Cost-effective canopy protects health workers from COVID infection during ventilation
Credit: Photo courtesy of Prof. Yochai Adir. Researchers have designed a cost-effective, constant flow plastic canopy system that can help ...
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Low-cost, easy-to-build ventilator performs similarly to high-quality commercial device
Ventilator could support coronavirus treatment in low-income regions or where supplies are limitedCredit: Photos courtesy of Prof. Ramon Farré. A ...
UMass Amherst team develops COVID-19 forecast hub
Ensemble modeling offers more accurate infectious-disease projectionsCredit: UMass Amherst The Influenza Forecasting Center of Excellence team at the University of ...
3D-printed swabs developed at UofL to help fill gap in COVID-19 test kits
Credit: UofL Innovation at the University of Louisville involving multiple departments at the university has led to a promising solution ...
COVID-19 — Impact of containment measures in Italy: 200,000 hospitalizations avoided in March
Italian researchers say: 'It is possible to reconstruct the map of disease diffusion' infection has been reduced up to 45% ...
Lung-heart super sensor on a chip tinier than a ladybug
The future of socially distanced lung and heart health monitoring could lie in an inconspicuous yet incredibly sensitive MEMS chipCredit: ...
Caring for those most vulnerable to COVID-19 requires vigilance
Leading geriatrician provides key updates and resources for front-line nursing home staff and cliniciansCredit: Florida Atlantic University As the coronavirus ...
The Cath Lab during COVID
Paper Published by Le Bonheur Children's Physician in the Journal of Invasive CardiologyCredit: Le Bonheur Children's Hospital Interventional cardiologists should ...
UMass Amherst scientists prepare sterile solution for COVID-19 tests
Critical shortage of viral transport media has hampered diagnostic testing during pandemicCredit: UMass Amherst Answering an urgent call for assistance ...
Medicare coverage varies for transgender hormone therapies
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, April 13, 2020--A new study has shown substantial variability in access ...
FDA approves first ever treatment for neurofibromatosis
According to the Children's Tumor Foundation, approval of AstraZeneca and MSD (Merck)'s Koselugo (selumetinib) increases potential for successful tumor reduction ...
Call to action: Traditional, complementary and integrative health COVID-19 support registry
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, April 9, 2020--The new, global Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Health and ...
Coronavirus and MS reporting database announced by CMSC & National MS Society
Credit: CMSC & National MS Society The Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers (CMSC) and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society have ...
UMass Amherst engineers, nurses design low-cost face shield PPE for health care
Protective plastic face shields can be mass-produced quickly by existing manufacturersCredit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - In just under two ...
Russian antitumor drugs first time registered in Europe
Credit: BIOCAD Two BIOCAD products, Acellbia (INN: rituximab) and Herticad (INN: trastuzumab), received the first European registration certificate in Bosnia ...
Cloud-based electronic system may help first responders better react to natural disasters
Credit: Purdue University/Yuehwern Yih WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Every year natural disasters kill around 90,000 people and affect close to ...
Healthy Nevada Project participants report on COVID-19
14,000 Nevadans quickly report on signs and symptoms to enhance predictive public health models for NevadaCredit: DRI Reno, Nev. (March ...
Insurance coverage key to timely care in head and neck cancer cases
Results from the study found Medicaid expansions were associated with a greater increase in the percentage of patients with head ...
NJIT designers fabricate masks, shields and swabs to battle COVID-19
Credit: NJIT As emergency response teams in the region scramble to acquire dwindling medical supplies to combat the surge in ...
COVID-19: Visualizing regional indicators for better decision making
Credit: IIASA As the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps across the globe, it is fast becoming clear that no one is exempt ...