Tag: Public Health

Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (April 6, 2020) - Data show that the number of people with clinically complex health and ...

Surgical masks good for most COVID-19 treatment: McMaster

Credit: McMaster University Hamilton, ON (April 6, 2020) - The N95 respirator masks should be preserved for health-care workers involved ...

New algorithm aims to protect surgical team members against infection with COVID-19 virus

Journal of American College of Surgeons releases new best practice guideline based on potential viral spread patterns, risks facing health ...

Penn launches trial to evaluate hydroxychloroquine to treat, prevent COVID-19

Study will evaluate therapy for current patients, prophylaxis in health care workersCredit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - A new trial led ...

Simple, low-cost ventilator builds on available resuscitation bags

Credit: Steven Norris, Georgia Tech A simple, low-cost ventilator based on the resuscitation bags carried in ambulances - and widely ...

Houston Methodist ramps up plasma therapy as FDA approves clinical trial

Credit: Houston Methodist The FDA's announcement Friday to approve convalescent serum therapy as a large-scale clinical trial opened the door ...

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 ...

Wearing surgical masks in public could help slow COVID-19 pandemic’s advance

April 3, 2020

University of Maryland and Hong Kong University study shows masks may limit the spread diseases including influenza, rhinoviruses and coronavirusesCredit: ...

Trial drug can significantly block early stages of COVID-19 in engineered human tissues

April 2, 2020

'There is hope for this horrible pandemic,' says UBC scientist Dr. Josef PenningerCredit: IMBA/Tibor Kulcsar An international team led by ...

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 ...

New CT scoring criteria for timely diagnosis, treatment of coronavirus disease (COVID-19)

Updated CT scoring criteria from AJR considers both lobe involvement and changes in CT findings to quantitatively and accurately evaluate ...

Rutgers launches genetic testing service for new coronavirus

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

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 ...

Physical activity contributes to positive mental well-being in menopausal women

Postmenopausal women have more depressive symptoms than peri- or premenopausal womenCredit: University of Jyväskylä A recent study has found that ...

UM receives over $10 million for research center on population health

Credit: UM photo by Tommy Martino MISSOULA - As emergent pathogens like coronavirus and climate-related health challenges like wildfire smoke ...

Gairdner Foundation recognizes Dr. Guy Rouleau with prestigious award

The Neuro's director has been a driving force in neurological disease research and Open Science leadershipCredit: The Neuro Since 1957, ...

Less expensive, more effective pneumonia vaccines are tested in humans

Developed by researchers at the Butantan Institute (Brazil) and Boston Children's Hospital, part of the Harvard Medical School (USA), the ...

Russian trolls on Twitter polarized vaccination during 2016 election cycle