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Why COVID-19 is killing U.S. diabetes patients at alarming rates

Why COVID-19 is killing U.S. diabetes patients at alarming rates

By , , (Reuters) - Devon Brumfield could hear her father gasping for breath on the phone.Darrell Cager Sr., 64, had diabetes. So his youngest daughter urged him to seek care. The next day, he collapsed and died in his New Orleans home.The daughter soon learned the cause: acute respiratory distress from COVID-19. His death certificate noted diabetes as an underlying condition. Brumfield, who lives in Texas and also has type 2 diabetes, is “terrified” she could be next.“I’m thinking, Lord, this could happen to me,” she said of her father’s death in late March.She has good reason to fear. As...

July 24, 2020
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