Coronavirus symptoms: Five less obvious ways COVID-19 can reveal itself

Coronavirus cases in the UK currently falls just shy of the 280,000 mark, with almost 40,000 officially recorded deaths, according to one analysis. While the exact number is still disputed, make no bones about it, the UK has been one of the worst hit regions. Now the dust is starting to settle in the UK […]

Hydroxychloroquine does not prevent people from contracting COVID-19

Anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine taken by Trump does NOT protect people from developing COVID-19 after they have been exposed to someone with the illness, study finds Researchers gave hydroxychloroquine to half of a group of 821 people who had been exposed to coronavirus and the other half a placebo regimen  Of the 107 people who fell […]

Clinical trials in the era of digital engagement: A SWOG call to action

Social media is an integral part of medicine, and an increasingly important conduit for sharing information about clinical trials. In an article in JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics, researchers from SWOG Cancer Research Network pose provocative questions aimed at sparking discussion and creating consensus on how cancer clinical trial stakeholders can best interact on social platforms. […]

Covid-19 News: man attacks security service-employees with pepper spray

The Coronavirus pandemic, keeps the world in breath: more than five million people are already infected with the pathogen of Sars-CoV-2 – 182.313 of them so far in Germany. A man is caught in Ludwigsburg with the employee of a security service to each other and should have sprayed it with pepper spray. According to […]

Despite the loosening of Infection remain low – these are the reasons

When the big Outdoor Meeting on the day of Pentecost to the mass of Sars-CoV stick-2 infections lead, to keep the optimists are right: far-reaching relaxations are possible, the risk of contagion is low, a second wave is currently in Germany unlikely. But: distance, hand hygiene and masks must remain – and large-scale events is […]

Change Healthcare launches consumer health platform with Microsoft, Adobe

Change Healthcare on Tuesday announced its new Connected Consumer Health suite, a SaaS-based financial engagement platform, developed in collaboration with Adobe and Microsoft and designed to help providers create a more streamlined and transparent patient experience. WHY IT MATTERS The new technology, which is developed using Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform and builds upon Adobe’s Experience […]

Spine surgeons face COVID-19 challenges worldwide

Spine surgeons across the world are experiencing effects of COVID-19, including canceled procedures, changes in clinical roles, anxiety and risk of exposure to the disease themselves due to insufficient protective equipment. An international team of researchers reported these findings recently in the Global Spine Journal. Using a 73-question survey administered between March 27 to April […]

App determines COVID-19 disease severity using artificial intelligence, biomarkers

A new mobile app can help clinicians determine which patients with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) are likely to have severe cases. Created by researchers at NYU College of Dentistry, the app uses artificial intelligence (AI) to assess risk factors and key biomarkers from blood tests, producing a COVID-19 “severity score.” Current diagnostic tests for COVID-19 […]