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GlobalData: Mass home testing for Covid-19 isn’t without its risks

Unfettered access to rapid and safe Covid-19 tests will be one of the most critical factors in reducing the spread of the disease.

29 Apr 2020

UEA Health Sciences students and staff respond to the fight against COVID-19

Following a nationwide call for support for the NHS workforce, UEA students and staff have responded in their numbers, from undertaking placements to training former healthcare professionals who are re-joining the service at this time of national emergency.

29 Apr 2020

Tips to make safe transitions between nursing home and emergency departments during COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has severely impacted nursing home residents, and many have been hospitalized.

29 Apr 2020

Study with twins shows COVID-19 symptoms have genetic contribution

A new study published on the preprint server medRxiv from King's College, London, suggests that an individual's genetic makeup may contribute to how much a person is likely to be affected by COVID-19, or whether they are likely to be infected at all.

29 Apr 2020

GlobalData: PPE shortage to drive adoption of robots to treat Covid-19 patients in India

Healthcare professionals are one of the most vulnerable groups exposed to infections. Rising number of coronavirus cases and severe shortage of personal protective equipment products across India are putting them at more risk.

29 Apr 2020

C-Path receives EMA’s letter of support to facilitate the diagnoses of type 1 diabetes

The Critical Path Institute (C-Path) today announced that its Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) Consortium has received a letter of support from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) to facilitate the development and validation of the proposed regulatory qualification of pancreatic islet autoantibodies commonly used in clinical practice to diagnose T1D: insulin autoantibodies, glutamic acid decarboxylase 65, and insulinoma antigen-2 autoantibodies as enrichment biomarkers for T1D clinical trials.

29 Apr 2020

AGS publishes policy brief to address COVID-19 concerns in assisted living facilities

In a policy brief published today in its namesake journal, the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) offered a roadmap to guide federal, state, and local governments addressing COVID-19 concerns in an important but oft-overlooked arena: Assisted living facilities (ALFs).

29 Apr 2020

Computer vision system detects fever remotely to rule out COVID-19

People who approach the front desk at Albert Einstein Jewish Hospital (HIAE) in the city of São Paulo have their temperature taken remotely by a computer vision system installed in a nearby column.

29 Apr 2020

Men are twice more likely to die of COVID-19 than women

There have been studies that have revealed that men are more likely to get more severe symptoms from COVID-19 disease and also more likely to die from complications of the disease. A new study corroborates these findings. The study titled, “Gender differences in patients with COVID-19: Focus on severity and mortality,” is published in the latest issue of the journal Frontiers in Public Health.

29 Apr 2020

Epivax and Entos Pharmaceuticals to develop DNA-based vaccine for COVID-19

Entos Pharmaceuticals (Entos), a healthcare biotechnology company that develops next generation nucleic acid medicines using the Fusogenix drug delivery platform, today announced a collaboration with EpiVax, Inc. (EpiVax), a world leading informatics and immunology biotechnology company with a proven track record in vaccine development.

28 Apr 2020

COVID-19 could be causing potentially fatal inflammatory disease in children, doctors warn

Since the emergence of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in China in December 2019, health experts have cautioned that the disease is particularly serious in high-risk populations, including older adults, those with underlying diseases, and those who are immunocompromised. Now, doctors in the United Kingdom warn of a rare and severe inflammatory disease in children with COVID-19.

28 Apr 2020

How hospitals can prepare for an influx of COVID-19 cases

Hospitals and healthcare systems worldwide are overwhelmed, with many facilities full of patients requiring emergency care for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) that is caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). COVID-19 disease causes severe respiratory illness in patients, with some needing mechanical ventilation.

28 Apr 2020

Albany, Wisconsin researchers look for molecular clues to fight COVID-19

In the center of the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals are racing to maintain quality care for patients with severe disease while facing a shortage of resources and limited understanding of the novel coronavirus.

28 Apr 2020

Novel disinfection process could extend usage of N95 masks during shortage

Amid shortages of personal protective equipment due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, a St. Louis health care system has implemented a process to disinfect disposable N95 respirator masks that allows health care workers to reuse their own mask for up to 20 cycles.

28 Apr 2020

AI system could predict a youth's risk for committing acts of school violence

By leveraging the basics of artificial intelligence technology now used to predict risk for suicide or other mental health issues, researchers developed an AI system that analyzes linguistic patterns to predict a youth's risk for committing acts of school violence.

28 Apr 2020

New nasopharyngeal swabs move into human trials for COVID-19

Researchers at the Wyss Institute at Harvard University, in collaboration with healthcare, research, and industrial partners, have designed a new, fully injection-molded nasopharyngeal swab that can be manufactured quickly and inexpensively at high volume to help address the nationwide and international shortage of swabs for COVID-19 testing and research.

28 Apr 2020

Ayurveda and yoga could provide an effective, affordable means for COVID-19 prevention

Experts in Indian traditional medicine, including the chair of the Government of India's committee charged to lead that nation's efforts on the potential uses of traditional medicine relative to COVID-19, describe how the approach of Ayurveda and yoga may help strengthen host immunity and provide an effective, accessible, and affordable means of prophylaxis of COVID-19 infection.

28 Apr 2020

New drug formulation could be used in the treatment of Candida infections

With antimicrobial resistance (AMR) increasing around the world, new research led by the University of Bristol has shown a new drug formulation could possibly be used in antifungal treatments against Candida infections.

28 Apr 2020

Immunotherapy before surgery may help eradicate high-risk breast cancer

A new study led by Yale Cancer Center researchers shows women with high-risk HER2-negative breast cancer treated before surgery with immunotherapy, plus a PARP inhibitor with chemotherapy, have a higher rate of complete eradication of cancer from the breast and lymph nodes compared to chemotherapy alone.

28 Apr 2020

COVID-19 study shows that men have over double the death rate of women

A study has found that men are significantly more likely to suffer severe effects of COVID-19 and die.

28 Apr 2020

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Latest Healthcare News and Research

GlobalData: Mass home testing for Covid-19 isn’t without its risks

UEA Health Sciences students and staff respond to the fight against COVID-19

Tips to make safe transitions between nursing home and emergency departments during COVID-19

Study with twins shows COVID-19 symptoms have genetic contribution

GlobalData: PPE shortage to drive adoption of robots to treat Covid-19 patients in India

C-Path receives EMA’s letter of support to facilitate the diagnoses of type 1 diabetes

AGS publishes policy brief to address COVID-19 concerns in assisted living facilities

Computer vision system detects fever remotely to rule out COVID-19

Men are twice more likely to die of COVID-19 than women

Epivax and Entos Pharmaceuticals to develop DNA-based vaccine for COVID-19

COVID-19 could be causing potentially fatal inflammatory disease in children, doctors warn

How hospitals can prepare for an influx of COVID-19 cases

Albany, Wisconsin researchers look for molecular clues to fight COVID-19

Novel disinfection process could extend usage of N95 masks during shortage

AI system could predict a youth's risk for committing acts of school violence

New nasopharyngeal swabs move into human trials for COVID-19

Ayurveda and yoga could provide an effective, affordable means for COVID-19 prevention

New drug formulation could be used in the treatment of Candida infections

Immunotherapy before surgery may help eradicate high-risk breast cancer

COVID-19 study shows that men have over double the death rate of women

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