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Man Dies After Being Turned Away by 43 ICUs Slammed with COVID Patients
“He would not want any other family to go through what his did.”
COVID Patients Fighting for Their Lives Are Still Refusing the Vaccine
Arkansas has one of the lowest COVID vaccination rates in the country. VICE News embedded at a hospital in Little Rock where patients facing the threat of death still won’t get the shot.
‘Like a Post-Apocalyptic Movie’: Young People on Going to Hospital with COVID
As coronavirus cases in the UK concentrate amongst the young this summer, three people tell about their experience being hospitalised.
Houston Hospitals Deleted and Changed Charts That Track ICU Capacity
The Texas city is the latest to spin the severity of the pandemic with soothing colors and words that obscure the fact that its ICUs are overloaded.
I See Some of NYC's Sickest COVID Patients. This Is What My Day Is Like
When you’re not there, it’s hard to understand the difference between “we’re doing everything we can and it’s not working,” and “we’re giving up.”
We Talked to an ICU Nurse Working in an Overwhelmed Coronavirus Ward
“I think it’s too soon to have hope.”
Spain Is Finally Getting the Coronavirus 'Fire' Under Control
Spain has reported over 15,000 deaths, second only to Italy, but in recent days the number of new infections has started to flatten.
Boris Johnson Has Been Moved Into the ICU for Coronavirus
Johnson remains conscious and was moved to the ICU as a precaution should he require a ventilator.
Coronavirus Is Bad in the Cities. It Could Be Even Worse Outside of Them
Shortages in hospital staff, equipment, and space could force doctors in rural regions of the U.S. to begin the kind of unthinkable rationing decisions that have been reported in Italy.
Things You Learn When You Barely Survive a Motorbike Accident
I could hear a weird gurgling sound every time I tried to get air. I thought "this is it. You've done it this time."
Meet MUMPS, the Archaic Health-Care Programming Language That Predicted Big Data
In 1966 a pair of programmers saw the data future.
This Is What It Feels Like to Get Hit by Lightning
"I began to feel the raindrops trickling down again, so I pulled my hat down a little bit. That's the last thing I remember."