COVID-19 May Have Been in LA as Early as Last December, UCLA-Led Study Suggests
Source: Pixabay; Copyright: Mohamed_hassan; URL: https://pixabay.com/illustrations/coronavirus-virus-spread-flu-4952102/; License: licensed by the authors. Researchers detected an unexpected 50% increase in patients presenting with respiratory illnesses at UCLA Health facilities in the months before the pandemic. University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) researchers and colleagues who analyzed electronic health records found that there was a 50% increase in patients with coughs and acute respiratory failure at UCLA Health hospitals and clinics beginning in late December 2019, suggesting that COVID-19 may have been circulating in the area months before the first definitive cases in the U.S. were identified. This sudden increase in patients with these symptoms, which continued throughRead More →