds in the face of a resurgence of Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) infections in the state. The Texas Medical Center (TMC) announced Tuesday that 97 percent of its intensive-care unit (ICU) beds […]

(Natural News) Many experts warned that ending the lockdown too soon would lead to a surge in coronavirus cases, and that’s precisely what is now unfolding in Texas. The state reported 3,280 new cases on Monday, bringing the total for Texas to 114,881. Houston is one city that is already struggling to keep up with […]

(Natural News) While the vast majority of people who contract the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) seem to show minimal, if any, symptoms, there is that much smaller percentage of more serious cases that is wreaking havoc at hospital intensive care units (ICUs). This is the claim of Alex Hakim, an ICU doctor who says that there […]

(Natural News) We’re still in the process of learning about what life is like for those who have survived coronavirus infections. Anyone who has overcome the virus has plenty to be thankful for, but it’s often a difficult road to return to normal. And in the case of a pair of Chinese doctors, it’s also […]

(Natural News) When President Donald Trump invoked the Defense Production Act earlier this month, he said he wasn’t certain he’d ever have to use it. The Korean War-era law gives him the authority to order U.S. manufacturers to produce certain goods needed to battle the coronavirus outbreak. The National Sentinel reported March 22:  But the […]