Leading in Time of COVID: A True Test of Leadership
By Folake OlayinkaAug 15 2020 (IPS) In 1918, the Spanish Flu, a deadly influenza caused by the H1N1 virus, decimated the world. Over the course of four successive waves, it infected 500 million people, about a third of the world’s population at the time, resulting in 50 million deaths.
More recently between 2014 and mid-2016 , the Ebola virus epidemic was the most widespread outbreak of Ebola virus disease in history—causing devastating loss of life and socioeconomic disruption in the West Africa region, mainly in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. These outbreaks, as well as SARS and MERS, each have provided lessons...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - August 15, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Folake Olayinka Tags: Democracy Headlines Health Source Type: news
Excess Mortality During Peak of 1918 Flu Similar to COVID - 19 in NYC
Incidence rate ratio for all - cause mortality 0.70 during peak of 1918 H1N1 flu, early COVID - 19 (Source: Pulmonary Medicine News - Doctors Lounge)
Source: Pulmonary Medicine News - Doctors Lounge - August 14, 2020 Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: Family Medicine, Infections, Internal Medicine, Critical Care, Emergency Medicine, Nursing, Pathology, Pediatrics, Pulmonology, Journal, Source Type: news
Excess Mortality During Peak of 1918 Flu Similar to COVID-19 in NYC
FRIDAY, Aug. 14, 2020 -- Excess mortality during the peak of the 1918 H1N1 influenza pandemic was comparable to that seen early in the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak in New York City, according to a research letter published online Aug. 13 in JAMA... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - August 14, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Deaths during the coronavirus surge in New York City recall the peak of the 1918 flu pandemic
A new study finds that deaths in New York City in the early part of the Covid-19 pandemic were comparable to deaths in the city at the peak of what's considered the deadliest pandemic to date -- the flu pandemic of 1918. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - August 14, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
COVID Likely Deadlier for New York Than 1918 Flu
Crunching the numbers from New York City during the worst two months of the 1918 flu epidemic (October-November of that year) and the two months encompassing the height of this year's COVID-19 outbreak (March 11- May 11), researchers said the latter may have been the more lethal. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - August 13, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
In N.Y.C. ’s Spring Virus Surge, a Frightening Echo of 1918 Flu
In March and April, death rates rivaled those seen during the country ’s deadliest pandemic, a new study finds. “What 1918 looked like is basically this.” (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - August 13, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Apoorva Mandavilli Tags: your-feed-science Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Epidemics Influenza Epidemic (1918-19) Deaths (Fatalities) JAMA Network Open New York City Disease Rates Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Health and Mental Hygiene Department (NYC) Ma Source Type: news
COVID-19 deaths in NYC 'comparable' to 1918-1919 flu pandemic, study shows
Deaths from COVID-19 in New York City during the first two months of the outbreak were " remarkably comparable " to those seen in the city at the height of the 1918-1919 flu pandemic, a new study says. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - August 13, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
In N.Y.C. ’s Coronavirus Surge, a Frightening Echo of the 1918 Flu
This spring, death rates rivaled those seen during the country ’s deadliest pandemic, a new study finds. “What 1918 looked like is basically this.” (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - August 13, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Apoorva Mandavilli Tags: your-feed-science Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Epidemics Influenza Epidemic (1918-19) Deaths (Fatalities) JAMA Network Open New York City Disease Rates Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Health and Mental Hygiene Department (NYC) Ma Source Type: news
Covid-19 death toll rivals fatality rate during 1918 flu epidemic, researchers say
‘Excess death’ rate for the current outbreak in New York City has quadrupled, according to a new analysis (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - August 13, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Lenny Bernstein Source Type: news
What Was More Deadly for New Yorkers – COVID-19 or the 1918 Flu?
THURSDAY, Aug. 13, 2020 -- New York City residents have seen their fair share of health crises over the past century, but a new study finds that this year ' s COVID-19 pandemic may have been more deadly than even the killer flu outbreak of... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - August 13, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Comparing excess deaths in New York during COVID-19 with 1918 influenza pandemic
(JAMA Network) Excess deaths in New York during the peak of the 1918 influenza pandemic were compared with those during the initial period of the COVID-19 outbreak in this study. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - August 13, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
In the shadow of Covid-19, mental health help can't come soon enough
When the flu pandemic hit the United States in 1918, medical care was a privilege reserved for the elite. But the widespread outbreak of a deadly virus did not adhere to social hierarchies. It highlighted an inadequate system that too few could access. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - August 12, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
‘Our Moment To Take Charge.’ Eva Longoria on the Importance of Supporting Latino Communities Amid Coronavirus
During a TIME100 Talks discussion on Tuesday, award-winning actress and producer Eva Longoria discussed her role in new coalition Momento Latino, which aims to support the Latino community during — and in the aftermath of — the COVID-19 pandemic.
The pandemic has deepened long-standing inequalities apparent between white and Latino populations in the U.S., Longoria told TIME100 Talks correspondent Ashley C. Ford. “Whether it’s disparities in health care, or access to quality education or lack of economic mobility,” she said, coronavirus “has exacerbated the problems within our communiti...
Source: TIME: Health - August 11, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Madeleine Carlisle Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 TIME100 Talks Source Type: news
What We Don ’t Know About COVID-19 Can Hurt Us
Countries around the world have introduced stringent control measures to stop COVID-19 outbreaks growing, but now many find themselves facing the same situation again. From Melbourne to Miami, the relaxation of measures had led to increasing flare-ups, which in some places has already meant reclosing schools, businesses or travel routes. Within the U.S. and among different countries, places with wildly varying public-health policies have experienced wildly diverse outcomes. Most ominously, infections are rising rapidly in many places where they once were falling.
So how do countries avoid an indefinite, unsustainable, cycl...
Source: TIME: Health - August 3, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Adam Kucharski Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Source Type: news
Spain Is Facing a Second Wave of Coronavirus Outbreaks. Here ’s What to Know
Authorities in Spain prohibited anyone from entering or leaving the town of Totana in the southeastern part of the country yesterday, after 55 people who went to a local bar tested positive for COVID-19. The town, home to 32,000 people, is one of many in Spain to go back into lockdown, as the country struggles to contact trace and get a handle on new outbreaks popping up across the nation.
Spain was home to one of Europe’s worst COVID-19 outbreaks, experiencing 270,166 cases and 28,429 deaths since January. The country also had the world’s highest reported rate of COVID-19 infection for doctors and nurses. But ...
Source: TIME: Health - July 24, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Mélissa Godin Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Londontime Source Type: news
