It has become increasingly apparent that the spread of COVID-19 infection within healthcare settings has played a large role in some of the worst affected countries. One major London hospital found that 15% of patients with ...
Jul 20, 2020
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A newly-developed tool to help workers and employees calculate the biological risk of an individual's exposure to COVID-19 aims to help keep healthcare workers safer from all backgrounds, and with a particular emphasis on ...
Jul 15, 2020
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Researchers studying the spread of SARS-CoV-2 among healthcare workers have found high levels of asymptomatic infections during the peak of the pandemic in London. These results, published as part of correspondence in The ...
Jul 10, 2020
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How do you make a mask as effective as the N95 respirators used by healthcare workers treating COVID-19 patients?
Jul 9, 2020
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As the global battle to understand and eliminate the coronavirus continues, a new study published in the Journal of Dental Research demonstrates that testing of oropharyngeal secretions (OS) may reduce the number of false ...
Jul 2, 2020
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A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has invented a foldable tent-like device that serves as a physical shield to reduce the risk of exposure to pathogens for healthcare workers performing ...
Jun 30, 2020
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As parts of the U.S. tentatively reopen amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the nation's long-term health continues to depend on tracking the virus and predicting where it might surge next. Finding the right computer models can be ...
Jun 29, 2020
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In preparation for the COVID-19 pandemic and the anticipated overwhelming demand on hospitals, the NHS moved towards of a policy of providing only essential treatments. Doctors were asked to postpone all non-urgent clinical ...
Jun 25, 2020
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Around 10 million people worldwide fall ill from tuberculosis every year and 1.6 million people die of it. Particularly burdened by the disease are the sub-Saharan African countries.
Jun 25, 2020
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Both symptomatic and asymptomatic COVID-19 patients have the capability of contaminating their surroundings, according to a new study published in mSphere, an open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology. ...
Jun 24, 2020
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