by Richard A. Hendricks | May 28, 2020 | Health News
With social distancing rules keeping families apart, many of the sick died alone in hospital rooms as loved ones were forced to say goodbye through phone screens. Others have died at home, too sick or too scared to go to the hospital for coronavirus tests. Their stories never made it to the roster of deaths, […]
by Richard A. Hendricks | May 22, 2020 | Health News
But the report also found that deaths of despair increased in some minority communities during the same time period. And separately alcohol-related deaths were up 4% and suicides were up 2%, the analysis by the non-profit health policy groups Trust for America’s...
by Richard A. Hendricks | May 13, 2020 | Health News
“We originally had thought that people would go the distance, keep social distance in place right until the end of May,” Murray said. “But what’s happened is states have relaxed early.” And the public is following their government’s...
by Richard A. Hendricks | May 11, 2020 | Health News
The model from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington now forecasts more than 137,000 Americans will die by early August. That rise is largely due to Americans moving around more, IHME Director Dr. Christopher Murray said in a...
by Richard A. Hendricks | May 6, 2020 | Health News
The growing death rate in pregnant and post-partum women is caused in part by pre-existing conditions such as high blood pressure and diabetes, the Heart Association said in a statement. Another problem is the increasing rate of pregnancies among older women which can...
