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Some Heroes Wear Masks
It’s quite fitting that National Superhero Day falls the first week of May in 2020, the same week that Symetra Tour player Sarah Hoffman (Saline, Michigan) puts away her Calla...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
AdvaMed Joins AORN, AHA in Issuing “Re-entry Guidance for Health Care Facilities and Medical Device Representatives”
The Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed), the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN), and the American Hospital Association (AHA) released “Re-entr...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
MU Health Care Neurologist Publishes Guidance Related to COVID-19 and Stroke Care
A University of Missouri Health Care neurologist has published more than 40 new recommendations for evaluating and treating stroke patients based on international research exa...
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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
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
ANA Enterprise Gears Up for Global ‘Year of The Nurse’ In 2020
The ANA Enterprise announced its intent to elevate and celebrate the essential, robust contributions of nurses as the world recognizes 2020 as the “Year of the Nurse.” The AN...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
Expert Medical Societies Release Multidisciplinary Recommendations for Breast Cancer Patient Care During COVID-19 Pandemic
The American Society of Breast Surgeons (ASBrS), the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC), the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), the Commissio...Full Article
On the COVID-19 Front Lines With Intensive Care Nurses
What is it like being an intensive care nurse on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic? Two Cedars-Sinai nurses speak from the heart about caring for their patients and ea...Full Article
Helping Nuclear Medicine and Radiotherapy Departments Deal with Covid-19: IAEA Webinars Draw Thousands
Over 4000 people worldwide have attended webinars hosted by the IAEA: how nuclear medicine and radiotherapy departments can operate as safely as possible during the unfolding ...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
COVID-19 Facts Every Person with Diabetes Should Know
People with diabetes are being warned that they are at “high risk” during the COVID-19 pandemic, and a Purdue University expert can explain more about what that means. Maybe ...
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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
Tens of Thousands of Life-saving Ventilators on Deck to Combat COVID-19
Key medtech sector pushes the limits of capacity to produce unprecedented numbers of respiratory medical devices The Advanced Medical Technology Association announced that it...
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