Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Coronavirus death toll in Greece rises to three
Greece announced two more coronavirus deaths on Saturday bringing the toll to three, as an unprecedented lockdown takes effect.
Mar 14, 2020
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Universal testing may help reduce COVID-19 infections, deaths in long-term care facilities
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, residents in long-term care facilities—including nursing homes and assisted living centers—have been at particularly high risk of infection by and spread of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that ...
Jul 15, 2020
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High prevalence of healthcare-associated infections and low testing rates found in EU hospitals
The European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC) estimates that 9 million cases of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) occur across Europe each year—with around one in 15 patients in acute care hospitals ...
Apr 13, 2019
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Telemedicine cuts inter-hospital ICU transfers of critically ill
(HealthDay)—Telemedicine is associated with a decrease in inter-hospital intensive care unit (ICU) transfers, according to a study published in the July issue of Chest.
Aug 1, 2018
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Swiss impose emergency measures to combat coronavirus
The Swiss government imposed emergency measures on Monday in a bid to stem the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, banning all gatherings, tightening borders and deploying the military.
Mar 16, 2020
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Strong leadership necessary to provide more sophisticated care for aging population, study finds
Strong leadership, communication and teamwork are essential to successful organizations, especially health care facilities. However, how those organizations achieve improvement is not clearly understood, says a University ...
Sep 13, 2011
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Spain to enter new era without isolation for mild COVID-19
Spanish health authorities are moving closer to normalizing life in coexistence with COVID-19, by scrapping mandatory quarantines—from next week—for those infected with the virus but showing no or mild symptoms of the ...
Mar 22, 2022
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Hepatitis C prevention, control efforts should focus on incarcerated individuals
More than one in nine people with hepatitis C in Canada spend time in a correctional facility each year and researchers said this presents a unique opportunity to focus hepatitis C prevention and control efforts in incarcerated ...
Dec 17, 2015
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Austria makes Covid vaccination mandatory in EU first
Austria's parliament on Thursday approved making COVID-19 vaccinations mandatory for adults from next month, becoming the first European country to do so despite a wave of protests opposing the measure.
Jan 20, 2022
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New study finds COVID-19 vaccines highly effective in nursing homes
In what is believed to be the first published study of COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness in long-term care facilities such as nursing homes, a research team co-led by the Yale School of Public Health found a widely used vaccine ...
Mar 16, 2021
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