Hospitals

The U.S. counted 214,764 COVID-19 cases and 2,105 reported deaths Sunday. The 2.4 million cases logged so far in January is more than any other month except November’s 4.3 million and December’s 6.4 million. In all, more than 22.4 million have been infected and 374,000-plus have died of the disease, according to NBC News’ tally. At least 50 cases of...

Japan’s National Institute of Infectious Diseases said Sunday that it discovered a new coronavirus variant in four travelers arriving from Brazil.

NBC News reports about 50% of workers in California’s Riverside County have refused to take the vaccine, along with 60% of nursing home staff in Ohio. While local healthcare systems don’t have the exact number of people that are passing on the vaccine in San Diego, most representatives say it’s about 2 to 3%. After trials involving tens of thousands…

The California Department of Public Health issued an order late Tuesday directing hospitals to delay non-urgent surgery in an effort to help the state’s strained health care system, but some San Diego County medical facilities had already gotten a head start.

An occupational therapist who has been treating COVID-19 patients during the pandemic says the suffering and death she and her colleagues have witnessed over the past year have taken a a steep emotional toll. Lizzy Pesch joined LX News to share a powerful poem she wrote about the experience and the moment that inspired her put her feelings on paper.

As the pandemic strains hospital resources across the country, some may have to consider activating “crisis standards of care.” Here’s what that means.

While a new price transparency rule is aimed at helping consumers shop around for services, it isn’t without challenges.

COVID-19 cases are soaring across the country, and no area is currently harder hit than Los Angeles County in California. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital in LA, a public hospital with 131 beds, has stretched its capacity to now treat over 200 patients. Dr. Elaine Batchlor, the hospital’s CEO, explains how her staff is stretching its capacity limits and...

Facilities already overwhelmed by coronavirus cases are preparing for even more patients in the wake of holiday travel.

Hospitals struggling to provide enough oxygen for the sickest coronavirus patients in the Los Angeles area began to receive help over the weekend when U.S. Army Corps of Engineers crews arrived to update their oxygen delivery systems.

Adventist Health White Memorial hospital, a facility that’s been over-stretched by the COVID-19 virus and deluged with patients is getting some help now from the California National Guard, the state and the Army Corps of Engineers.

California hospitals are facing increasingly difficult decisions about which services to postpone amid a crushing load of coronavirus patients

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is asking for help to identify a patient who arrived at the Los Angeles hospital in mid-June.

California has recorded a half-million coronavirus cases in the last two weeks, overwhelming emergency rooms in urban centers and rural areas including along the Mexican border where a small hospital system warns it is fast running out of patient beds.

When Gov. Gavin Newsom provided a dire view of California’s out-of-control surge of coronavirus cases and hospitalizations this week, he referred to projection models of future death and misery that he said were becoming “alarmingly” more accurate.

“I think they could have pushed out more vaccine through the hospitals this month than what they’re doing,” Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC on Friday.

Small town hospitals and health systems already faced grave challenges before COVID-19 swept the country. Today, they are cracking under the strain of this relentless pandemic. Hospitals are depleting their resources, bleeding money and still facing a losing battle to cope with the incoming wave of COVID-19 patients. The toll on frontline workers in these hospitals is even greater.

Hospital CEOs expressed confidence Thursday that the hesitancy among some employees around Covid-19 vaccinations will fade over time.

Limited hospital capacity in San Diego County due to increasing COVID-19 patients and limited staff created a trial by fire over the weekend for a pilot ambulance diversion program designed to equitably distribute patients among hospitals amid a disaster. “This new tool is an added level of ability to manage patients in the pre-hospital space,” Dr. Eric McDonald, Medical Director…

Construction is expected to begin Wednesday on mobile field hospitals in Orange County as coronavirus cases and hospitalizations reach record highs.