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Has the Coronavirus Got You Lost in Time?
A woman walked to answer the doorbell the other day and was surprised to see the workers who had arrived to replace her front walkway. “I wasn’t expecting you to be here unt...Full Article
Risk Factors for COVID-19 Death Revealed in World’s Largest Analysis of Patient Records to Date
Academics at the University of Oxford and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), working on behalf of NHS England and in partnership with NHSX, have analyse...Full Article
COVID-19 Causes Pulmonary Arterial Thrombosis and Damages Other Organs As Well As The Lungs
COVID-19, the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2, not only may lead to severe pneumonia but also to thrombosis in the lungs and, subsequently, to multi organ failure involving kidne...Full Article
RA Capital COVID Team has created a map that captures many of the major ongoing technology development efforts in the world to solve our COVID-19 crisis
The RA Capital COVID Team with Boston-based Dr. Peter Kolchinsky, author of The Great American Drug Deal, PhD in Virology from Harvard University, have created a map that capt...Full Article
Expert reaction to high proportion of blood clotting in COVID-19 patients
Earlier this week, the BBC reported that one third of COVID-19 patients developed dangerous blood clots. While current treatments are mainly focusing on anti-viral and potenti...Full Article
Protocol First Announces Strategic Investment from The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) to Advance Clinical Trial Execution
Protocol First, Inc., a software solutions provider focused on accelerating clinical research, announced today the closing of a funding commitment from The Leukemia & Lymphoma...Full Article
Ortho's COVID-19 IgG Antibody Test Receives CE Mark
Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, a global leader of in vitro diagnostics with a rich history of bringing critical tests for infectious diseases to market, announced its second COVI...
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Roche highly accurate antibody test for COVID-19 goes live at more than 20 initial lab sites in the US
Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced its Elecsys® Anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody test is live at more than 20 commercial and hospital lab sites throughout the United States,...Full Article
Operation Get Well Floods New York Hospitals with Messages of Hope
Hundreds of Get Well Cards Sent to Patients from All Over the United States What started as a casual conversation between two lifelong friends, one an ER doctor and hospital ...
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New American Academy of Dermatology Survey Finds Most Americans Know Sun Protection is Important, Yet Many Aren't Protecting Themselves
In recognition of Skin Cancer Awareness Month in May, dermatologists remind the public to #PracticeSafeSun to reduce their risk of skin cancer As more Americans head outdoors...Full Article
Ortho Launches Second COVID-19 Antibody Test With 100% Specificity
Ortho's Total and IgG COVID-19 Antibody Tests Will Aid in Responsible Back-to-Work Assessment - Ortho receives FDA Emergency Use Authorization for its second COVID-19 antibod...
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COVID-19: What You Need to Know About Antibody Testing
As the number of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. surpasses 800,000, many Americans want to know if recovered patients have immunity to the novel coronavirus. The answer could come...Full Article
Ohio State’s Mehta Leads AHA Statement On Cardiovascular Disease In Pregnancy
A new statement issued by the American Heart Association emphasizes the importance of taking a multidisciplinary approach to the management of cardiovascular disease during pr...Full Article
St. Jude Child and Family Experts Release Tools to Help Kids Better Understand the Novel Coronavirus
Developmentally-Appropriate, Multilingual COVID-19 Related Resources Range from Downloadable Coloring Books to Activity Books and Other Tools Using their years of expertise h...Full Article
A record-setting flu season's end doesn't ease COVID-19 worries
A record-setting flu season's end doesn't ease COVID-19 worries The official end to the 2019-20 flu season doesn’t bring relief – or even a sense of finality – thanks to the ...Full Article
Penn Nursing Offering New Telehealth Online Course Free to All Healthcare Providers
During these times of uncertainty, we’re all having to change what we do and how we do it—including health care providers who have had to swiftly migrate to telehealth to offe...Full Article
Scripps Research expands international effort to rapidly repurpose existing drugs against COVID-19
An international research network centers around ReFRAME, the world's leading collection of drugs known to be safe in humans. With the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to spread ...Full Article
COVID-19 Antibody Test Released by Ortho Clinical Diagnostics
COVID-19 Antibody Test Released by Ortho Clinical Diagnostics Aligned with its mission to improve and save lives with diagnostics, Ortho Clinical Diagnostics announced it is...Full Article
Why 6 Feet is Not the 'Magical Answer' to Social Distancing
COVID-19 has led many people to rediscover the joys of walking, jogging and bicycling as so many Americans are encouraged to limit travel and to socially isolate. The pandemic...Full Article
How does the new coronavirus spread? Think of second-hand smoke
A new study on COVID-19 suggests it can survive in the air and can live for days on certain surfaces. An aerosol is a tiny air particle, thinner even than the diameter of a s...Full Article
CDC Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Situation Summary
This is a rapidly evolving situation and CDC will provide updated information and guidance as it becomes available. Updated April 7, 2020 CDC is responding to a pandemic of ...Full Article
Stimulus Package Becomes Law – Here’s What It Means for People with Disabilities
President Trump signed into law the $2 trillion-dollar emergency stimulus aimed at propping up the economy during the current crisis. This law is unprecedented in its scope an...Full Article
Win an INTEGRA electronic micropipette and never look back
INTEGRA Biosciences is offering labs a chance to win a VIAFLO multichannel electronic pipette of their choice. The VIAFLO electronic pipette is designed to offer better pipett...Full Article
Chicken Soup for the Soul Makes Its Latest Book for Nurses Free for healthcare workers
No one needs a little Chicken Soup for the Soul more than the healthcare workers who are on the frontlines of the COVID-19 crisis. And now Chicken Soup for the Soul is making ...Full Article
Hackensack Meridian Health Studying the Blood of COVID-19 Survivors
Clues, treatments could be in the antibodies of those who have recovered or are recovering Researchers and clinical experts at Hackensack Meridian Health, New Jersey's larges...Full Article
