Coronavirus live news: Spain says it may be experiencing second wave; Belgium halts lockdown easing
Spanish officials warnnew wave could already be there; Bolsonaro ignoresdistancing despite positive test; Belgianrise in cases largely among young adultsEurope warns of need for vigilance as Covid-19 cases rise sharply‘A wicked enemy’: how Australia’s success story unravelledUS cases pass 4m Covid-19 cases as states dial back reopeningTrump cancels Republican national convention events in FloridaUK coronavirus updates – live2.21pmBSTFifteen lawmakers and 11 members of staff at the Zambian parliament have tested positive for Covid-19, the health minister said on Friday, days after the assembly suspended sittings bec...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - July 24, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Amy Walker (now); Nazia Parveen and Helen Sullivan (earlier) Tags: Coronavirus outbreak World news US news UK news Australia news Science Infectious diseases Source Type: news
If relaxed too soon, physical distancing measures might have been all for naught
If physical distancing measures in the United States are relaxed while there is still no COVID-19 vaccine or treatment and while personal protective equipment remains in short supply, the number of resulting infections could be about the same as if distancing had never been implemented to begin with, according to a UCLA-led team of mathematicians and scientists.The researchers compared the results of three related mathematical models of disease transmission thatthey used to analyze data emerging from local and national governments, including one thatmeasures thedynamic reproduction number — the average number of suscepti...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - July 23, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
13 Religious Sisters Have Died From COVID-19 at a Single Convent in Michigan
Thirteen religious sisters at a Michigan convent have died from the coronavirus, with twelve sisters passing in the span of a month.
The women, aged 69 to 99, were all members of a Felician Sisters convent in Livonia, Mi.
On Good Friday, the virus took the life of Sister Mary Luiza Wawrzyniak, 99. By the end of the month, eleven other sisters had passed; seventeen more were infected but recovered, according to Sr. Noel Marie Gabriel, the director of clinical health services for Our Lady of Hope Province. A thirteenth sister, despite an initial recovery, passed away in June.
“The sisters in Presentation of the Blesse...
Source: TIME: Health - July 22, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Mélissa Godin Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Michigan News Desk wire Source Type: news
New report shows more than 400 medicines and vaccines in development to tackle infectious diseases, including COVID-19
Throughout history, infectious diseases caused by pathogens such as bacteria or viruses have taken a devastating toll on the lives and security of people around the world. With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic gripping the world, we are experiencing a challenging situation that we haven ’t seen since the influenza pandemic of 1918-1919, when a third of the world’s population became infected with the virus and about 675,000 Americans died from the disease. (Source: The Catalyst)
Source: The Catalyst - July 21, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Vaccines Infectious Diseases New Era of Medicine Coronavirus Source Type: news
ECR 2020: COVID-19 greatest health threat since Spanish flu
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Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - July 16, 2020 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Study aims to bolster California ’s safe-water efforts at child care facilities
Efforts to ensure safe drinking water for children need further support to reach their intended audience, according to an analysis ofCalifornia ’s mandaterequiring child care facilities to test their water for lead, known as AB 2370.Thefindingfrom the UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation is part of anew report andpolicy briefthat examine strategiesfor developing and implementing the state ’s testing and remediation program for those sites.Among its recommendations,the report stresses the need for a dedicated funding streamto ensure the program ’s success.“We’ve learned from a similar program in California’s schoo...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - July 13, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
The Pandemic ’s Big Mystery: How Deadly Is the Coronavirus?
Even with more than 500,000 dead worldwide, scientists are struggling to learn how often the virus kills. Here ’s why. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - July 4, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Donald G. McNeil Jr. Tags: Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Influenza Epidemic (1918-19) Coronavirus Reopenings Deaths (Fatalities) Third World and Developing Countries Centers for Disease Control and Prevention World Health Organization University of Minnesota Source Type: news
The U.S. and U.K. Were the Two Best Prepared Nations to Tackle a Pandemic —What Went Wrong?
On Oct. 24, 2019—45 days before the world’s first suspected case of COVID-19 was announced—a new “scorecard” was published called the Global Health Security Index. The scorecard ranked countries on how prepared they were to tackle a serious outbreak, based on a range of measures, including how quickly a country was likely to respond and how well its health care system would “treat the sick and protect health workers.” The U.S. was ranked first out of 195 nations, and the U.K. was ranked second.
You read that correctly. The two countries that on paper were the best prepared to deal ...
Source: TIME: Health - July 1, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Gavin Yamey and Clare Wenham Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Source Type: news
Science Saturday: Crisis inspires innovation
Mayo Clinic has successfully navigated many challenges over our 150-plus year history, including two world wars, the 1918 influenza pandemic and the Great Depression. Our visionary leaders were able to use these inflection points of crisis to catalyze transformational change. Mayo Clinic has an unparalleled resource to lead the response to COVID-19: our organizational values [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Research News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Research News - June 26, 2020 Category: Research Source Type: news
👉 Heres Some Upbeat Coverage of the Philadelphia Parade That Became a Super- Spreader Event During the 1918 Flu Pandemic via Hvper.com
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Source: Reuters: Health - June 21, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Cocaine smugglers aim to take advantage of Spain's lockdown
Spanish authorities say they seized 3.8 metric tons of cocaine in just over a month at Valencia's port as drug smugglers presumed police would be off-guard during the COVID-19 pandemic (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - June 19, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
"The Great Influenza" author John M. Barry on "The Takeout" — 5/29/2020
"The Great Influenza" author John M. Barry compares the COVID-19 pandemic with the deadly 1918 Spanish Flu outbreak and explains how American troops carried that earlier virus into Europe during World War I, on this week's episode of "The Takeout with Major Garrett." (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - June 15, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Delaying Death Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic
By Joseph ChamieNEW YORK, Jun 15 2020 (IPS) While the end of life remains the inescapable fate of every man, woman and child, death can be delayed as has been demonstrated repeatedly throughout human history. Amid the current coronavirus pandemic, a paramount objective is delaying death from Covid-19 for many millions of people across the globe.
Yet, now approaching 500,000 Covid-19 deaths worldwide and many more expected before a vaccine becomes available, the objective of delaying deaths due to the novel coronavirus is far from being realized. Greater efforts are clearly required to contain the pandemic’s spread and mi...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - June 15, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Joseph Chamie Tags: Global Headlines Health TerraViva United Nations Source Type: news
South Africa: From Maternal Health to COVID-19 - How a WhatsApp Service Became Essential for Millions
[allAfrica] Cape Town - Covid-19 Connect, a WhatsApp service that provides users with relevant information to help make informed and effective decisions during the pandemic, was developed by Praekelt.org for South Africa, but the organisation's experience with digital health technology like MomConnect allowed it to gain the attention of the World Health Organisation. The WHO and Praekelt then launched HealthAlert, the dedicated messaging service in Arabic, English, French, Hindi, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese for the world. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 15, 2020 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Is the worst of the pandemic behind us? Here's what scientists know | Devi Sridhar
A second wave of coronavirus cases would be disastrous – but there are ways to prevent this happeningCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageOver the weekend, there wereno new deaths from coronavirus in London, Scotland or Northern Ireland. Slowly, the number of hospitalisations and deaths is falling across the UK. Rather than celebrating these early signs that the worst of the pandemic could be behind us, however, some scientists are warning of a second wave of infections – an increase in coronavirus cases in the coming weeks or months, which could occur even after a sustained fall ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - June 11, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Devi Sridhar Tags: Coronavirus outbreak Infectious diseases Science World news Medical research UK news Source Type: news
