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COVID-19: Guidance to support healthcare staff having difficult conversations about end of life

A Loughborough University academic is providing guidance to clinicians who are likely to be having - and training people who will have - difficult conversations with patients suffering from COVID-19 or those closest to them.

3 Apr 2020

Skincare experts suggest remedies for skin damage from face masks

Doctors and nurses on the COVID-19 frontline are spending many hours a day wearing face masks, and many members of the general public are doing the same.

3 Apr 2020

IBM Watson Assistant for Citizens provides responses to common COVID-19 queries

With COVID-19 affecting 206 countries, areas and territories, IBM is helping government agencies, healthcare organizations and academic institutions throughout the world use AI to put critical data and information into the hands of their citizens.

From IBM Watson 3 Apr 2020

New app provides an overview of COVID-19 spread across the globe

There is nothing quite like a quarantine to make one itch to do something useful. Three PhD students from the Department of Mathematical Sciences have done just that.

2 Apr 2020

Visualization tool enables doctors to get an overview of critical care bed capacities

Computer scientists in the team led by Professor Daniel Keim, professor of data analysis and visualization at the University of Konstanz, developed a visualization tool called "Coronavis".

2 Apr 2020

Web portal provides information on how to decontaminate used N95 masks

As health workers and first responders in the United States try to stem a pandemic without adequate protective gear, health officials are forced to consider a stopgap - decontaminating and reusing N95 masks to shield those whose jobs expose them to the virus that causes COVID-19.

2 Apr 2020

A global, online crowdsourcing challenge launched to accelerate epilepsy research

Novela Neurotech, a medtech company that accelerates neurological discoveries, joins forces with NeuroTechX, an international neurotech community to launch a global, online crowdsourcing challenge with the goal of accelerating epilepsy research.

1 Apr 2020

Blood centers will collect plasma from COVID-19 survivors in bid for treatment

Blood donation centers across the U.S. are ramping up efforts to collect plasma from people who have recovered from COVID-19 in hopes it could be used to save the lives of others infected with the pandemic disease.

1 Apr 2020

Temperature check: Tips for tracking a key symptom of coronavirus contagion

After I was told I'd been exposed to the novel coronavirus, I tried to follow the best medical advice. I started working from home. I socially isolated. And I "self-monitored" for signs I'd been infected.

1 Apr 2020

Researchers are working to visualize regional indicators for better decision making on COVID-19

As the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps across the globe, it is fast becoming clear that no one is exempt from its disruptive effects.

1 Apr 2020

New 3D bioprinting technologies to create cardiovascular tissue

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide, with over 17 million per year according to the World Health Organization.

From IDTechEx Ltd 31 Mar 2020

Online coronavirus tests are just the latest iffy products marketed to anxious consumers

Companies with experience in the "at-home" testing market began announcing in mid-March that they would be offering direct-to-consumer test kits for COVID-19.

31 Mar 2020

Understanding the novel coronavirus genome

The novel coronavirus emerged in December 2019 in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, in China, and since then, it has rapidly spread to over 170 countries across the globe. Our knowledge of the virus, now officially named severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is still in the early stages. However, scientists around the world are racing to better understand the virus, in the hope of shedding light on potential vaccines and therapies.

31 Mar 2020

New virtual tool to help the world diagnose COVID-19 in the lungs

A new virtual tool helps overstressed and overworked doctors sharpen their skills at making a timely diagnosis of COVID-19 pneumonia based on the characteristic lung signs on computerized tomography (CT) of the chest.

31 Mar 2020

Eight strains of coronavirus afflicting the world

Scientists around the world are racing to study the novel coronavirus strain severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Now, it appears that there are eight strains of SARS-CoV-2 circulating the globe. The good news is that according to infectious disease physician and clinical microbiologist Charles Chiu, “The virus mutates so slowly that the virus strains are fundamentally very similar to each other.”

31 Mar 2020

Critical care team creates blueprint for emergency operations during COVID-19 epidemic

As patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) flood hospitals, the health care system must not only determine how to redeploy limited resources and staff to care for them but must also make well-calculated decisions to provide other types of critical care.

31 Mar 2020

Best practices for preventing and controlling COVID-19

New recommendations for best practice for infection prevention and control in healthcare settings, to help stop the spread of COVID-19, have been developed by the University of Adelaide's JBI, an international research organisation in the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences.

31 Mar 2020

New AASM position statement evaluates the role of sleep deprivation in physician burnout

Physician burnout is a significantly underappreciated public safety issue, and sleep loss is often overlooked as a contributing factor, according to a new position statement published by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.

30 Mar 2020

Telemedicine surges, fueled by coronavirus fears and shift in payment rules

Lukas Kopacki, home from college after the coronavirus pandemic closed his campus, was feeling lousy for days with headaches, sore throat and difficulty breathing through his nose. But he worried that a trip to a doctor's office might make him sicker.

27 Mar 2020

Response: £2.9 billion funding to strengthen care for the vulnerable

£2.9b of the £5b fund to tackle coronavirus will be used to strengthen care for vulnerable people, including those living with dementia.

27 Mar 2020

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COVID-19: Guidance to support healthcare staff having difficult conversations about end of life

Skincare experts suggest remedies for skin damage from face masks

IBM Watson Assistant for Citizens provides responses to common COVID-19 queries

New app provides an overview of COVID-19 spread across the globe

Visualization tool enables doctors to get an overview of critical care bed capacities

Web portal provides information on how to decontaminate used N95 masks

A global, online crowdsourcing challenge launched to accelerate epilepsy research

Blood centers will collect plasma from COVID-19 survivors in bid for treatment

Temperature check: Tips for tracking a key symptom of coronavirus contagion

Researchers are working to visualize regional indicators for better decision making on COVID-19

New 3D bioprinting technologies to create cardiovascular tissue

Online coronavirus tests are just the latest iffy products marketed to anxious consumers

Understanding the novel coronavirus genome

New virtual tool to help the world diagnose COVID-19 in the lungs

Eight strains of coronavirus afflicting the world

Critical care team creates blueprint for emergency operations during COVID-19 epidemic

Best practices for preventing and controlling COVID-19

New AASM position statement evaluates the role of sleep deprivation in physician burnout

Telemedicine surges, fueled by coronavirus fears and shift in payment rules

Response: £2.9 billion funding to strengthen care for the vulnerable

Advancing Neuroscience Research Through Collaboration and Patient-Centered Innovation

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How Omics Technologies Are Transforming Biological Research and Drug Discovery

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