The failure of the NHS to provide adequate protective equipment for its employees—including basic items such as gloves and masks—has been among the many unpleasant shocks of the covid-19 crisis for healthcare professionals.
Apr 30, 2020
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Publishing their findings in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, researchers using data (up to 18 February), investigated possible links between selenium levels in the body and cure or death rates of those with the ...
Apr 29, 2020
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Getting personal protective equipment to the frontlines while America fights COVID-19 has more twists and turns than it may seem, but thinking about the supply chain from a disaster recovery perspective can help, a University ...
Apr 20, 2020
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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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