Tag: Hospital and clinic services
Brazil backs away from the virus brink, but remains at risk
RIO DE JANEIRO — For most of this month, intensive care units across Brazil were at or near capacity amid a crush of COVID-19...
India’s COVID-19 human crisis spirals with record new cases
NEW DELHI — India’s coronavirus cases climbed again Friday, prompting the army to open up its hospitals in a desperate bid to control a...
Police: Suspect in hospital killings is clinic employee
BERLIN — German police said Thursday that a 51-year-old woman detained on suspicion of killing four people at a hospital in the eastern city...
Widespread infections early in the year weigh on Merck Q1
KENILWORTH, NJ — COVID-19 infections weighed Merck with so many people avoiding visits to hospitals or even the doctor early in the first quarter....
Virus surge in crowded Gaza threatens to overwhelm hospitals
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — More than a year into the coronavirus pandemic, some of the worst fears are coming true in the crowded...
Lab director blames hospital for fertility clinic failure
Three years after a malfunctioning storage tank destroyed thousands of frozen eggs and embryos at an Ohio fertility clinic, its former lab director is...
‘No place for you’: Indian hospitals buckle amid virus surge
NEW DELHI — Seema Gandotra, sick with the coronavirus, gasped for breath in an ambulance for 10 hours, as it tried unsuccessfully at six...
Greece lifts quarantine requirement for US, EU, others
ATHENS, Greece — Greece on Monday lifted quarantine restrictions for travelers from most European countries, as well as Israel and the United States as...
France’s pandemic death toll set to pass 100,000 amid surge
PARIS — France's coronavirus death toll is expected to pass 100,000 on Thursday after a year of hospital tensions, on-and-off lockdowns and personal loss...
France opens giant stadium for vaccinations amid virus surge
PARIS — France sought Tuesday to speed up its vaccine rollout by opening mass vaccination centers across the country, including the Stade de France...