Preventing airborne transmission of COVID-19 should be the next front of the battle against the virus, argue experts from the University of Surrey. In a study published by the City and Environment Interaction journal, scientists from Surrey’s Global Centre for Clean Air Research (GCARE), together with partners from Australia’s Queensland University and Technology, argue that […]
The majority of women’s healthcare units in the UK, including services such as maternity and gynaecological cancers, have adapted well to the initial COVID-19 outbreak, according to a new survey by University of Warwick researchers. However, there are concerns that without greater planning for the long-term they could be storing up problems that could adversely […]
A Canadian case series of all patients with COVID-19 admitted to six intensive care units (ICUs) in Metro Vancouver found patient outcomes were substantially better than reported in other jurisdictions. The paper is published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). Researchers looked at outcomes for 117 patients with COVID-19 admitted to one of six hospitals […]
(HealthDay)—Right ventricular dilation is associated with in-hospital mortality among patients hospitalized with COVID-19, according to a study published online May 15 in JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging. Edgar Argulian, M.D., M.P.H., from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City, and colleagues enrolled consecutive patients hospitalized due to COVID-19 who underwent clinically indicated […]
The Coronavirus pandemic, keeps the world in breath: More than 5 million people globally have become infected with the novel pathogen, Sars-CoV-2 – 178.864 of them so far in Germany. In Berlin, violations of the minimum allowed to stand and the reduction of contacts to a Minimum will no longer be punished with fines. The […]
Autopsies of COVID-19-deceased: the lungs and other organs damaged By the novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 induced disease COVID-19 can not only cause severe lung inflammation, but also blood clots in the lung cause and, subsequently, other organs such as the kidneys, liver and pancreas damage. The Use of blood thinners for the prevention and treatment of […]
(HealthDay)—In Northern California, the incidence of hospitalization for acute myocardial infarction decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic period, according to a letter to the editor published online May 19 in the New England Journal of Medicine. Matthew D. Solomon, M.D., Ph.D., from the Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center in California, and colleagues examined weekly incidence rates […]
For some COVID-19 patients, the body’s immune response may be as destructive as the virus that causes the disease. The persistent high fevers, severe respiratory distress, and lung damage seen in some critically ill patients are all signs of an immune system in overdrive. Now, a new clinical trial will test a treatment that targets […]
(HealthDay)—Without quick action, the new coronavirus could sicken up to a quarter-billion people in Africa during the pandemic’s first year and claim 190,000 lives, a new modeling forecast suggests. Up to 5.5 million people could require hospitalization, 140,000 could have severe COVID-19, and 89,000 would be critically ill, the World Health Organization study says. The […]
SARS-CoV-2-risk of Infection prior to symptom onset The Coronavirus SARS-COV-2 can already be transmitted before the first symptoms occur. This is a German research team demonstrated in a recent study of work. The Coronavirus-infected people are contagious before you even notice anything? This could complicate the containment of the pandemic significantly. A German study investigated […]
