Grim count: US virus toll passes Trump's 60,000 marker President Donald Trump likes to talk about the most, the best, the thing that nobody has ever seen. Apr 30, 2020 0 1
Coronavirus models aren't crystal balls. So what are they good for? "When will this end?" is the question that Michael Z. Levy, Ph.D., is most often asked these days. Apr 30, 2020 0 2
NERVe: A 'stopgap' ventilator developed for COVID-19 use during medical supply shortage While hospitals across the U.S. faced a possible shortage of mechanical ventilators due to COVID-19, a self-assembled "skunk works" team at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) worked tirelessly to prototype a simple ... Apr 30, 2020 0 3
Expert: Let's talk about social distancing The need for social distancing will continue into the summer as an important public health tool to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases specialist at Mayo Clinic acknowledges the hardships ... Apr 30, 2020 0 4
Trump says U.S. federal guidelines on social distancing set to expire Thursday Social distancing guidelines crafted by the federal government to stem the spread of coronavirus expire on Thursday, but President Donald Trump said Wednesday he has no intention of extending the measures. Apr 30, 2020 0 2
Should face shields replace face masks to ward off coronavirus? Hundreds of millions of Americans heeded recent government advice and rushed to wear cloth face masks, hoping they might prevent transmission of the new coronavirus. Apr 30, 2020 0 1192
Almost all COVID-19 patients have diminished sense of smell Quantitative smell testing shows that decreased smell function is a major marker for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, according to a study published online April 17 in the International ... Apr 30, 2020 0 1
A new approach to treating vascular insulin damage in coronary heart disease A team of researchers affiliated with institutions in the U.K., Greece and Germany has found a new way to treat insulin damaged blood vessels associated with heart disease. In their paper published in the journal Science ... Apr 30, 2020 report 0 159
Smoking tied to inferior survival in acute myeloid leukemia Smoking status is an important patient-related prognostic factor for outcome in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) treated with intensive chemotherapy, according to a study published online April 21 in the British ... Apr 30, 2020 0 3
During coronavirus pandemic, don't ignore symptoms of heart attack, stroke (HealthDay)—Fewer heart attack and stroke patients are seeking medical care since the coronavirus pandemic began and doctors are wondering why. Apr 30, 2020 0 1
