How long can you stay infected with COVID-19? Canadian nurse, 49, tests positive EIGHT times in 50 days ABC News and the Mayo Clinic looked at nine coronavirus antibody tests that use a drop of blood from a finger prick Four of the nine failed to meet the Mayo Clinic’s medical standards for performance and accuracy One gave a false […]
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The electronic health record industry has benefited from steady growth over the last few years, but a new report warns the financial squeeze from COVID-19 may lead to setbacks for many EHR vendors. Even so, the business research company Freedonia Group points out in its report that the crisis has also demonstrated the importance of both EHRs and interoperability between […]
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For decades, Chinatown Service Center of Los Angeles, a federally qualified health center community clinic, relied on the ubiquitous faxing of patients’ medical records from local hospitals and physician offices, as well as patients bringing their most recent doctor visits’ paperwork outside of CSC to their appointments. THE PROBLEM Though CSC had digitized its own patient records at its four […]
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Neither heat nor drought: The climate of the US has-according to some researchers, no large influence on the future course of the Corona pandemic. As the scientists from the University of Princeton found out, is another factor much more crucial. As the Coronavirus spread in the beginning of the year, in more and more countries in the world, was the […]
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A new review discusses the findings from over 40 studies on coronavirus immunity and what they could mean for the COVID-19 pandemic. Written by top UK virologists, the article discusses the existing knowledge about immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 and other coronaviruses, and how this could be used to inform virus control strategies. The review, which is free to read in […]
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Open gyms: So there is no unnecessary Corona-risk Because of the spread of the Coronavirus, the gyms are closed nationwide for weeks – in many places, the forced break is over now. The Corona measures will be loosened, and the sports center may re-open. Who is now going to train again, you should definitely abide by some rules, in order […]
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Anecdotal stories about the COVID-19 pandemic suggest that Black, racialized and immigrant people in Canada have been disproportionately affected by COVID-19. This narrative tells the story of immigrants and racialized people pushed to the front lines of the economy, working in settings with greater exposure to the COVID-19 virus. It tells the story of immigrant groups clustered in city neighborhoods […]
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Credit: CC0 Public Domain The number of novel coronavirus cases declared worldwide broke through five million on Thursday in an AFP tally of officially recorded infections at 0730 GMT. At least 5,006,730 cases, including 328,047 fatalities have been registered. Source: Read Full Article
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The Coronavirus pandemic holds the world in suspense! More than 4.8 million people were infected worldwide with the new Covid-19 – 176.486 of them so far in Germany. All messages to the Corona-crisis in Germany, Europe and the world, you will find in the News Ticker of FOCUS Online. Coburg and Straubing are now under Federal Corona upper limit, but […]
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A new UT Southwestern study shows how an effective but largely abandoned treatment for Type 2 diabetes could be used again in combination with another drug to eliminate problematic side effects. Rosiglitazone, sold under the brand name Avandia, won Food and Drug Administration approval in 1999 and became a leading treatment for Type 2 diabetes, capable of increasing insulin sensitivity […]
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