Tag: icu
ICU doctor describes omicron outbreak at Cedars-Sinai Hospital
ICU Director Dr. Oren Friedman offers a look at how Cedars-Sinai Marina Del Ray Hospital has been holding up amid the omicron outbreak. WATCH the…
ICUs at capacity in Alabama as COVID-19 hospitalizations rise
Alabama is averaging more than 3,600 new cases per day and only 45% of adults there are fully vaccinated. #Coronavirus #COVID-19 #DeltaVariant #Vaccine source
Alabama runs out of ICU beds as coronavirus surge continues l GA
COVID hospitalizations are at the highest point since January, especially in Southern states including Alabama, which has run out of ICU beds. COVID-19 live updates:…
Southwest Airlines apologizes for canceling over 300 flights Monday morning | ABC News
Southwest Airlines canceled over 300 flights Monday morning and is apologizing to stranded passengers after a weekend of chaos. Plus, what the nation’s top doctor…
33 Million Under New Lockdown As California Sees Record Daily Cases | NBC Nightly News
California reported more than 30,000 new Covid-19 infections in a single day. With cases rising and open ICU beds dropping to critically low levels, a…
Red Sox icon David Ortiz takes first steps after shot in the back
His family said he will have to spend several days inside the intensive care unit of a Boston hospital after being ambushed at a nightclub…
‘I was in… excruciating pain’ A growing number of younger COVID-19 patients | Nightline
Instagram influencers, celebrities and even the U.S. surgeon general have pleaded with young people, especially those out on spring break, to take COVID-19 precautions seriously….
Authorities crackdown on churches, parties where stay-at-home orders are ignored | Nightline
Police are breaking up parties, issuing fines and even arresting people found ignoring emergency orders to stay home, including two pastors who held services within…
Pence gives possible COVID-19 timeline, urges everyone to do their part
With “challenging days that lie ahead” in the fight against the novel coronavirus, Vice President Mike Pence said he wants people to know “that our…
Coronavirus recovery stories offer hope as US crisis persists | Nightline
Titou Phommachanh, 44, says his wife and daughters were his motivation to fight COVID-19 during his three-week hospital stay. Taylor Young’s family is hopeful the…
More states from Louisiana to Michigan confronting uptick in COVID-19 cases | Nightline
Louisiana, Georgia, Florida and Michigan are some of the states grappling with how to manage a massive surge in coronavirus cases. Workers on the front…
Michigan Gov. Whitmer: We need ‘a national strategy’ to combat the coronavirus
Whitmer spoke to “Nightline” about the state’s surge in COVID-19 cases, how she plans to address the shortage of protective equipment and the back-and-forth between…
Recovering COVID-19 patient talks about being on a ventilator, how it saved him | Nightline
ventilator, how it saved him David Lat speaks openly about his month-long battle with COVID-19. “Nightline” also gets a rare look inside a New York…
Trump ‘saddened’ that Boris Johnson admitted to hospital
President Trump offered well wishes to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who has been admitted to an intensive care unit in England after suffering persistent…
COVID-19 responses in countries around the world see varied results l Nightline
Marty McCarthy is returning home to Australia but must quarantine under strict rules for two weeks. Other countries in Europe are seeing success with testing….
Doctors, nurses across US answer call for help in COVID-19 epicenter, New York | Nightline
With many health care workers falling ill and fighting exhaustion, nurses and doctors are traveling from around the country or from outside their practice area,…
The other frontlines of COVID-19: Keeping the lights on and communities operational | Nightline
During the COVID-19 pandemic, these key workers go to work every day despite the threat of the virus to keep hospitals and streets clean, people’s…
Thousands of Michigan health care workers are sick
Governor Whitmer says hospitals are days away from running out of personal protective gear. ABC News’ Mona Kosar Abdi reports. BREAKING NEWS UPDATES: https://abcnews.go.com/Health/Coronavirus SUBSCRIBE…
‘The worst is over if we continue to be smart’: Gov. Cuomo
Gov. Andrew Cuomo warned that the reopening of the state will be a process, it won’t be a “flick of a switch.” BREAKING NEWS UPDATES:…
A Louisiana critical care nurse facing the pandemic daily
James Bamber, an ICU nurse at Ochsner Medical Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, discusses his experience and how he’s forced to use Facetime with his…