Gallery | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | April 08, 2020 | By Melinda Taschetta-Millane and Dave Fornell

Photo Gallery: The Impact of COVID-19

  • Cardiac MRI for four children with clinical diagnosis of acute myocarditis in the setting of COVID-19–related Kawasaki-like symptoms of multi-inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C). #COVID #COVID19 #coronavirus

    Cardiac MRI for four children with acute myocarditis in the setting of COVID-19–related multi-inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C). Top panel shows minimal pericardial effusion. The second panel shows increased T2-STIR signal intensity with average ratios between myocardium and muscle > 2 in patient 2 (12 YO male), patient 3 (11 YO female) and patient 4 (6-year-old female). The third panel shows abnormal native-T1 mapping, which was > 1,100 ms in patients 2, 3 and 4 and normal in patient 1 (8 YO female). The bottom shows absence of late gadolinium enhancement in patients 2 and 3. Image courtesy of RSNA. Read more

  • Empty train during rush hour into Chicago from the suburbs. Trains are usually packed solid at this time of day. Photo by Mike Augle

    Empty train during rush hour into Chicago from the suburbs. Trains are usually packed solid at this time of day. Photo by Mike Augle

  • On March 29, Jeannie Danker, director of radiology at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, died from suspected complications from the virus.

    The industry loses one of its own. On March 29, Jeannie Danker, director of radiology at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, died from suspected complications from the virus.

  • Radiology technologist Dodge Moises made his own personal protective equipment (PPE) face shield due to a severe shortage of PPE at Sen. Gerardo M. Roxas Memorial District Hospital in Iloilo City, Philippines. He used X-ray film that had gone bad with the emulsion stripped off, foam packing material, elastic and a glue gun to make own face shields for the techs. They were only issued 2 pairs of PPE for the duration, so they had to supplement. Photo by Dodge Moises

    Radiology technologist Dodge Moises made his own personal protective equipment (PPE) face shield due to a severe shortage of PPE at Sen. Gerardo M. Roxas Memorial District Hospital in Iloilo City, Philippines. He used X-ray film that had gone bad with the emulsion stripped off, foam packing material, elastic and a glue gun to make own face shields for the techs. They were only issued 2 pairs of PPE for the duration, so they had to supplement. Photo by Dodge Moises

  • Empty streets except service vehicles in Chicago at rush hour on March 24. Photo by Mike Augle

    Empty streets except service vehicles in Chicago at rush hour on March 24. Photo by Mike Augle

  • People wait to be swabbed at a drive-thru testing site for coronavirus (COVID-19). This federally supported, state managed and locally executed New Jersey Community Based Testing Site (CBTS) is at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Monmouth County. Every Saturday, drive-thru sites at Bergen Community College in Paramus and PNC Bank Arts Center are dedicated only to testing symptomatic health-care workers and first responders with valid credentials. Photo by K.C. Wilsey/FEMA

    People wait to be swabbed at a drive-thru testing site for coronavirus (COVID-19). This federally supported, state managed and locally executed New Jersey Community Based Testing Site (CBTS) is at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Monmouth County. Every Saturday, drive-thru sites at Bergen Community College in Paramus and PNC Bank Arts Center are dedicated only to testing symptomatic health-care workers and first responders with valid credentials. Photo by K.C. Wilsey/FEMA

  • A radiology technologist using a rain coat and home-made face shield personal protective equipment (PPE) due to a severe shortage of PPE at Sen. Gerardo M. Roxas Memorial District Hospital in Iloilo City, Philippine. The techs used spoiled X-ray film with the emulsion stripped off, foam packing material, elastic and a glue gun to make their own face shields. Photo by Dodge Moises, radiology technologist.

    A radiology technologist using a rain coat and homemade face shield personal protective equipment (PPE) due to a severe shortage of PPE at Sen. Gerardo M. Roxas Memorial District Hospital in Iloilo City, Philippine. The techs used spoiled X-ray film with the emulsion stripped off, foam packing material, elastic and a glue gun to make their own face shields. Photo by Dodge Moises, radiology technologist.

  • A viral trend among healthcare works across social media has been to post selfies with signs that say "We stayed at work for you, you stay home for us," to drive home the message that social distancing is needed for COVID-19 containment efforts. Pictured here is 12 Ramona Chanderballi, a radiology technologist in Lives in Georgetown, Guyana, South America.

    A viral trend among healthcare works across social media has been to post selfies with signs that say "We stayed at work for you, you stay home for us," to drive home the message that social distancing is needed for COVID-19 containment efforts. Pictured here is 12 Ramona Chanderballi, a radiology technologist in Lives in Georgetown, Guyana, South America.

  • The pandemic has kept people at home and cancelled blood drives that were planned, creating a massive shortage of blood. Brig. Gen. Adam Flasch, director of the joint staff for the Maryland National Guard, donating blood to the American Red Cross at Camp Frettered Military Reservation April 4, during COVID-19 response mission. Over 2,000 Maryland National Guard members are activated to support Maryland’s response to COVID-19. U.S. Army National Guard by Sgt. 1st Class Michael Davis Jr.

    The pandemic has kept people at home and cancelled blood drives that were planned, creating a massive shortage of blood. Brig. Gen. Adam Flasch, director of the joint staff for the Maryland National Guard, donating blood to the American Red Cross at Camp Frettered Military Reservation April 4, during COVID-19 response mission. Over 2,000 Maryland National Guard members are activated to support Maryland’s response to COVID-19. U.S. Army National Guard by Sgt. 1st Class Michael Davis Jr.

  • While it looks like the inside of a hospital, these are actually bank tellers in full personal protective equipment (PPE) in Bangladesh in early March 2020. There was widespread fear the virus would quickly spread across this poor country with limited healthcare resources, so many companies too precautions to protect their employees. Photo from Aster Azalea.

    While it looks like the inside of a hospital, these are actually bank tellers in full personal protective equipment (PPE) in Bangladesh in early March 2020. There was widespread fear the virus would quickly spread across this poor country with limited healthcare resources, so many companies too precautions to protect their employees. Photo from Aster Azalea.

  • The heart of normally bustling downtown Chicago showing deserted streets at rush hour Tuesday, March 24. The view is down LaSalle Street with the Chicago Board of Trade building at the end of the street. Photo by Mike Augle.

    The heart of normally bustling downtown Chicago showing deserted streets at rush hour Tuesday, March 24. The view is down LaSalle Street with the Chicago Board of Trade building at the end of the street. Photo by Mike Augle.

  • The landmark Chicago bean sculpture in Grant Park in downtown Chicago with no tourists in site, middle of the day in the middle of the week in late March. The city of Chicago called for shelter in place orders and the downtown became a ghost town. The bean and other attractions in the city were all closed to visitors as part of containment efforts. Photo by Tom George Davidson.

    The landmark Chicago bean sculpture in Grant Park in downtown Chicago with no tourists in site, middle of the day in the middle of the week in late March. The city of Chicago called for shelter in place orders and the downtown became a ghost town. The bean and other attractions in the city were all closed to visitors as part of containment efforts. Photo by Tom George Davidson.

  • Nurse James Sayson in personal protective equipment (PPE) that became the required garb to care for patients at Vitas Hospice Care in Illinois. Nursing homes and hospice care facilities closed to visitors and extreme precautions went into place in March 2020 as a precaution to protect patients from COVID-19 infections. These actions were taken after numerous nursing home deaths in Seattle Washington early on in the U.S. spread of the virus.

    Nurse James Sayson in personal protective equipment (PPE) that became the required garb to care for patients at Vitas Hospice Care in Illinois. Nursing homes and hospice care facilities closed to visitors and extreme precautions went into place in March 2020 as a precaution to protect patients from COVID-19 infections. These actions were taken after numerous nursing home deaths in Seattle Washington early on in the U.S. spread of the virus.

  • The old Sherman Hospital in Elgin, Illinois, just outside Chicago was closed in 2011 after construction of a new hospital. It building was used in the movie "Contagion" for hospital scenes, which was about a deadly pandemic. Ironically, the building, still empty, is now being renovated as a temporary overflow hospital because of COVID-19. A strange twist where fiction becomes fact. The left photo is the building from a scene from Contagion and the right image is how the building appeared March 31 as renovat

    The old Sherman Hospital in Elgin, Illinois, just outside Chicago was closed in 2011 after construction of a new hospital. It building was used in the movie "Contagion" for hospital scenes, which was about a deadly pandemic. Ironically, the building, still empty, is now being renovated as a temporary overflow hospital because of COVID-19. A strange twist where fiction becomes fact. The left photo is the building from a scene from Contagion and the right image is how the building appeared March 31 as renovations got underway. Read more on this story.

  • An American COVID-19 positive patient computed tomography (CT) lung scan showing ground glass lesions caused bu coronavirus pneumonia. Image from radiologist John Kim. Rea the related article a href=https://www.itnonline.com/content/ct-provides-best-diagnosis-novel-coronavirus-covid-19">CT Provides Best Diagnosis for Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19).</a>

    An American COVID-19 positive patient computed tomography (CT) lung scan showing ground glass lesions caused by coronavirus pneumonia. Image from radiologist John Kim. Read the related article CT Provides Best Diagnosis for Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19).

  • No bread available at a Meijer store in the Chicago western suburbs due to a run of groceries after Illinois implemented shelter in place orders in mid-March. Photo by Chaya Margaret Levi-Roth.

    No bread available at a Meijer store in the Chicago western suburbs due to a run of groceries after Illinois implemented shelter in place orders in mid-March. Photo by Chaya Margaret Levi-Roth.

  • A large number of cancelled flights at the Birmingham, Alabama, airport despite perfect weather March 24. COVID-19 basically caused shut down of commercial air travel as passengers stopped booking flights and tens of thousands more more cancelled their booked travel arrangements, many because their meetings, conferences and vacation destinations shut down to aid coronavirus containment efforts. Photo by commercial pilot Andrew Vlack pilot.

    A large number of cancelled flights at the Birmingham, Alabama, airport despite perfect weather March 24. COVID-19 basically caused shut down of commercial air travel as passengers stopped booking flights and tens of thousands more more cancelled their booked travel arrangements, many because their meetings, conferences and vacation destinations shut down to aid coronavirus containment efforts. Photo by commercial pilot Andrew Vlack pilot.

  • A restaurant in Marquette, Michigan, closed due to COVID-19 and a state mandate to close all non-essential businesses in and effort to contain the virus. Photo by Nicole Harrington

    A restaurant in Marquette, Michigan, closed due to COVID-19 and a state mandate to close all non-essential businesses in and effort to contain the virus. Photo by Nicole Harrington

  • North Aurora, Illinois, public works employee Jenna Cook is among the new class of "essential workers" in the COVID-19 pandemic who continue their daily trips to work. She helps keeping the public water supply running while the city has reduced the size of its crew shifts to avoid person-to-person contact as part of the containment efforts. Photo by Jena Cook.

    North Aurora, Illinois, public works employee Jenna Cook is among the new class of "essential workers" in the COVID-19 pandemic who continue their daily trips to work. She helps keeping the public water supply running while the city has reduced the size of its crew shifts to avoid person-to-person contact as part of the containment efforts. Photo by Jena Cook.

  • College student Kaitlin Faulkner, 19, in Racine, Wisconsin, using a web chat to talk to a friend online because of social distancing restrictions on being able to meet in person. Photo by Kaitlin Faulkner.

    College student Kaitlin Faulkner, 19, in Racine, Wisconsin, using a web chat to talk to a friend online because of social distancing restrictions on being able to meet in person. Photo by Kaitlin Faulkner.

  • An empty U.S. commercial flight midweek in late March 2020, when commercial passenger air travel came to sudden halt due to COVID-19 with tens of thousands pf passengers cancelling travel plans many because their meetings, conferences and vacation destinations shut down to aid coronavirus containment efforts. Photo by commercial pilot Andrew Vlack pilot.

    An empty U.S. commercial flight midweek in late March 2020, when commercial passenger air travel came to sudden halt due to COVID-19 with tens of thousands pf passengers cancelling travel plans many because their meetings, conferences and vacation destinations shut down to aid coronavirus containment efforts. Photo by commercial pilot Andrew Vlack pilot.

  • A doctor in their office in Bangladesh wearing full personal protective equipment (PPE) in between seeing patients. The cot behind the doctor is because of the long shifts they are required to do because of the shortage of doctors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo by Aster Azalea.

    A doctor in their office in Bangladesh wearing full personal protective equipment (PPE) in between seeing patients. The cot behind the doctor is because of the long shifts they are required to do because of the shortage of doctors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo by Aster Azalea.

  • A radiology technologist Dodge Moises made his own personal protective equipment (PPE) face shield due to a severe shortage of PPE at Sen. Gerardo M. Roxas Memorial District Hospital in Iloilo City, Philippine. He used X-ray film that had gone bad with the emulsion stripped off, foam packing material, elastic and a glue gun to make own face shields for the techs. They were only issued 2 pairs of PPE for the duration, so they had to supplement. Photo by Dodge Moises.

    A radiology technologist Dodge Moises made his own personal protective equipment (PPE) face shield due to a severe shortage of PPE at Sen. Gerardo M. Roxas Memorial District Hospital in Iloilo City, Philippine. He used X-ray film that had gone bad with the emulsion stripped off, foam packing material, elastic and a glue gun to make own face shields for the techs. They were only issued 2 pairs of PPE for the duration, so they had to supplement. Photo by Dodge Moises.

  • A shopper in store with mask to protect against COVID-19 at the U.S. Army Garrison in Vicenza, Italy. The Vicenza Military Community is adhering to the host nation's safety measures at shopping centers. Photo by Maj. Brian Andries, U.S. Army.

    A shopper in store with mask to protect against COVID-19 at the U.S. Army Garrison in Vicenza, Italy. The Vicenza Military Community is adhering to the host nation's safety measures at shopping centers. Photo by Maj. Brian Andries, U.S. Army.

  • Hospitalman Pearl Alvarado, a native of San Antonio, dons a face mask aboard the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) before working with a patient. Mercy deployed in support of the nation's COVID-19 response efforts, and will serve as a referral hospital for non-COVID-19 patients currently admitted to shore-based hospitals. This allows shore base hospitals to focus their efforts on COVID-19 cases. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Abigayle Lutz.

    Hospitalman Pearl Alvarado, a native of San Antonio, dons a face mask aboard the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) before working with a patient. Mercy deployed in support of the nation's COVID-19 response efforts, and will serve as a referral hospital for non-COVID-19 patients currently admitted to shore-based hospitals. This allows shore base hospitals to focus their efforts on COVID-19 cases. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Abigayle Lutz.

  • Lt. Ronald Silver, from Ontario, Calif., renders a hand salute during morning colors aboard the hospital ship USNS Mercy in the Port of Los Angeles to help with local efforts to contain and treat COVID-19 patients. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Abigayle Lutz.

    Lt. Ronald Silver, from Ontario, Calif., renders a hand salute during morning colors aboard the hospital ship USNS Mercy in the Port of Los Angeles to help with local efforts to contain and treat COVID-19 patients. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Abigayle Lutz.

  • The TSA security checkpoint in the middle of the afternoon during the week in late March at Raleigh Durham Airport (RDU). Photo by commercial pilot Andrew Vlack pilot.

    The TSA security checkpoint in the middle of the afternoon during the week in late March at Raleigh Durham Airport (RDU). Photo by commercial pilot Andrew Vlack pilot.

  • A lung digital radiography (DR) X-ray showing COVID-19 pneumonia in the lower lobes of the lungs.Image from Thirona and Delft Imaging.

    A lung digital radiography (DR) X-ray showing COVID-19 pneumonia in the lower lobes of the lungs.Image from Thirona and Delft Imaging.

  • Dr. Mohammed Shaheen, a consultant cardiologist at the Islamic Center for Cardiology and Surgery at Al-Azhar University in Egypt. Wearing a mask all day at the hospital started to come common in February and March 2020 as the virus spread out of China to other regions.

    Dr. Mohammed Shaheen, a consultant cardiologist at the Islamic Center for Cardiology and Surgery at Al-Azhar University in Egypt. Wearing a mask all day at the hospital started to come common in February and March 2020 as the virus spread out of China to other regions.

  • Sailors participate in a morning colors ceremony aboard the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) while the ship is moored in New York City in support of the nation’s COVID-19 response efforts. Comfort was supposed to serve as a referral hospital for non-COVID-19 patients currently admitted to shore-based hospitals. However after criticism the ship treated very few patients it will be opened up to treat COVID-19 patients. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sara Eshleman

    Sailors participate in a morning colors ceremony aboard the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) while the ship is moored in New York City in support of the nation’s COVID-19 response efforts. Comfort was supposed to serve as a referral hospital for non-COVID-19 patients currently admitted to shore-based hospitals. However after criticism the ship treated very few patients it will be opened up to treat COVID-19 patients. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sara Eshleman

  • List of limits on what people can buy in terms of canned goods at grocery store in San Antonio, Texas. Photo by Brian Schultz

    List of limits on what people can buy in terms of canned goods at grocery store in San Antonio, Texas. Photo by Brian Schultz

  • OSF Healthcare COVID-19 social distancing message at the system's hospital in Danville, Illinois. Photo by Polly Norman

    OSF Healthcare COVID-19 social distancing message at the system's hospital in Danville, Illinois. Photo by Polly Norman

  • On the site where the movie "Contagion" was shot in 2011 in Elgin, Illinois, the old hospital building is now being renovated into a real-life COVID-19 pandemic hospital. Lt. Col. Aaron Reisinger, commander of the Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District, and Tom Nelson, from Turner Construction, speak with Maj. Gen. Robert Whittle, the deputy commander USACE, about construction progress of the Elgin COVID19 Alternate Care Facility in Elgin, April 3. The district, in support of FEMA and partnering with the

    On the site where the movie "Contagion" was shot in 2011 in Elgin, Illinois, the old hospital building is now being renovated into a real-life COVID-19 pandemic hospital. Lt. Col. Aaron Reisinger, commander of the Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District, and Tom Nelson, from Turner Construction, speak with Maj. Gen. Robert Whittle, the deputy commander USACE, about construction progress of the Elgin COVID19 Alternate Care Facility in Elgin, April 3. The district, in support of FEMA and partnering with the State of Illinois and City of Chicago, is developing options to construct and provide alternate care facilities, including Elgin and the McCormick Place convention center in Chicago. Photo by Susan Blair, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District

  • One or 1,000 COVID-19 hospital patient rooms at the Alternate Care Facility at the McCormick Place convention center inChicago. Photo by Susan Blair, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District

    One or 1,000 COVID-19 hospital patient rooms at the Alternate Care Facility at the McCormick Place convention center inChicago. Photo by Susan Blair, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District

  • Special COVID-19 clinic at Unimed in Brusque, Brazil, where the seats are separated by several feet to help prevent cross contamination of patients. Photo by cardiologist Gustavo Caon Loeff.

    Special COVID-19 clinic at Unimed in Brusque, Brazil, where the seats are separated by several feet to help prevent cross contamination of patients. Photo by cardiologist Gustavo Caon Loeff.

  • Cardiologist Gustavo Caon Loeff, a specialist in echocardiography, at Unimed in Brusque, Brazil, and a visiting clinician for cardiology and echocardiography at Mayo Clinic.

    Cardiologist Gustavo Caon Loeff, a specialist in echocardiography, at Unimed in Brusque, Brazil, and a visiting clinician for cardiology and echocardiography at Mayo Clinic.

  • The interior of the German air force Airbus A-310 Medivac in Cologne, Germany, before its departure to Bergamo, Italy, March 28 to being ferrying COVID-19 patients to Germany for treatment to aid the Italians, whose healthcare system has been overwhelmed by the rapid spread of the coronavirus pandemic. Bundeswehr Photo by Kevin Schrief.

    The interior of the German air force Airbus A-310 Medivac in Cologne, Germany, before its departure to Bergamo, Italy, March 28 to being ferrying COVID-19 patients to Germany for treatment to aid the Italians, whose healthcare system has been overwhelmed by the rapid spread of the coronavirus pandemic. Bundeswehr Photo by Kevin Schrief.

  • United Imaging has installed its first transportable CT Scanner at Maimonides Medical Center in New York City to help expand its capacity for imaging during the fight against coronavirus in the U.S. As the hospital scales its operations to meet the needs of an expected influx of coronavirus patients, doubling its capacity to 1,400 beds, United Imaging’s scanner will help expand its capacity for imaging studies to support diagnosis and treatment.

    United Imaging has installed its first transportable CT Scanner at Maimonides Medical Center in New York City to help expand its capacity for imaging during the fight against coronavirus in the U.S. As the hospital scales its operations to meet the needs of an expected influx of coronavirus patients, doubling its capacity to 1,400 beds, United Imaging’s scanner will help expand its capacity for imaging studies to support diagnosis and treatment.

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