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Charlie Callagan's bone marrow transplant for multiple myeloma was recently postponed at the last minute because Oregon hospitals are overwhelmed with treating COVID-19 patients.

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Overwhelmed With COVID Patients, Oregon Hospitals Postpone Surgeries And Cancer Care

7:58pm September 16, 2021

by Erik Neumann

Patients with advanced cancer and heart disease are among those who have had to wait for surgeries and other procedures as critically ill, unvaccinated COVID patients strain the medical system.

A nurse places a blanket over a patient that had just been admitted to the emergency room at Regional Medical Center in San Jose, California.

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A Nurse's Plea: 'I Wish That I Could Get People To See COVID Through My Eyes'

6:35pm November 18, 2020

Nurses are taking to social media, describing grim hospital scenes and imploring Americans to stay safe as hospitals reach capacity limits. "We're seeing the worst of the worst," says one nurse.

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Niticia Mpanga, a registered respiratory therapist, checks on an ICU patient at Oakbend Medical Center in Richmond, Texas. The mortality rates from COVID-19 in ICUs have been decreasing worldwide, doctors say, at least partly because of recent advances in

Advances In ICU Care Are Saving More Patients Who Have COVID-19

7:51am September 20, 2020

by Richard Harris

One thing that has improved a lot over the course of the pandemic is treatment of seriously ill COVID-19 patients in intensive care units. Here's one man's success story.

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner speaks at free COVID-19 testing provided by United Memorial Medical Center at the Mexican Consulate Sunday, June 28 in Houston.

Houston's COVID-19 Cases Level Off After Sudden Surge In Late June

6:04pm July 21, 2020

by Matthew E. Harab

Health officials say they're not ready to determine if the data are statistically significant yet, but there's a positive trend. They say people should still practice social distance and wear masks.

A health care worker talks to a patient in the emergency room at OakBend Medical Center in Richmond, Texas, on July 15.

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Texas Doctor Says Wave Of COVID-19 Cases Hit 'Like A Tsunami'

5:25pm July 20, 2020

by Rachel Martin

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Dr. Jamil Madi of Valley Baptist Medical Center in Harlingen, Texas, about how the coronavirus case increases have affected his ICU in the Rio Grande Valley.

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Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego, pictured March 3 at City Hall in Phoenix, says the city needs more help responding to the coronavirus.

Phoenix Mayor Says The City Is In A 'Crisis Situation,' Needs Help

6:50pm July 06, 2020

Arizona is now one of the worst COVID-19 hot spots in the Unites States. NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego about how her city is managing the outbreak.

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Cone Health: National Report Misstates Local ICU Beds

4:56pm March 26, 2020

by Bethany Chafin

Health care providers in Greensboro say they're prepared to offer intensive care services to COVID-19 patients.

Richard Langford, at home in East Nashville, Tenn., still has significant trouble with mental focus and memory issues 10 years after a sudden and serious infection landed him in the hospital ICU for several weeks.

When ICU Delirium Leads To Symptoms Of Dementia After Discharge

5:50pm October 10, 2018

by Richard Harris

Up to half of all patients who survive emergency medical treatment in the intensive care unit have mental problems when they return home. Doctors studying the problem say it starts with delirium.

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