Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Child aged five among new UK virus victims
Britain on Saturday reported a record 708 daily deaths from COVID-19, including a five-year-old child, who is thought to be the country's youngest victim.
Apr 4, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Lives behind grim coronavirus numbers
As the coronavirus death toll spirals in country after country, the sheer scale of the pandemic sweeping the globe can sometimes obscure the individual tragedies.
Apr 2, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Australia restricts travel to indigenous areas over virus fears
Australia moved to lock down isolated indigenous areas on Friday, in a bid to protect Aboriginal communities already burdened with chronic illness and poverty from the fast-spreading coronavirus.
Mar 20, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Brazil quarantines cruise ship over suspected COVID-19
Brazilian authorities said Friday they had quarantined a Bahamas-flagged cruise ship with 600 people aboard after a passenger was diagnosed with a suspected case of the new coronavirus.
Mar 13, 2020
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Pediatrics
Research tests speed of drones in responding to medical emergency scenarios
Could drones be used someday to deliver life-saving medications or interventions in the case of a child's emergency, a drug overdose or in response to a mass casualty scene? According to new research presented at the American ...
Oct 25, 2019
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Medications
Video: Fighting the opioid epidemic with data
In an effort to stay a step ahead of the opioid epidemic, UConn Health is part of a collaboration with the state Department of Public Health (DPH) that aims to track crucial data and create an early warning system to alert ...
Apr 5, 2019
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Other
Computing power to optimise the mobile emergency care network
Optimised distribution of emergency medical service stations can ensure rapid emergency care for even greater swathes of the population – and save money at the same time. This is the result of a study by Karl Landsteiner ...
Apr 11, 2018
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Cardiology
Italian law must change to improve survival from cardiac arrest
An Italian law requiring citizens to hold a certificate to use a defibrillator must change to improve survival from cardiac arrest, researchers argued today at Acute Cardiovascular Care 2018, a European Society of Cardiology ...
Mar 5, 2018
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Health
Collaboration between EMS and primary care physicians could reduce unnecessary emergency transport for fallen seniors
A protocol that couples paramedic assessment with primary care physician consultation and timely follow up significantly reduced unnecessary ambulance transport for fallen elderly residents of assisted living facilities. ...
Dec 11, 2017
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Health
L.A. homeless housing program saves more money than it costs
A public-private effort to provide permanent supportive housing to people in Los Angeles County with complex medical and behavioral health issues who were experiencing homelessness caused a significant drop in their use of ...
Dec 5, 2017
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