Kenneth Hughes, MD - Plastic Surgery Blog
How Did Los Angeles County Go From One of the Highest Rates from COVID to One of the Lowest?
Published on May 16, 2021 byHow Did Los Angeles County Go From One of the Highest Rates from COVID to One of the Lowest? Given the up and down pattern of infection throughout the pandemic, clearly social distancing and mask wearing had much to do with the pattern. However, given the surging numbers after Thanksgiving and following Christmas and New […]
Black and Hispanic Make Up More Than 50% of Coronavirus Morbidity
Published on March 1, 2021 byDr. Kenneth Hughes, Los Angeles plastic surgeon, reviewed findings from a recent research study about disparity among different ethnic groups secondary to coronavirus. A recent study showed that black and Hispanic people made up 53% of the morbidity for those patients hospitalized for coronavirus. However, these same individuals made up 58% of those hospitalized. […]
Coronavirus Aftermath Claims More than 500,000 in the US
Published on February 17, 2021 byDr. Kenneth Hughes has been monitoring the patient outcomes from coronavirus since the beginning of the pandemic. The buzz around the virus has reduced markedly, yet the total number claimed by COVID moves to more than a half a million. The total number of infected patients is over 30 million in the United States. The […]
