Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

A mounting casualty of coronavirus crisis: Health care jobs

Tens of thousands of medical workers across the United States are suddenly out of work as operating rooms and doctor's offices go dark, casualties of urgent calls to prioritize coronavirus patients at overwhelmed hospitals ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Governor to take ventilators for NYC as hospitals buckle

With coronavirus deaths surging in New York, the governor announced Friday he will use his authority to seize ventilators and protective gear from private hospitals and companies that aren't using them—one of the most aggressive ...

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Video doctor visits gain ground during coronavirus pandemic

Dr. David Wheeler started seeing patients via telehealth in his Wyoming neurology practice 10 years ago as a way to provide routine visits to patients living in remote areas. He'd see three to four patients by video or telephone ...

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World-first tool to improve COVID-19 diagnosis, free and online

The world's only online image-based COVID-19 diagnosis improvement tool for healthcare workers is launched today by University of Sydney spinoff DetectED-X, drawing on its global experience and outcomes in breast cancer detection ...

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'Cacophony of coughing': Inside NYC's virus-besieged ERs

A "cacophony of coughing" in packed emergency rooms. Beds squeezed in wherever there is space. Overworked, sleep-deprived doctors and nurses rationed to one face mask a day and wracked by worry about a dwindling number of ...

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Finding ways to forge through the COVID-19 pandemic

As the coronoavirus pandemic spreads and hunkered-down Americans wonder when and how they'll get back on the job, a Harvard epidemiologist said a second type of test being developed could clear for work the small but rising ...

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How does the coronavirus test work? 5 questions answered

The U.S. government is fighting to contain and slow down the spread of the coronavirus. Testing is central to these efforts. Molecular biologist and viral researcher Maureen Ferran answers some basic questions about how these ...

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More testing sheds light on how virus is spreading in US

An increase in testing for the coronavirus began shedding light Monday on how the illness has spread in the United States, including among nursing home residents in one Washington state facility.

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