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Will-your-mobile-phone-soon-be-able-to-detect-covid-19
2021 03 May
The NIH recently approved a 24-month grant for researchers to develop sensors that can be embedded into mobile devices which could potentially detect COVID-19 particles on their surfaces. The General Electric Research team is set to begin developing miniature sensors that can be embedded into mobile devices in order to detect COVID-19 on...Read more
Call-to-action-we-must-address-mental-and-physical-needs-of-female-staff
2021 06 May
The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a significant toll on women working in health and social care in the UK, a newly released report from the NHS Confederation’s Health and Care Women Leaders Network has revealed. The report outlines the results of a survey of more than 800 health and care workers in England who identified as female. The survey,...Read more
Un-global-shortage-of-nearly-1-million-midwives-will-cost-lives
2021 06 May
A new report from the United Nations raises the alarm on the number of midwives, warning that millions of lives could be saved if the shortfall were addressed. The acute shortage of 900,000 midwives represents a third of the required global midwifery workforce, says a study carried out jointly by the UN Population Fund, the World Health Organization...Read more
Key-learnings-from-the-covid-19-pandemic-1
2021 14 Oct
Speaker Dr. Arturo Casadevall Chair, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Find Ortho Clinical Diagnostics On Social Media Read more
Family-presence-for-icu-patients-during-a-pandemic
2021 18 May
The effects of critical illness on patients and their families last long after the illness episode. While the patient may be suffering from a serious condition, family members also suffer the consequences and may experience symptoms like depression and traumatic stress. To provide improved support to families, it is important to incorporate the...Read more
Effect-of-covid-19-on-life-expectancy
2021 27 Jun
According to latest findings, decreases in life expectancy during 2020 were much larger in the United States than in other high income countries, particularly among Hispanic and Black Americans. The findings show that between 2018 and 2020, life expectancy in the U.S. decreased by almost two years - 8.5 times the average decrease in 16 other comparable...Read more
Dealing-with-data-how-to-build-a-statistical-surveillance-dashboard-for-covid-19
2021 20 Jul
When a major national or global health crisis or pandemic such as the current COVID-19 breaks out, it is important that there is an effective monitoring system in place. The proposed statistical surveillance dashboard can provide authorities and other decision makers with insights and in-depth data analysis to help them make critical decisions....Read more
Covid-19-pandemic-health-social-and-economic-consequences
2021 20 Oct
The spread of the novel coronavirus SARS-COV-2, originating from Wuhan, China two years ago, has brought dramatic changes in global health systems, leading to thousands of deaths worldwide, jeopardising the treatment of patients with chronic diseases and pushing societies to psychological breakdown. If economic ‘dyspragia’ is added, the mixture...Read more
Tre-ondate-dopo-cosa-ci-ha-insegnato-la-pandemia-sulle-health
2021 04 Nov
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Covid-19-vaccines-prevented-20-million-deaths-worldwide
2022 28 Jun
Findings from the first modelling study to quantify the impact of COVID-19 vaccines show that nearly 19.9 million out of a potential 31.4 million deaths were prevented in the first year (December 2020-December 2021) after the introduction of the vaccine. The findings are based on data from 185 countries using COVID-19 death records and total excess...Read more
Ecr2022-impact-of-covid-19-pandemic-on-radiology
2022 14 Jul
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was declared a public health emergency by the World Health Organization (WHO) in January 2020. Radiologists have played a critical role in patient management and COVID-19 diagnosis since the beginning of this pandemic. Real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) remains the standard of reference for COVID-19 detection....Read more
Surge-mechanical-ventilation-during-covid-19
2022 09 Aug
During the COVID-19 pandemic, many hospitals in the U.S. exceeded their mechanical ventilation capability. As COVID-19 spread to communities with limited immunity, challenges associated with providing surge mechanical ventilation were reported. Hospitals, healthcare systems, and jurisdictional authorities purchased more ventilators. But the fear that the...Read more
New-study-shows-telemedicine-has-clear-benefits-for-patients
2022 18 Nov
Telemedicine was the most cost-effective and safest solution to offering accessible and high-quality care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Authors working on a new study by WHO/Europe and the Faculty of Health Sciences at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, provided a general review of the status of telemedicine in Europe and Central Asia. They...Read more
17th-annual-personalised-medicine-conference
2023 30 Nov
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