Pol Espargaro is no longer in intensive care after suffering a crash during the season-opening Portuguese Grand Prix weekend but the road to a full recovery is long, GasGas Factory Racing Tech3 boss Herve Poncharal said on Friday. Espargaro crashed in Friday practice in Portimao and suffered a pulmonary contusion, jaw fracture and a fractured…

Flu cases in Canada continue to rise sharply, with children and older adults particularly affected amid the influenza epidemic, according to the latest FluWatch report from the federal government. “At the national level, influenza activity has continued to increase steeply as we enter the fifth week of the national influenza epidemic. All surveillance indicators are…

The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto says it is reducing surgeries to preserve its critical care capacity as it deals with a surge of intensive care cases. The hospital says in a release that it has no choice as its ICU has been above 127 percent capacity for several days. It says it is…

Shirlene “Ms. Juicy Baby” Pearson, who stars on U.S. reality TV show “Little Women: Atlanta,” has been hospitalized in the ICU with an unknown ailment, her publicizing agency confirmed. The 50-year-old actress’s agency wrote to her fans in an update on social media that Pearson’s condition has slightly improved and she’s currently in stable condition in the…

SANTA ANA, Calif.—The number of hospitalized patients increased from 288 Tuesday to 291 Sept. 29, with the number of intensive care unit (ICU) patients increasing from 72 to 82, according to the Orange County Health Care Agency (OCHCA). Despite the slight increase, the county has seen its number of COVID-19 patients gradually decline in the last…

This nurse went the extra mile to bring some desperately needed comfort to the sick. She’s an angel!

SANTA ANA, Calif.—COVID-19 hospitalizations in Orange County have more than doubled in the past two weeks, raising concerns among some health officials. “I’m worried about the trend,” said Andrew Noymer, an epidemiologist and University of California–Irvine professor of population health and disease prevention. The county has 1.8 million of its 3.3 million population fully vaccinated,…

France reported on Saturday that 5,273 people were in intensive care units (ICU) for COVID-19, a rise of 19 from the previous day, as the country entered its third national lockdown. For the next four weeks, schools and non-essential businesses across the country will remain shut. The rise in ICU patients on Saturday followed a…

PARIS—The number of patients with coronavirus in French intensive care units rose on Saturday to a new high for this year, increasing the pressure to impose new restrictions that President Emmanuel Macron says will probably be needed. France had 4,791 ICU patients being treated for COVID-19, up from 4,766 on Friday, health ministry data showed….

New COVID-19 cases have fallen 52 percent in Orange County during the past two weeks, according to data from the Orange County Health Care Agency (OCHCA). As of Feb. 11, the 14-day average of new daily cases was 11,242, while two weeks ago it reached 23,846. The daily COVID positive cases recorded Feb. 11 was 799, bringing the total cumulative cases to 240,999 cases throughout…