Like most Americans, I've spent the last several days learning to alter my daily life in the context of this unfamiliar construct of "social distancing." As a surgeon in the midst of preparing for the challenges of Covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, I am beginning to worry about the implications of what I call "patient distancing" --separating families from their loved ones in hospitals and long-term care facilities.
With cases reported in locations around the world, the spread of novel coronavirus has travelers on edge. Much is still unknown about the outbreak, and health officials are urging caution.
The coronavirus pandemic has opened the door for Medicare patients to have access to telehealth, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) said Tuesday. But what is that, exactly?
As the United States struggled to launch testing for the novel coronavirus using kits developed by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Health Organization shipped hundreds of thousands of tests to countries around the world.
One dose of the main psychoactive ingredient (THC) in cannabis -- equal to one joint -- in otherwise healthy people, can temporarily induce psychiatric symptoms including those associated with schizophrenia.
The US Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday issued a final rule that requires tobacco companies to place new graphic health warnings on cigarette packages and in advertisements.
Dozens of people from their 50s to their 90s have died in the United States after contracting the novel coronavirus and the death toll continues rising.
New York restaurant and bar owners could be arrested if they refuse to abide by Mayor Bill de Blasio's executive order to restrict them to delivery and take-out only.
The drastic measures enforced by China during the coronavirus outbreak have slashed deadly air pollution, potentially saving the lives of tens of thousands of people, a Stanford University researcher said.
Hundreds of millions of people around the world have suddenly found themselves under lockdown in the past 24 hours, as governments scramble to impose coronavirus-related restrictions.
A study by UK epidemiologists predicts that attempts to slow, or mitigate -- rather than actively halt, or suppress -- the novel coronavirus could overwhelm the number of intensive care hospital beds and lead to about 250,000 deaths in the UK and more than a million in the United States during the course of the current pandemic.
It can be hard to find and maintain the motivation to make a habit stick, but experts have a few secrets that can propel you through the hard moments to achieving your goals.
The head of the World Health Organization has a simple message for all countries about who should be tested for coronavirus: "Test, test, test. Test every suspected case." Yet, the American medical system is scrambling to keep up with this directive.
