Among healthcare workers, those in who work in primary care rather than the in-patient hospital setting, may have faced the highest risk of dying from COVID-1. A new study, led by researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine ...
Jul 29, 2020
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Antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 can peak three weeks post onset of symptoms but begin to decline after as little as 2-3 months, according to research by King's.
Jul 27, 2020
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In a new analysis of more than 115 studies on the effectiveness of masks in controlling COVID-19, BYU professor Ben Abbott and three students found that "masks could be one of the most powerful and cost-effective tools to ...
Jul 24, 2020
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The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown up unimaginable challenges for healthcare workers. Even simple outpatient procedures such as endoscopies can expose staff to the risk of infection.
Jul 22, 2020
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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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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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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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