i'd like to welcome now professor peter crimson or from the university hospital and from the university hospital rather interview where he's working on developing a professor comes in a very warm welcome great to have you here with us what progress are you making with developing the vaccine. got to know well we have progress in gravity as we speak just like snake tool worsens. in the last 2 hours and we in the hood joy of so the finishing group crucial in our face on this phase 2 of this and on a vaccine program has already stopped and there are months ago and the. aiming to start last license was to face. in november this year so i'm guessing very well. so you are very optimistic i gather from your answer when do you think a vaccine will become available. well i think in general and vaccine in the in the european union who covered in didn't. this is our worst in one developed by cuba 1 iowa t v no votes are needed ones are the pretenders quite convinced that at least one if not several by.

it's a question being researched at his university hospital in germany. head of intensive care of burka and can expect absent voice or are convinced the color of hospital rooms could have an immense impact on patients' health. come on why not try it out in hospitals not make them excessively colorful but carefully we structure them using our knowledge of how colors affect us like in this room. the basic hand there instead of sterile white hospital corridor was wards and workstations. and they conducted a study to see what impact color had in the intensive care unit over here 24 months they tried out different shades the walls were painted in pastels and earth tones and the life was changed they asked patients before and after the renovation how they felt about their treatments nursed him on clinic saw the impact among his seriously ill patients 1st hand of the so called. colors have had a real effect on our patients. you could say that the patients suffer less from delirium. so. they remain better oriented and generally feel better. delirium is a common p

some of the best known for religious pts in germany work here at the university hospital in bonn some refer to it as the street institute after its leader research a hendrick strake he's 43 years old and well known in medical circles thanks to his work in the fight against hiv but now researches across europe know his name due to the corona virus or sars kind of 2 pandemic. here and we had a concentration of the plasma from a person who was infected been sars to them and we can show that plasma can inhibit the virus that the patient has developed antibodies which can neutralize the virus . since drugs hardly work against the virus he is relying on the development of a vaccine when that will happen is unknown. to the optimists. optimism because we're currently doing so many vaccine trials and so much research is being put into it so that if things go very well we can have a vaccine in january or later next year but history has taught us that it sometimes takes decades or even years until a vaccine is found. if for once once found the mad rush will be on but will it be a case of rich co

now amelia is doing another test that's less risky sun face free app created by the university hospital shows how her skin could look with excessive sunbed use and the damage it causes and it's not just to light skinned people sun beds increase the risk of skin cancer for people of complection. u.v. radiation. immune system that means your body is able to fight viruses bacteria. so especially in times of corona the voice. varies according to the region you live in or the time of the year here in europe. it gets dark and gray and people getting depressed and tired and what helps against it might. have gray and very little light this is what short winter days look like after work in the dark and back home in the dark the lack of light has an effect on our mood. it's not a myth the winter blues is scientifically proven. in our latitude about 10 to 15 percent of the population suffers from winter blues or winter depression and they complain of symptoms such as lack of drive a gloomy mood joylessness and increased fatigue frequently however they also complain about ravenous appetite and a st

number of infections is likely to be higher than the official figures across town at least as university hospital testing is ongoing. i can't smell or taste any more and i have a headache. because after the medics year can conduct 280 tests every day but these tests are strictly for those who have a doctor's prescription family members friends or coworkers who have been in close contact with them but don't show any symptoms cannot get a test for them or as the moment we have so many positive cases the problem is there are far too many contact persons given the huge number of people who have symptoms we'd be unable to test them as well as all the people they've been in contact with at least not with the amount of tests we have currently if we had more tests we probably could back in the covert ward doctor duvall fears the lax handling of the crisis in summer. will put him and his colleagues in a very difficult position very soon when you have only one bet and 10 people out of a thing for the same bit you have to choose between the team but which one you are after there are no doctor want to do tha

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number of infections is likely to be higher than the official figures across town at least as university hospital testing is ongoing. i can't smell or taste any more and i have a headache. because medics year can conduct 280 tests every day but these tests are strictly for those who have a doctor's prescription family members friends or coworkers who have been in close contact with them but don't show any symptoms cannot get a test for them or as the moment we have so many positive cases the problem is there are far too many contact persons given the huge number of people who have symptoms we'd be unable to test them as well as all the people they've been in contact with at least not with the amount of tests we have currently if we had more tests we probably could back in the covert ward doctor duvall fears the lax handling of the crisis in summer will put him and his. colleagues in a very difficult position very soon when you have only one vet and 10 people out of a thing for the thing that you have to choose between the team but which one you would have to meet there are no doctor want to do ju

have been warning of chronic stuff and shortages but nothing is being done about this at the university hospital permanent positions have been cut we are relying on medics and temperate rolls who moved around departments and were not able to adapt to the virus every year seasonal epidemic split strain on hospitals even without it and now the situation is very difficult this should have been a mass recruitment campaign in both hospitals and care homes. let's bring you back in the program not to the u.k. were crawling virus restrictions there have left as i'm sure you know many elderly people deprived of human company and one way to work decided to tackle the problem head on by putting a poster in his window asking for a new friend charlie edwards daschle went along to meet him. we spent probably one and a half hours sometimes to eating. drinking conversing and that was an evening it was in the cajun. and now i don't have that. with us. tony williams lost his wife to cancer in the cave at 19 not down after 3 decades together but as is increasingly common for the older generation the loneliness tha

. >> reporter: at university hospital in madison covid hospitalizations have almost doubled since the start of the month. nurse catie lanoway said it happened almost overnight. >> i'm really frustrated. it is scary because you don't want to take that home to people you care about. >> reporter: you feel safer than out in the public. this covid unit used to be limited to just one hallway with about 10 patient humans rooms, now they expanded to three hallways because of this surge. >> reporter: dr. jeff pothalf is part of the medevac team that has airlifted covid patients in. >> we thought they would be okay but then all of a sudden they end up here, there is some regret. at that point there t is too late. >> we really need help here in the hospital from people outside to start wearing the masks and staying away. >> reporter: with covid cases now surging across the nation the former head of the f.d.a. says "brace yourselves." >> we have two or three very hard mondays ahead of us. i think this is probably the hardest phase of this pandemic. >> reporter: a new peak of hitting one utah heal

. >> reporter: at the university hospital of madison, cases doubled. the nurse said it happened almost overnight. >> i'm frustrated. it is scary. you don't want to take that home to people you care about. >> reporter: you feel safer in the covid unit than you do in the public in some places. this covid unit used to be limited to this one hallway, now they've had to expand to three hallways because of this surge. dr. jeff pothawk has already air lifted several covid patients in. >> we thought they were going to be okay and all of a sudden they end up here. there's some regret at that point. it's too late. there isn't a do over. >> we need help in the hospital from people outside to start wearing the masks and start staying away from people. >> reporter: with covid cases surging across the nation, the former head of the fda says, brace yourself. >> we have two or three hard months ahead of us. >> reporter: new peak is hitting one utah health system especially hards. icu beds this weekend reached over 100% capacity. >> this is as serious as it gets. we ha

jonathan reiner from george washington university hospital, who advised the white house medical teamresident george bush. dr. jeremy faust and abby phillip. the letter says the president can be back in public on saturday, two days earlier than they indicated a few days ago. they say that's ten days since his diagnosis. what do you say? they say he's back out in public on the campaign trail. >> yeah. so once again, the brief by the president's physician is notable for what it doesn't describe, which is just about everything. and they resort to using this really obtuse language. the president's physician said based on the trajectory of diagnostics, the president can go back into public on saturday. what does that mean? based on the trajectory of advanced diagnostics? tell us what tests you're referring to. what tests are reassuring you that the president is not infectious. the cdc guidelines state for most patients they can return to the public after about ten days of isolation after their symptoms begin. but they reserve 20 days of isolation for people with severe or critical illness,

did not have covered one scene we could be the ones passing the infection to them for example university hospital centers knowingly told staff who tested positive it's nothing serious continue working when employees throughout france are asked to avoid any contact with people for at least 7 days at the same time nurses are told nope nothing serious continue no we disagree it contradicts our professional ethics because we are in danger in patients we will not put up with this when nurses are told to do more work extra hours work during the weekends it exhausts them and exhaustion leads to mistakes at work we don't want just because of fatigue because our management is exploiting us. medical staff have been vocal about their demands throughout this pandemic and while in some countries governments have put their hands in their pockets the bump up pay packets it's not nearly enough protests demanding more funding for health care and a better working conditions have sprung up across the continent thanks and praise from medical staff who have worked throughout the pandemic is always going to be welcome

. >>> this is gabe gutierrez in madison, wisconsin, where the covid units at university hospital keep growing. >> i'm very scared if this doesn't stop soon we're going to end up with a much bigger problem. >> reporter: dr. katie cavinski started working here this summer it's much busier now how much worse do you think this could get >> i think unfortunately it could get really, really terrible it's devastating it's terrifying to see someone struggling to breathe. you can see the fear in their eyes. you can see how scared they are. >> reporter: this covid unit has 28 beds it reached that capacity not long ago and now down to 20 patients and this hospital is making plans for this winter as flu season takes hold this is one of the hospital's three covid units. it was once just one hallway. now it's four. >> people are staying in here who are very sick >> reporter: nurse katie lenoway knows the hardest part. >> they're lonely and dealing with this alone and it's becoming increasingl harder for us to try to manage an playing the different roles, playing the nurse, playing the support perso

constraining what we don't know some of the best known for religionists in germany work here at the university hospital in bonn some refer to it as the street institute after its leader research a hendrick strake he's 43 years old and well known in medical circles thanks to his work in the fight against hiv but now researches across europe know his name due to the coronavirus. pandemic. here we had a concentration of the plasma from a person who was infected been sars to them and we can show that plasma can inhibit the virus that the patient has developed antibodies which can neutralize the virus . since drugs hardly work against the virus he is relying on the development of a vaccine when that will happen is unknown. to the optimists there is a cause for optimism because we're currently doing so many vaccine trials and so much research is being put into it so that if things go very well we can have a vaccine in january or later next year. but history has taught us that it sometimes takes years or even decades until a vaccine is found. if or once one's found the mad rush will be on but will it be a cas

to avert a 2nd wave says maria rita just mando she runs the covert 19 lab at the luigi soko university hospital in milan italians learned a valuable lessons from the high death rates in march and april just mando would like to see more cross border cooperation. i think it's an important. thing to think out today europe. that you have the same a protocol all therapy the same. exchange experiences the same require counting not just that they look at localized. back to just you know european a strategy to face a divider just not believe that the key is rapid response the italian government has introduced covert 19 tests and schools to provide rapid results. on a sister victoria welcome such measures the last thing they want is another lockdown and a return to home schooling your spirit and. i hope that we consume take off our masks. and not have to keep or distance from one another all the time and that is embedded. from our vets not an option. for them and their greeny tells people they must wear masks. don't make the same mistakes. i wonder when this thing will end. you know i am old and i will

to avert a 2nd wave says maria rita just mando she runs the covert 19 lab at the luigi sacco university hospital in milan italians learned valuable lessons from the high death rates in march and april just mondo would like to see more cross border cooperation . i think it's an important. thing to think out of the european isles that you have this same a protocol all therapy the same. exchange of experiences the same require counting not just that they look at localize it as the back to just you know european a strategy to face a divider just not believes that the key is rapid response the italian government has introduced covert 19 tests in schools to provide rapid results but in a sister victoria welcome such measures the last thing they want is another lock down and a return to home schooling. i hope that we consume take off our musk's. tough to keep our distance from one another all the time. that is embedded. from our vats not an option. for them and their greenie turns people they must wear masks. don't make the same mistakes. i wonder when this thing will end. you old and i will die soon.

number of infections is likely to be higher than the official figures across town at least as university hospital testing is ongoing. i can't smell or taste any more and i have a headache. after medics year can conduct 280 tests every day but these tests are strictly for those who have a doctor's prescription family members friends or coworkers who have been in close contact with them but don't show any symptoms cannot get a test for them or as the moment we have so many positive cases the problem is there are far too many contact persons given the huge number of people who have symptoms we'd be unable to test them as well as all the people they've been in contact with at least not with the amount of tests we have currently if we had more tests we probably could back in the covert ward doctor duvall fears to lax handling of the crisis and so. will put him and his colleagues in a very difficult position very soon when you have only one vet and then people asking for the same bit you have to choose between the team but which one you would have to. know doctor one to do that's one thing if you know

have been warning of chronic stuff from shortages but nothing is being done about this at the university hospital pump and positions have been cuts we're relying on medics in temporary roles who moved around departments and the nazi able to adopt to the virus every year seasonal epidemics posturing on hospitals even without it and now the situation is very difficult this should have been a mass recruitment campaign in both hospitals and. russia's environmental regulators are investigating a spike in sea pollution in the country's far east the problem was detected off the coast of. it started earlier this week when surfers in the area fell sick they reported severe eye your attention sore throats nausea and fatigue since then people have spotted the dead sea creatures being washed ashore along 40 kilometers of coastline experts took samples and found that petro chemical levels in the water were 4 times over the legal limit they also discovered elevated levels of. a toxic chemical an online campaign called save the pacific is now urging the local authorities and environmental groups to establish th

the university hospital in bonn germany focuses on one of the most common i conditions in the western world age related macular degeneration or a.m.d. caton causes suffers from what's called wit a.m.d. . this is how healthy our eyes see the world. this is what counted seats. she's almost blind in her left eye. which a.m.d. is less common than the dr form and it progresses more quickly. at 1st cut in cause it's barely noticed the symptoms that have a 1st pushed by shrink it when i was doing my make up and would close one eye to do the other one i thought something's not right there's a dark spot that shouldn't be there i don't love her to as i'm hitting on done then i saw my ophthalmologist he did several tests and i got a diagnosis want as open with. the macular is a small area in the retina at the back of the our eye it's where our vision is the sharpest and it contains most of the light said seeing cells in a.m.d. blood vessels leak fluid blood into the macular that leads to swelling and damages the photoreceptors. fan cold specializes in the treatment of michael and to generation a

constraining what we don't know some of the best known for religious sin gemini working at the university hospital in bonn some refer to it as the straight institute after its leader research a hendrick strake he's 43 years old and well known in medical circles thanks to his work in the fight against hiv aids. but now researches across europe know his name due to the corona virus or sars kind of 2 pandemic. here and we had a concentration of the plasma from a person who was infected with sars to them and we can show that plasma can inhibit the virus but the patient has developed antibodies which can neutralize the virus. since drugs hardly work against the virus he is relying on the development of a vaccine when that will happen is unknown. to the optimists there is a cause for optimism because they are currently doing so many vaccine trials and so much research is being put into it so that if things go very well we can have a vaccine in january or later next year. but history has taught us that it sometimes takes years or even decades until a vaccine is found. if or once one's found the mad rush

have been warning of chronic stuff from shortages but nothing is being done about this at the university hospital permanent positions have been cut we are relying on medics in temperate roles who moved around departments and are not able to adapt to the virus every year seasonal epidemic split strain on hospitals even without it and now the situation is very difficult this should have been a mass recruitment campaign in both hospitals and care homes. the mirror of middle of prayer in the u.k. has spoken out against new coronavirus restrictions saying they're doing more harm than good press than talk to r.t. . government announced to extraordinary short notice they certainly didn't communicate with us at all a range of measures to try and protect people release measures went way beyond what was necessary and they're actually going to stifle all kinds of problem and of course thousands potentially thousands of job losses because damage mental health and are going to break down some of the elements of society that the really important cherished health doesn't necessarily just means physical health i

have been warning of chronic stuff from shortages but nothing is being done about this at the university hospital permanent positions have been cut we are relying on medics and temperate rolls who moved around departments and are not able to adapt to the virus every year seasonal epidemic split strain on hospitals even without it and now the situation is very difficult this should have been a mass recruitment campaign in both hospitals and care homes. the dongs in the dollar side the u.s. has launched a probe into vietnam's trade practices and could result in punitive tariffs the company ministration invoked the same legal article that started a trade war with china president trump a sperm we committed to combating unfair trade practices that harm america's workers businesses farmers and ranchers and for currency practices can harm u.s. workers and businesses that compete with vietnamese products that may be artificially low priced because of currency undervaluation well this fall is a decade of powerful growth in vietnamese exports to the us surging from $15000000000.00 in 2010 to almost 6700000

have been warning of chronic stuff from shortages but nothing is being done about this at the university hospital permanent positions have been cut we are relying on medics and temperate rolls who moved around departments and are not able to adapt to the virus every year seasonal epidemic split strain on hospitals even without it and now the situation is very difficult this should have been a mass recruitment campaign in both hospitals and care homes. in germany a rally has been held in the southern city of constance against the country's new coronavirus restrictions earlier this week the government imposed tight limits on public events on family gatherings artie's europe correspondent peter all over as more. a whole bunch of anti lock down activists far right campaigners corona deny is and vox's all people who have been on happy with the way the german government has handled the corona pandemic of being out on to the streets of the so than german city of constance there are parts of a group that call themselves the lateral think is usually the demonstrations have taken place here in berlin they

number of infections is likely to be higher than the official figures across town at least as university hospital testing is ongoing. and i can't smell or taste any more and i have a headache. because after the medics here can conduct 280 tests every. day but these tests are strictly for those who have a doctor's prescription family members friends or coworkers who have been in close contact with them but don't show any symptoms cannot get a test for a moment as a moment we have so many positive cases the problem is there are far too many contacts persons given the huge number of people who have symptoms we'd be unable to test them as well as all the people they've been in contact with at least not with the amount of tests we have currently if we had more tests we probably could back in the covert ward doctor duvall fears still lacks handling of the crisis and summer will put him and his colleagues in a very difficult position very soon when you have only one bet and 10 people out of a thing for the same bit you have to choose between the team but which one you are after there are no doctor one w

i have a statement from the chief nurse at the nottingham university hospitals nhs trust.rews and their daughter wynter, and we apologise for the distress this has caused them and their family. for the distress this has caused them and theirfamily. had we made better decisions, the outcome could have been different, and for that, we remain truly sorry. we are committed to learning, improving and transforming our services. we have already made multiple improvements in our maternity services but we know we need to go further. we will do all we can to ensure as far as possible this never happens again. that is their statement, sarah. also, the care quality commission is going to investigate the trust. is that enough for you? it isn't, really. previously i have said, we know that we are not an isolated incident. the way that the trust was with us following wynter‘s death, they made us feel like everything was normal and we know that they lied in the coroner's referral, so we don't have faith that this hasn't happened to other families and it will not continue to happen to othe

number of infections is likely to be higher than the official figures across town at leisure as university hospital testing is ongoing. and i can't smell or taste any more and i have a headache. because after the medics here can conduct 280. every day but these tests are strictly for those who have a doctor's prescription family members friends or coworkers who have been in close contact with them but don't show any symptoms cannot get a test for them or as the moment we have so many positive cases the problem is there are far too many contact persons given the huge number of people who have symptoms we'd be unable to test them as well as all the people they've been in contact with at least not with the amount of tests we have currently if we had more tests we probably could back in the covert ward dr duvall fears the lax handling of the crisis in summer will put him and his colleagues in a very difficult position very soon when you have only one bet and 10 people out of a thing for the same bit you have to choose between the team that which one you want to. know a doctor want to do that's one thin

some of the best known for religious sin germany work here at the university hospital in bonn some refer to it as the strength institute after its leader research or hendrick strake he's 43 years old and well known in medical circles thanks to his work in the fight against hiv but now researches across europe know his name due to the corona virus or sars coast to pandemic. we had a concentration of the plasma from a person who was infected blood cells to them and we can show that plasma can inhibit the virus but the patient has developed antibodies which can neutralize the virus. of. since drugs hardly work against the virus he is relying on the development of a vaccine when that will happen is unknown. to the optimists there is a cause for optimism because we're currently doing so many vaccine trials and so much research is being put into it so that if things go very well we can have a vaccine in january or later next year. but history has taught us that it sometimes takes years or even decades until a vaccine is found. if or once one's found the mad rush will be on but will it be a cas

the past year just drenched in the system i received a message from a medical doctor at the university hospital in southern spain some days ago and it was really a cry for help she said that intensive care unit directed me to link up and that she is very very worried about the situation and can you fill some in on the latest corona virus infection rates where they're headed what is the situation in spain right now. doesn't look very good numbers are still rising and prime minister sanchez has warned the spanish citizens and they are very difficult to meet that's actually in some cities and we're looking at infection rates of more than 1000 cases 100000 inhabitants which is really. the highest number in all of europe and what is even more worrisome is hospital admissions. rising in some cities for example in the south and regions in spain almost 2 thirds of all intensive. beds by corona patients so everybody is looking now at the stricter measures that the government has put in place this week and how they were that's like the situation. thanks so much for that from madrid today. and stepping up

director at the institute for tropical medicine at the university hospital tubing and he's been working on a vaccine for a long time sometimes and do you share the minister's optimism about a safe vaccine being available in the next few months gotten low yes indeed i do she is committed. very much i'm pretty sure that even her and also in the european union the last hour terse maxime's you willing to bend period you're going to 1st scenes license in china only other one in russia already next year we are shia that the next will really get a license in the united states but it's just a short action but i trust to get a good one in new york in you know into the wet where will this come from the european vaccine. while it may be a european european boxing maybe it was in europe maybe another war so it was all an american producer or company that had a course license axeman in europe so they're quite a fuel from trollers but the usual. is retired already and they already talking to the regulatory nations's such as our move in that situation see and they are and. are usually test procedures

shereef elnhal at university hospital in newark is stockpiling 90 days worth of p.p.e. and securing more labs for covid testing will you have enough backup front line workers? ur staffing is one of our biggest concerns, meg. remember when this virus hit new york and new jersey we were blessed to get front-line workers from other parts of the country. we can't necessarily expect that this time because everybody has the covid virus spreading in their communities now. >> reporter: the midwest, meanwhile, has reported the most new cases in a single day since the pandemic began. and in the n.f.l. today, a new york jets player tested positive, forcing the team to send all their players and coaches home. and late today, a federal judge ruled against a group of orthodox rabbis who filed a lawsuit against new york's covid restriction, stating limiting gatherings inside houses of worship does not violate religious freedoms. norah. >> o'donnell: meg oliver tonight, thank you. and there is still much more news ahead tonight on the "cbs evening news." cancer concerns prompt the reca

has had none that we can tell university hospitals was among the first to test rimmed as severe. >>it's like an antibiotic texan virus. it interferes with the virus's ability to to replicate and basically kill the virus. the drug was approved by the fda in may for emergency use authorization. >>and the benefit every visitor is definitely positive but it's modest so short and the only some patients and get some patients out of the hospital pastor. but some patients progressed aspiring doesn't are typically it's used in more severe cases. >>so when someone needs we start thinking about drugs like or visit there. we start thinking about drugs like. >>that's about the zone the latter's also being used on the president has doctors announced sunday. >>which is used often in conjunction with from visit there to kind of cut down on the one information information body doctors reported normal function in the kidney and liver and doctor keith armitage with u h says patients who are having problems with those organs would not be eligible for room does appear he says he cannot recall any pat

efforts -- heroic efforts of the staff and everybody at grady memorial hospital as well as emory university hospital's work on clinical trials for regeneron's antibody cocktail and moderna's vaccine. things to operation warp speed, if and when the fda gives the go-ahead for these the reputed and vaccine products, we will have supplies already manufactured and ready for distribution. in conjunction with operation warp speed, the cdc, is dr. butler mentioned, is leading the effort to coordinate vaccine distribution and administration working with 64 public health jurisdictions that they partner with on a vaccine each year. i want to offer a special thank you to every american who has volunteered for clinical trials, or helped to raise awareness, especially among diverse communities where we need representation in our clinical trials. anyone interested in signing up for a vaccine trial can visit coronavirus.gov. and for therapeutic trials, go to riseabovecovid.org. while we make this exciting progress on vaccines and therapeutics, we see concerning trends in many parts of the country, as dr. butler expla

. >> reporter: in nearby madison, at university hospital, just a few weeks ago, dr.xandra wick had no covid patients. now all her patients have covid. prirotect patient privacy, we couldn't enter the room, but dr. wick told us this: >> she had a reinfection of covid. she had it a month ago and now a month ago and now >> reporter: rural areas and medium-sized cities accounted for 20% of the first 100,000 to die from covid in the u.s. they accounted for nearly half of the second 100,000. and rural states now lead the country in per-capita covid hospitalizations. in at least four midwestern states, an alarming 20% of recent tests are positive. at one nursing home in norton, kansas, all 62 residents have been infected. 10 have died. and in south dakota, with the highest covid positivity rate in the country, an astounding 37%. the republican mayor of sioux falls said this: >> wear a dang mask when you're indoors. >> reporter: a doctor told us that some in rural areas have a false sense of security because people are so spread out here, and also, initially, covid was such