New Design Will Allow Manufacturers to Mass-Produce PPE for Healthcare Workers
University of Massachusetts Amherst via News-Medical Net – In just under two weeks, researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, with engineers, nurses and other health care professionals, have developed…
New Study Identifies Characteristics of Patients With Fatal COVID-19
American Thoracic Society (ATS) via Newswise – In a new study, researchers identified the most common characteristics of 85 COVID-19 patients who died in Wuhan, China in the early stages…
Israeli Hospital Pilots Virus-Neutralizing Sticker for Masks to Combat Corona
Israel21c – In bid to protect medical staff during coronavirus outbreak, Galilee Medical Center pilots a facemask sticker to catch and kill virus nanoparticles. Israel’s Galilee Medical Center is piloting…
Loss of Smell Hints at Coronavirus Infection
King’s College London via News-Medical Net – The most common signs and symptoms of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) include fever, dry cough, and difficulty of breathing. But patients who were infected…
Tips from a Microbiologist on Keeping the House Clean During COVID-19
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) via Newswise – UNLV microbiologist Brian Hedlund on the science of germs, where they like to lurk, and how to effectively get rid of…
Iowa State Students 3D-Printing Face Shields for Iowa Hospitals
Iowa State University via Newswise – Hospitals are in desperate need of personal protective equipment due to the COVID-19 pandemic. An Iowa State University team, in partnership with Alliant Energy,…
FDA Approves Emergency Use of Anti-Malarial Drugs to Treat People Infected with COVID-19
Steve Warren via CBN News – The US government is giving reserved approval to two new weapons in the war against the COVID-19 virus, which has so far claimed the…
New COVID-19 Test Gives Results in Four Hours
Tulane University via Newswise – The tests detect the virus in saliva and mucus swab samples from patients who meet the clinical and epidemiological criteria for testing. Newswise — A…
Chemist Aims at COVID-19 Following Success With Related Virus
Case Western Reserve University via Newswise – International group led by Ohio researcher Blanton seeks expanded NIH support to ‘target virus at molecular level.’ Newswise — CLEVELAND—A team of scientists,…
30 Israeli Medical Tech Solutions to Fight Coronavirus
Abigail Klein Leichman via Israel21c – Whether it’s in diagnostics, treatment or care management, Israel’s innovators are busy inventing and adapting technologies to ease the coronavirus burden on the world.…
A Plant-Based Diet Helps to Prevent and Manage Asthma, According to New Review
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine via EurekAlert – A plant-based diet can help prevent and manage asthma, while dairy products and high-fat foods raise the risk, according to a new…
Why Life Can Get Better as We Age
Flinders University via EurekAlert – People say life gets better with age. Now research suggests this may be because older people have the wisdom and time to use mindfulness as…
Is the Coronavirus Outbreak of Unnatural Origins?
Society for Risk Analysis via EurekAlert – Did coronavirus mutate from a virus already prevalent in humans or animals or did it originate in a laboratory? As scientists grapple with…
Screen Time Impairs Children’s Language Skills
Dr. Ananya Mandal, MD via News-Medical Net – A new study looks at the time spent by kids looking at a screen and the development of their language skills. The…
Wuhan Study Shows Lying Face Down Improves Breathing in Severe COVID-19
American Thoracic Society via EurekAlert – In a new study of patients with severe COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) hospitalized on ventilators, researchers found that lying face down was better for the lungs.…
