How Effective Are Cloth Masks Against Coronavirus? [Video]
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control is recommending that the general public wear cloth face masks to help decrease everyone’s chances of getting COVID-19. So…
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MIT App Helps Patients, EMTs, and Physicians Balance Hospitals’ COVID-19 Load
Based on crowdsourced data, app helps patients, EMTs, and physicians determine real-time availability of hospital resources. As cases of COVID-19 continue to climb in parts…
MIT Materials Scientist Offers COVID-19 Era Tips on Cleaning Your Smartphone Screen
Materials scientist explores why some household cleaners could harm the protective coating on a smartphone screen. To help curb the spread of the COVID-19 virus,…
Hunt for an Effective Treatment for COVID-19 Leads to Llamas & Their Special Antibodies
The hunt for an effective treatment for COVID-19 has led one team of researchers to find an improbable ally for their work: a llama named…
New Model to Track COVID-19’s Spread – Very Accurately Forecasts the Timing, Intensity and Geographic Distribution of Outbreak
Yale University researchers and colleagues in Hong Kong and China have developed an approach for rapidly tracking population flows that could help policymakers worldwide more…
New Clues on How to Treat COVID-19 From T Cell Counts and Cytokine Storms
Inflammatory immune response can cause T cells to become depleted, affecting patient outcomes in coronavirus cases and leaving them prone to secondary infection. Cytokine storms…
Rapidly Developed NASA Ventilator Authorized by FDA for Emergency Use
The agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory designed the device for coronavirus patients with rapid production in mind. The license is being offered for free to manufacturers….
Sensitive New Test Detects COVID-19 Antibodies in Only 10 Minutes
As the COVID-19 curve shows signs of flattening in the U.S. and elsewhere, public health officials are trying to grasp just how many people have…
Results In for First Human Randomized Trial of Antiviral Drug Remdesivir for COVID-19
Study stopped early by data safety monitoring board because of difficulty recruiting patients after COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan, China brought under control, so the true…
COVID-19 World Map: 3,018,952 Confirmed Cases; 207 Countries; 207,973 Deaths
WHO Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Situation Report 100 Globally, the number of total confirmed cases has exceeded 3 million. WHO has published a technical guidance titled…
Coronavirus World Map: 2,954,222 Confirmed Cases; 207 Countries; 202,597 Deaths
Note: There is now a newer Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Situation Report 100. WHO Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Situation Report 99 WHO has published the ‘R&D Blueprint:…
Key Insights on How Coronavirus Spreads From Chinese Megacity of Shenzhen
Analysis shows how extensive testing and contact tracing stopped outbreak in South Chinese megacity. The extensive use of epidemiological surveillance, isolation of infected patients, and…
Study Unveils COVID-19 Transmission Patterns and Safety-Conscious Reopening Plans
With the COVID-19 pandemic resulting in lockdowns in different parts of the world, from the US to many European nations, there have been intense debates…
COVID-19 World Map: 2,878,196 Confirmed Cases; 207 Countries; 198,668 Deaths
Note: There is now a newer Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Situation Report 99. WHO Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Situation Report 98 The WHO Regional Office for the…
Global Health Innovators Mobilize to Help Developing Countries Combat COVID-19
Grand Challenges Canada innovators offer resources, ideas, affordable solutions for low-resource countries in need of pandemic essentials: medical oxygen, ventilators, masks, more. Novel, affordable ways…
Clinicians Treating COVID-19 Warn: “Don’t Rush to Try Novel Therapies”
Intensivists caution against the use of premature novel therapies in lieu of traditional critical care principles in patients with COVID-19 in a recent correspondence letter…
Coronavirus World Map: 2,804,796 Confirmed Cases; 207 Countries; 193,710 Deaths
Note: There is now a newer Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Situation Report 98. WHO Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Situation Report 97 Public health systems are coming under…
New Dual-Action Coating Invented to Prevent Bacterial Cross-Contamination of Fresh Produce
Texas A&M researchers have created a coating that can be applied to surfaces like conveyor belts and collection buckets. Over the course of their journey…
