[ad_1] Screenshot Thirty of the 34 residents at Home Farm Nursing Home tested positive for Covid-19 A third person died in a Skye nursing home where 57 people tested positive for coronavirus. The outbreak was first detected at Home Farm’s independent care home in Portree last week. The company that …
Read More »Explained: What is silent hypoxia, and why has it puzzled doctors?
[ad_1] By: Explained Desk | New Delhi | Updated: May 5, 2020 3:41:35 pm A doctor looks at images of the lungs of an 81-year-old man who is suspected of having Covid-19, in Guayaquil, Ecuador April 29, 2020. (Reuters File Photo: Santiago Arcos) As medical practitioners around the world are …
Read More »Tick researchers look to find out if you spend more time outdoors due to COVID-19 restrictions
[ad_1] URI professor Tom Mather in the field with a student who checks the prevalence of deer ticks in the area. Credit: URI photo by Joe Giblin At this time of the pandemic, you may be working from home, managing children and their school work, and need a break. Outside …
Read More »World leaders pledge $ 8 billion to create a coronavirus vaccine
[ad_1] JEDDAH: World leaders pledged more than $ 8 billion on Monday to research, manufacture and distribute a vaccine and treatments for COVID-19. Saudi Arabia co-led the online fundraising appeal in its role as G20 president, with the EU, Britain and Norway. Leaders from Japan, Canada, South Africa and dozens …
Read More »Ondine Biomedical receives CE Mark for its Steriwave ™ nasal photodisinfection therapy
[ad_1] Ondine Biomedical’s Steriwave Nasal Photodisinfection Vancouver, Canada, May 4, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – Vancouver-based Ondine Biomedical Inc., the world leader in photodisinfection technology, announces that it has received CE Mark approval for its broad-spectrum non-antibiotic nasal decolonization therapy spectrum. “The nose is an important reservoir of bacteria, fungi and …
Read More »How robots and other technologies can make fighting coronavirus safer
[ad_1] Humans can sometimes view robots with apprehension or resentment at the increasing automation of labor, but the coronavirus pandemic is showing how the two can work together in new ways that could save lives during a crisis. Around the world, robots and other technologies, such as drones and telehealth …
Read More »Two out of five tests to end UK lockdown ‘have been completed’, suggests new data
[ad_1] BRITS were tonight given hope of an end to the lockdown after it emerged two of the government’s five key tests to lift it have apparently been passed. The government has set five tests that need to be met before it will start easing the lockdown that has been …
Read More »Is the coronavirus in the air? Transmission of COVID-19
[ad_1] Currently, organizations like the World Health Organization (WHO) do not believe that the new coronavirus is in the air. However, the investigation into its transmission routes is ongoing. SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, is one of many coronaviruses. These can cause disease in humans and animals, and are highly contagious. …
Read More »Chronic medical conditions can put young people at increased risk for anxiety disorders.
[ad_1] Credit: CC0 Public Domain Young people who report one of seven chronic medical conditions (CMC), including asthma, congenital heart disease, diabetes, epilepsy, inflammatory bowel disease, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, and sickle cell disease, are often diagnosed with an anxiety disorder. A new systematic review in the Journal of the American …
Read More »Isle of Wight residents: tell us about the coronavirus contact tracing app pilot | World news
[ad_1] Trials of an NHS contact-tracing app that can alert users to contact with those who are infected with coronavirus are to begin this week on the Isle of Wight before an expected wider rollout later this month, it was announced on Sunday. According to local media, the number of …
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