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UC San Diego Health expands COVID-19 testing capacity

From the beginning, the ability of front line clinicians to test patients for COVID-19 -- to determine whether a person is infected with the disease-causing novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2 -- has been part and parcel of the pandemic.

6 Apr 2020

NPL to support companies developing and manufacturing ventilators

The National Physical Laboratory, in its role as the UK’s National Metrology Institute, has been supporting industry for 120 years by maintaining the national and primary measurement standards and related services.

6 Apr 2020

STEMCELL launches 'My Status' app to help keep staff safe during COVID-19 pandemic

OutSystems announced that STEMCELL Technologies has launched its "My Status" app to help keep STEMCELL staff safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.

6 Apr 2020

GlobalData: Digital biomarkers emerging as key predictive tools to manage COVID-19 pandemic

Remote patient monitoring is accelerating the development and validation of digital biomarkers to help identify patients that are at risk from the coronavirus (COVID-19), supporting the assessment of disease progression and allowing continuous monitoring of disease symptoms, as well as providing data for new outbreaks, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.

6 Apr 2020

Ortho Clinical Diagnostics launches COVID-19 antibody test

Aligned with its mission to improve and save lives with diagnostics, Ortho Clinical Diagnostics today announced it is launching to market its SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19/coronavirus) antibody test—the VITROS Immunodiagnostic Products Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Total Reagent Pack. Testing kits are expected to be available in a few weeks.

From Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc. 6 Apr 2020

‘You pray that you got the drug.’ Ailing couple gambles on trial for COVID-19 cure

For 10 days last month, they lay in side-by-side isolation units in a Seattle-area hospital, tethered to oxygen and struggling to breathe as the coronavirus ravaged their lungs.

6 Apr 2020

‘Staying away from grandma’ isn’t an option in multigenerational homes

The Walker family never thought having an age range of 3 to 96 under the same roof would be risky.

6 Apr 2020

Mysterious heart damage, not just lung troubles, befalling COVID-19 patients

While the focus of the COVID-19 pandemic has been on respiratory problems and securing enough ventilators, doctors on the front lines are grappling with a new medical mystery.

6 Apr 2020

Long-standing racial and income disparities seen creeping into COVID-19 care

The new coronavirus doesn’t discriminate. But physicians in public health and on the front lines said they already can see the emergence of familiar patterns of racial and economic bias in the response to the pandemic.

6 Apr 2020

New design will allow manufacturers to mass-produce PPE for health care workers

In just under two weeks, researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, with engineers, nurses and other health care professionals, have developed a design informed by clinical feedback for protective plastic face shields as the nation combats the spread of the coronavirus.

5 Apr 2020

Wearing surgical masks in public may help limit the spread of COVID-19

Surgical masks may help prevent infected people from making others sick with seasonal viruses, including coronaviruses, according to new research that could help settle a fierce debate spanning clinical and cultural norms.

5 Apr 2020

Rice University's open-source emergency ventilator design plans freely available

The plans for Rice University's ApolloBVM, an open-source emergency ventilator design that could help patients in treatment for COVID-19, are now online and freely available to everyone in the world.

5 Apr 2020

Trump administration uses wartime powers to be first in line on medical supplies

The Trump administration quietly invoked the Defense Production Act to force medical suppliers in Texas and Colorado to sell to it first — ahead of states, hospitals or foreign countries.

3 Apr 2020

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

I-Form uses 3D printing to provide PPE for health professionals fighting COVID-19

I-Form, the SFI Research Centre for Advanced Manufacturing (www.i-form.ie), is using its expertise in additive manufacturing (3D printing) to provide much-needed PPE (personal protective equipment) to frontline staff working across the health service in Dublin.

3 Apr 2020

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UC San Diego Health expands COVID-19 testing capacity

NPL to support companies developing and manufacturing ventilators

STEMCELL launches 'My Status' app to help keep staff safe during COVID-19 pandemic

GlobalData: Digital biomarkers emerging as key predictive tools to manage COVID-19 pandemic

Ortho Clinical Diagnostics launches COVID-19 antibody test

‘You pray that you got the drug.’ Ailing couple gambles on trial for COVID-19 cure

‘Staying away from grandma’ isn’t an option in multigenerational homes

Mysterious heart damage, not just lung troubles, befalling COVID-19 patients

Long-standing racial and income disparities seen creeping into COVID-19 care

New design will allow manufacturers to mass-produce PPE for health care workers

Wearing surgical masks in public may help limit the spread of COVID-19

Rice University's open-source emergency ventilator design plans freely available

Trump administration uses wartime powers to be first in line on medical supplies

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

I-Form uses 3D printing to provide PPE for health professionals fighting COVID-19

Fox News’ Jesse Watters said travel bans ‘more critical in saving lives’ than COVID testing. He’s wrong.

Skincare experts suggest remedies for skin damage from face masks

A healthcare 'passport' beneficial for the mental health of veterans

Unilever supports global and national efforts to tackle COVID-19 pandemic

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

Advancing Motor Neuron Disease Diagnosis with Non-Invasive Ultrasound and AI

How agentic AI is reshaping laboratory workflows

Fourier 80: bringing benchtop NMR systems to the laboratory

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