Scientists at the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) have designed a new control material that laboratories can use to check the correct functioning of their coronavirus tests and to avoid false negatives. The coronavirus disease COVID-19 is caused by a virus called SARS-CoV-2. Timely and accurate laboratory testing is an essential part of tackling […]
Coronavirus can be hard to identify in mild cases. With hay fever season here and the common cold still lurking around, how can you be sure you’ve caught the disease? Scientists have found out the strongest sign of Covid-19 infection. Scientists at King’s College London have been collating data about the nation’s symptoms via an […]
Corona-crisis in Germany: 859 people have already died, 72.893 are infected with the Coronavirus. Worldwide, more than 900,000 cases were registered. Meanwhile, the United States recorded more than 200,000 cases, most of the Corona cases worldwide. All the information about the Corona-crisis you will find in the News Ticker of FOCUS Online. The countries-Overview of […]
What Smoking and lung-sick people should pay attention to By the Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2-induced disease COVID-19 can affect the lungs significantly. People whose lung health is affected by factors such as lung diseases or Smoking, have gradients at a higher risk for heavier COVID-19 -. What should Affected pay attention to? Dr. Gregory A. Poland is […]
The NHS is starting to suspend home births amid the coronavirus pandemic. With official guidance telling us to stay at home as much as possible in order to save lives, you might assume that giving birth at home would be the best option – but medics are warning that hospitals could be the safest place. […]
If you’re not sick with the new coronavirus, should you wear a mask in public? Global health authorities say no. Amid a shortage of masks, the U.S. is sticking with that advice but Tuesday, President Donald Trump suggested people who are worried wear a scarf. That shortage is so severe that the Joint Commission, which […]
Mental health in times of Corona-crisis strengths The uncertainties, Fears and social Isolation in the Wake of the Corona-crisis can affect the mental well-being greatly. The German society for psychiatry and psychotherapy, psychosomatics and neurology (DGPPN) has put together five recommendations to strengthen the mental well-being in these difficult times. The social contacts were reduced […]
Coronavirus is continuing to spread across the UK at an exponential rate. The deadly virus took only 13 days for the number of deaths to go from one to more than 100. And it has only taken a further 10 days for the total to go from 100 to more than 1,000. Gov.uk said: “As […]
If you’re been feeling angrier during the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19, Jeremy Tyler, Psy.D., hears you. “Whether it’s folks I provide clinical services to, friends, family, or people I’m just chatting with—I’m hearing a lot of frustration and anger,” he says. Tyler is an assistant professor of clinical psychiatry and a director at Penn […]
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Six of Africa’s 54 nations are among the last in the world yet to report cases of the new coronavirus. The global pandemic has been confirmed in almost every country, but for a handful of far-flung tiny island states, war-torn Yemen and isolated North Korea. In Africa authorities claim they are […]
