As testing for the novel coronavirus continues to scale up, a new study finds that saliva samples are a "preferable" indicator for infection than the deep nasal swabs now widely used.
Apr 27, 2020
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Free, open source hardware and 3-D printing could alleviate the burden of COVID-19 on global health systems, according to scientists at the University of Sussex. In a study publishing April 24, 2020 in the open access journal ...
Apr 27, 2020
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A team of SHP faculty and researchers, together with Stanford Medicine graduate and medical students and in collaboration with colleagues at CIDE in Mexico, have launched a modeling framework to investigate the epidemiology ...
Apr 27, 2020
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Saturday that Canada's approach to reopening its economy from the coronavirus shutdown would be "cautious" and not depend on the development of widespread immunity in the population.
Apr 26, 2020
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Research led by Edith Cowan University (ECU) has confirmed that difficulty accessing personal protective equipment (PPE) is forcing healthcare workers on the frontline to question their willingness to work during the COVID-19 ...
Apr 24, 2020
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Canadians are witnessing a tragedy unfold in the nation's long-term care system that's been a half-century in the making, according to a University of Alberta elder care expert.
Apr 22, 2020
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A team led by MIT faculty has helped bring much-needed personal protective equipment (PPE) to New England, as part of the larger regional effort to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The group, which calls itself the COVID-19 Policy ...
Apr 22, 2020
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With Russian medical workers often forced to make or buy their own protective equipment, Olga was not surprised when a fellow doctor at her clinic in the Moscow suburbs tested positive for the coronavirus.
Apr 22, 2020
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Social-distancing measures to tackle coronavirus are likely to be in place for many more months, one of Britain's top health officials warned on Wednesday, as the world waits for either a vaccine or drugs that can stop people ...
Apr 22, 2020
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Spain will begin allowing children out of their homes for brief periods next Monday. Denmark announced plans to reopen Tivoli Gardens, the Copenhagen amusement park that inspired Walt Disney. And Australia said doctors can ...
Apr 21, 2020
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