As hospitals face an overload of COVID-19 patients struggling to breathe, innovative medical staff are turning to snorkelling masks from sports stores to stop their lungs collapsing.
Mar 29, 2020
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Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, N95 face masks have been in short supply. Health care workers, in particular, desperately need these masks to protect themselves from the respiratory droplets of infected patients. ...
May 5, 2020
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For decades, hospitals have worked to get doctors, nurses and others to wash their hands and prevent the spread of germs.
Apr 13, 2019
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Dayna James has been an emergency nurse for 17 years—and thought the COVID-19 pandemic would mean she'd have more work than ever.
May 13, 2020
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Even people with minor illness from the coronavirus can develop antibodies that could leave them immunised for several weeks or more, according to an early French study that tested hospital staff with mild infections.
May 26, 2020
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(HealthDay)—New York City resident Jeanne Jennings was so sick with COVID-19 she couldn't draw a decent breath.
Aug 11, 2020
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Health care workers who had symptoms after their COVID-19 vaccination gained a more durable immunity than those who didn't, report UConn Health researchers in a recent issue of Vaccines.
Mar 6, 2023
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Patients have come to expect a technician to drape their torsos with a heavy lead apron when they get an X-ray, but new thinking among radiologists and medical physicists is upending the decades-old practice of shielding ...
Jan 17, 2020
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The World Health Organization (WHO) cites good hand hygiene as a major factor in stopping the spread of hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) caused by exposure to various bacteria.
Feb 2, 2015
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Non-union Las Vegas casino resort workers face increased health and safety risks due in large part to management's lack of concern for and vigilance surrounding employee work conditions.
Oct 2, 2018
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