Archive: 14/04/2020

Chloroquine COVID-19 trial stopped after patient deaths

A study of chloroquine in novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) patients was halted due to potentially deadly side effects.

Apr 14, 2020

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High rates of appropriate e-consults seen across specialties

The rates of appropriate electronic consultations (e-consults) are high across specialties, according to a study published online April 14 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

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Play your part, stay apart: Advice and insight on physical distancing

It has been a month since the wide-ranging safer-at-home directive went into effect in Los Angeles on March 17, following, and followed by, similar policies in other states and countries around the world.

Apr 14, 2020

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Repurposing drugs and networks can help find outbreak treatments against the clock

A vaccine is likely to take at least a year. A new drug could be a decade away. Even with the world's resources focused, treatments against a new disease are difficult to create from scratch. However, repurposing existing ...

Apr 14, 2020

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New findings shed light on selective therapeutics for IDH1-mutated glioma

Findings of a new study led by Prof. Xu Guowang from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Prof. Yang Chunzhang from the National Cancer Institute shed light on the selective ...

Apr 14, 2020

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How to end virus lockdowns? Technology, tests, coordination

Governments battling a virus that has crossed borders with breathtaking swiftness pinned their hopes Tuesday on tests, technology and a coordinated approach to ease the tight social-distancing restrictions that have slowed ...

Apr 14, 2020

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Thai hospitals protect babies born in a pandemic with face shields

Fast asleep, swaddled in a towel and snug in a pink beanie, a baby born during a pandemic in a Thai hospital needs one last item to ensure its health—a face shield.

Apr 14, 2020

117 million children face measles risk from COVID-19 response: UN

Around 117 million children worldwide risk contracting measles because dozens of countries are curtailing their vaccination programmes as they battle COVID-19, the United Nations warned Tuesday.

Apr 14, 2020

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Iran says virus deaths drop below 100 for first time in month

Iran said on Tuesday that the number of lives lost in the country to the novel coronavirus dropped to double figures for the first time in one month.

Apr 14, 2020

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Spain's virus death toll tops 18,000

Spain's death toll from the novel coronavirus topped 18,000 on Tuesday, as the rise in new infections dropped to its lowest level since the country imposed a nationwide lockdown last month.

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