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Get Covid Compliant with COVID SAFE
VideoForU, a professional full-service video production company, announced the launch of: COVID SAFE, a four minute training video that carefully explains the safety measures ...Full Article
Arcadia University’s Nationally Ranked DPT Program Now Offering Hybrid Learning
Arcadia University’s nationally ranked Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program has expanded to offer a hybrid learning model for healthcare and medical professionals, Arcadia...
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New Munters Whitepaper Explores How Humidity Affects Viral Infectivity and Longevity
There is a demonstratable link between humidity and the infectivity and longevity of a variety of viruses, such as influenza and coronaviruses, according to a new whitepaper b...Full Article
26 Health Care Groups Sign On To “Return To Procedures” Guidance
The Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed), the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN), and the American Hospital Association (AHA) announced 26 addi...Full Article
RespectAbility’s VP of Communications Awarded Roddenberry Foundation Impact Award
Announced on the first day of RespectAbility’s Summer Lab, RespectAbility’s Vice President of Communications Lauren Appelbaum was announced as a recipient of The Roddenberry F...Full Article
NIH Researchers Identify Key Genomic Features That Could Differentiate SARS-CoV-2 From Other Coronaviruses That Cause Less Severe Disease
A team of researchers from the National Library of Medicine (NLM), part of the National Institutes of Health, identified genomic features of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes ...Full Article
60 minutes of endurance training is enough to shift body clock in mice
New research published today in The Journal of Physiology shows that just one 60 minutes bout of exercise shifted the muscle clocks of mice by around an hour in either directi...
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Minimally-invasive treatment for “frozen shoulder” improves patients’ pain and function
A new nonsurgical treatment decreases errant blood flow in the shoulder to quickly reduce pain and improve function in patients with adhesive capsulitis, also known as “frozen...Full Article
Athletico Announces New Specialized Service to Rehabilitate Patients Recovering from COVID-19
Athletico Physical Therapy, a leader in physical and occupational therapy, is proud to offer a new specialized service line to rehabilitate patients recovering from COVID-19. ...Full Article
Survey: U.S. Voters Strongly Support More Funding For Nursing Homes And Assisted Living Communities In Response To Coronavirus Pandemic
According to a new national survey, a vast majority of U.S. voters believe long term care facilities, including nursing homes and assisted living communities, need more suppor...Full Article
Digital Well-Being Guidelines for Parents During the COVID-19 Pandemic
In this unprecedented time, technology has become part of the social fabric in a deeper, more intimate way than ever before—for those of us able to access it, technology has b...Full Article
Expert comment on antibody tests for COVID-19
With promises of antibody tests being rolled out in the next few days to NHS and care staff in England, and retailers told not to send home-testing kits as their accuracy is q...Full Article
Covid-19 Crisis Triage - - Optimizing Health Outcomes and Disability Rights
New England Journal of Medicine article offers policy recommendations for triage protocols that save the most lives and protect core values, such as the equal moral worth of a...
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Human Growth Hormone May Prevent Loss of Muscle Strength after Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction
Human growth hormone (HGH) may prevent the loss of muscle strength after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction, according to results from a pilot study conducted by ...Full Article
AHCA/NCAL Provides Roadmap to Governors to Address Long Term Care Workforce Needs During Pandemic
The American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) released a “Long Term Care Workforce Roadmap for Governors and States,” outlining ways sta...Full Article
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
Northwestern University Grant Delivers Free COVID-19 Children’s Book to Teachers & School Systems Nationwide
Elementary educators looking for a free resource to teach students about the Coronavirus and COVID-19 will have help from a zany book character named Mrs. Can. Thanks to a gra...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
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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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
Rehab Therapist & Telehealth Pioneer Shares "Lessons Learned" in Net Health Webinar
Backed by years of experience, David Grigsby, MPT, cert MDT, offers advice for how to get started with implementing telehealth services for physical therapy patients With so ...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
