Archive: 07/04/2020

Student creates COVID-19 map for Nigeria

A student from Cranfield University in the UK has created a dashboard giving information on the spread of COVID-19 in Nigeria. Nnenna Nkata, 27, is from Abia State in Nigeria and is studying for an MSc in Geographical Information ...

Apr 7, 2020

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Calculating early warning scores before they reach hospital can help the sickest patients

The research team, based at the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) West in collaboration with the West of England Academic Health Science Network (AHSN), studied the impact of NEWS scores collected for more than 13,000 ...

Apr 7, 2020

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Study suggests suicide attempt survivors have lower sensitivity to bodily signals

People who have survived a suicide attempt are less sensitive to bodily signals related to their heart and breath, and have a higher tolerance for pain, suggest new findings published today in eLife.

Apr 7, 2020

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COVID-19: Mayo Clinic expert answers questions about masks after CDC updates its recommendation

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is recommending people wear nonmedical cloth masks while in public to decrease the risk of COVID-19 transmission from person to person. The cloth masks should:

Apr 7, 2020

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Are you wearing your face mask properly? Many people aren't, coronavirus experts say

You've probably seen them at the supermarket or on the streets: People wearing surgical face masks pulled down under their noses, touching their face masks or dropping used face masks in public trash cans.

Apr 7, 2020

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Importance of following stay at home restrictions

Shelter-in-place and stay-at-home orders related to the COVID-19 pandemic have gone into effect in different areas of the U.S. While the hope is everyone voluntarily complies with these types of orders, having a formal executive ...

Apr 7, 2020

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Milk production declines due to heat stress in Northern China

Northern China is a major dairy-producing region. However, milk production is expected to decline drastically by 2050, with losses potentially up to 50% by 2070, because of heat stress in July, according to a new study.

Apr 7, 2020

Coronavirus: How to sleep better during the lockdown

We are all facing restrictions in a bid to minimise the transmission rate and impact of COVID-19, but there is no denying that life in lockdown is hard.

Apr 7, 2020

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The importance of timing in restrictive confinement

COVID-19 is revealing invisible ingredients in our contact networks—breath, touching, and physical surfaces. Understanding these networks is key to assessing how infectious diseases spread and how measures to extinguish ...

Apr 7, 2020

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You're wearing a face mask: Are you wearing it correctly?

A cloth mask can help reduce the spread of COVID-19, but there's a right way and a wrong way to wear one.

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