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Japanese health care facilities are getting stretched thin amid a surge in coronavirus patients April 12, 2020, 5:58 AM 3 min read 3 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and […]

Image copyright Getty Images NHS staff on the front line of the coronavirus pandemic could develop anxiety, burnout, or post-traumatic stress disorder, the BBC has been told. Psychological first aid should be provided as the UK runs the risk of a “future mental health crisis”, the British Psychological Society said. Ministers say NHS staff can

NEW YORK — As health officials around the world push to get more ventilators to treat coronavirus patients, some doctors are moving away from using the breathing machines when they can. The reason: Some hospitals have reported unusually high death rates for coronavirus patients on ventilators, and some doctors worry that the machines could be

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Boris Johnson is expected to rest and recover in the coming weeks, with Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab continuing to deputise for him Boris Johnson has said he owes his life to the NHS staff treating him for coronavirus. The prime minister, 55, thanked medics at St Thomas’ hospital in

The U.S. has overtaken Italy for the highest death toll in the world from the coronavirus April 12, 2020, 1:51 AM 6 min read 6 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus eclipsed Italy’s to become the highest in the world at more than 20,000, as

Image copyright Science Photo Library Some key medicines used in intensive care are “in relatively short supply”, the BBC has learned. Supply of anaesthetic medicines in some areas is “a bit stretched”, according to the Royal College of Anaesthetists. One consultant has told the BBC that supplies are “running low” and alternatives are already being

For COVID-19 patients, a hospital stay can be especially scary: You’re in a foreign environment, battling a virus that didn’t exist months ago, without friends and family there to comfort you. The only people you do see are your medical team, and even they’re suited up in head-to-toe protective gear that conceals most of their

A federal judge says the city of Louisville cannot halt a local church’s drive-in service planned for Easter April 11, 2020, 10:27 PM 4 min read 4 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article FRANKFORT, Ky. — The city of Louisville, Kentucky, cannot halt a local church’s drive-in service planned for Easter, a

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption People are being told to stay at home as much as possible – despite the good weather The UK has recorded 917 new coronavirus deaths, taking the total number of people who have died in hospital with the virus to 9,875. For the second day in a row, more

The Funniest Tweets From Parents This Week (April 4-10) | HuffPost Life Part of HuffPost Parenting. ©2020 Verizon Media. All rights reserved. Huffington Post. Kids may say the darndest things, but parents tweet about them in the funniest ways. So, each week we round up the most hilarious 280-character quips from moms and dads to