Search Tag: #Coronavirusoutbreak
2020 21 Apr
The COVID-19 virus has created not only a healthcare crisis but also an economic one and a COVID-19 recession is now a reality. Healthcare has generally been immune to recessions in the past. Demand for medical care has been a constant since people get sick, whether times are good or bad. Also, those with health insurance have their out-of-pocket...Read more
2020 17 Apr
Locked-down America has been converted to a country gravely in need of virtual therapy amidst the recent Coronavirus crisis. During these trying times, telemedicine has emerged as a viable solution to help connect people with health professionals. While the healthcare industry works to mark the issues that put a stop to comprehensive and widespread...Read more
2020 04 Apr
In another COVID-19 special video presentation by the European Society of Cardiology, Prof. Alida Caforio of the University of Padova, Italy, answers some questions regarding COVID-19 and myocarditis. Is there such a thing as COVID-19 myocarditis? We have more than 300,000 subjects who have developed COVID-19, which is mainly pneumonia, which...Read more
2020 26 Mar
Maddalena Lettino of San Gerardo Hospital, Monza (Italy) answers some important questions regarding cardiology patients, cardiac care and COVID-19 in the new series of podcasts by the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). What have we learned from this experience? And what is the situation of the acute cardiology patient in this pandemic situation?...Read more
2020 25 Mar
The world is facing a health crisis. It all started with China but now, Europe accounts for about three quarters of new daily cases. Italy and Spain are in a very difficult situation, and France and Germany are not so far behind. The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) has recently put together a series of practical podcasts from speakers with the...Read more
2020 16 Mar
According to the latest figures from the World Health Organization (WHO) , there are a total of 168,019 confirmed cases of coronavirus worldwide. So far, the virus has caused 6610 deaths and has affected 148 countries. The highest number of cases are in China (81,077), followed by Italy (24,747), Iran (14,991), Republic of Korea (8236), Spain (7753),...Read more