Tag: Health Professionals

April 6, 2020

Credit: University of Leeds An international panel of cancer experts has recommended a one-week course of radiotherapy and delaying surgery ...

Suffering from skin damage from face masks?

April 3, 2020

Award-winning skin infection expert offers remedies to healCredit: Andrea Piacquadio via Pexels.com DOCTORS and nurses on the COVID-19 frontline are ...

Rice University emergency ventilator plans now online

April 3, 2020

ApolloBVM, an open-source bag valve mask automation device, could help patients in treatment for COVID-19Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - ...

Advanced liver disease patients and transplant recipients need specific care during COVID-19

April 2, 2020

EASL and ESCMID have issued a Position Paper, providing recommendations for clinicians caring for patients with liver diseases during the ...

Arkansas researchers developing prediction models for coronavirus

April 2, 2020

Data science professor collaborating with colleagues at UAMSCredit: University of Arkansas Data science professor Justin Zhan is collaborating with University ...

Mindfulness app may help address physician anxiety, burnout

April 1, 2020

Credit: Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- As novel coronavirus cases continue to increase across the nation, health professionals on the ...

Rutgers launches genetic testing service for new coronavirus

April 1, 2020

Thousands of samples can be analyzed dailyCredit: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Rutgers' RUCDR Infinite Biologics has launched ...

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 ...

SCTR Institute awarded $24 million to advance translational research in South Carolina

Credit: Sarah Pack, Medical University of South Carolina The South Carolina Clinical & Translational Research (SCTR) Institute, one of about ...

The Lancet Infectious Diseases: Comprehensive COVID-19 hospitalisation and death rate estimates help countries best prepare as global pandemic unfolds

The death rate from confirmed COVID-19 cases is estimated at 1.38%, while the overall death rate, which includes unconfirmed cases, ...

World academies call for global solidarity on COVID-19 pandemic

The InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) urges countries to collaborate, use and share science-based information, and help the developing worldCredit: Illustration of ...

New world’s best practice for COVID 19 prevention and control

Credit: JBI, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, the University of Adelaide New recommendations for best practice for infection prevention ...

Journal of the American Geriatrics society highlights ‘ABCDs’ of COVID-19 for older adults

UPDATE: COVID-19 stimulus signed into law, bringing momentum for economy and geriatrics

Do ER caregivers’ on-the-job emotions affect patient care?

UMass Amherst researcher tackles traditionally taboo subject in high-stress medical fieldCredit: UMass Amherst Doctors and nurses in emergency departments at ...

Ventilator costing less than $300 developed by Rice University and Metric Technologies