One key to stopping the spread of COVID-19 is knowing who has it. A delay in reliable tests and COVID-19 diagnostics in the United States has painted an unreliable picture of just how many people are infected and how the ...
Apr 13, 2020
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For health care professionals on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic, a thin layer of personal protective equipment—gowns, masks, gloves—stands between their ability to help patients and the prospect of becoming ...
Apr 13, 2020
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Manufacturers are stepping up to meet the severe shortage of ventilators prompted by the current coronavirus pandemic—and not just companies in the medical industry. Numerous firms from the aerospace and defense sectors, ...
Apr 10, 2020
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A global condom shortage is looming as the coronavirus pandemic shutters factories and disrupts supply chains, the world's top maker of the contraceptives said, with the United Nations warning of "devastating" consequences.
Apr 8, 2020
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For most patients who have died of COVID-19, the pandemic disease caused by a novel coronavirus, the ultimate cause of death was pneumonia, a condition in which inflammation and fluid buildup make it difficult to breathe. ...
Apr 7, 2020
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recently started testing for coronavirus exposure in asymptomatic people using serological tests—a finger prick blood test to see if someone has recovered from ...
Apr 7, 2020
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A Japanese research team has successfully developed a system to predict the severity of Alport syndrome, a serious hereditary kidney disease that occurs in about 1 out of 5,000 people in the US. Patients with Alport syndrome ...
Apr 6, 2020
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The growing severity of the COVID-19 pandemic and challenges in the supply chain have resulted in severe shortages of N95 masks and reports of frequent mask reuse. This practice poses serious safety risks to healthcare workers. ...
Apr 6, 2020
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In just under two weeks, researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, with engineers, nurses and other health care professionals, have developed a design informed by clinical feedback for protective plastic face ...
Apr 4, 2020
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Social distancing—the main containment strategy for the coronavirus pandemic—is showing tentative results in lowering the rate of transmission in several U.S. cities.
Apr 3, 2020
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