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Egypt's disdain for transparency will backfire in this coronavirus crisis | Timothy Kaldas
President Sisi may have nothing to hide, but his crackdown on anyone who challenges the official line only fuels speculationCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageDuring a public health crisis, a government ’s credibility is a vital asset. To slow the spread of a virus, the government must convincingly inform and instruct the public. And to do this, it must inspire trust – trust that it is following the science, acting out of the interests of the population, and enforcing measures that will help to keep the public safe. Trust depends on transparency. If governments appear to be concealing the tru...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 31, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Timothy E Kaldas Tags: Egypt Africa Middle East and North Africa World news Abdel Fatah al-Sisi Coronavirus outbreak Press freedom Media Newspapers & magazines Science Source Type: news
Germany told it needs to massively increase coronavirus testing
Country seen as a model for its response is told it is not doing nearly enoughCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageGermany still needs to increase its coronavirus testing rate dramatically if it wants to successfully manage the virus, scientists are advising the government.The country has the capacity to carry out up to 500,000 tests a week, but must increase that to more than a million, or 200,000 tests a day, they say. This is despite other countries looking to Germany because of its comparatively high testing rate and relatively low death rate from Covid-19 of under 1%.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 2, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Kate Connolly in Berlin Tags: Coronavirus outbreak Germany Health Science Society Europe Source Type: news
UK ministers struggle to keep promise of 100k coronavirus tests by end of April
Frustrated NHS staff and scientists say they have labs ready but cannot get the materialsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe UK government ’s pledge to carry out 100,000 coronavirus tests a day by the end of the month is unravelling, with NHS laboratory staff and scientists warning they do not have the test kits, chemicals and components they need to scale up.Boris Johnson is personally calling the major companies that make test kits to try to secure the UK supply, it has emerged, in competition withprime ministers and presidents from around the world.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 3, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Sarah Boseley and Lisa O'Carroll Tags: Coronavirus outbreak Infectious diseases Science UK news NHS Hospitals Health Society Source Type: news
Coronavirus is shining a light on the wretched universal credit system | Daniel Lavelle
A million people, myself included, have turned to UC in Britain ’s lockdown. Now we will see the ordeals claimants face• Coronavirus latest updates• See all our coronavirus coverageBritish governments are notoriously bad at recognising a crisis until it impacts them, or their class, directly. London ’s pioneering sanitation system was not developed until the cholera epidemics of the early 19th century had reached parliament’s windows, with the“Great Stink” wafting in from the Thames. Similarly, now that the middle classes are sharing the same unemployment line as the people who serve them their morning lattes...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 3, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Daniel Lavelle Tags: Coronavirus outbreak Infectious diseases Science World news Universal credit Society Benefits UK news Welfare Politics Austerity Economics Business Source Type: news
State Senator, Mass. Nurses Association Disagree With Plan To Increase Coronavirus Patients At Morton Hospital
TAUNTON (CBS) – Days ahead of a coronavirus pandemic peak, a new plan to deal with an increase in patients is not going over well in Taunton.
“In the community with only one hospital, that’s the hospital they decide to do a COVID-19 facility. That doesn’t make any common sense to me,” said State Senator Marc Pacheco.
Over the weekend, Morton Hospital’s owner and operator, Steward Health, announced the Taunton facility will become a dedicated COVID-19 operation. Only emergency care will be open to all.
“It isn’t a matter of just going down the street to another hospital. We’...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - April 7, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Boston News Health Syndicated CBSN Boston Syndicated Local Coronavirus Morton Hospital Taunton News Source Type: news
Government must not allow universities to fail during the coronavirus outbreak, warn unions
Universities must be given extra protection during the Covid-19 pandemic to ensure their financial survival because of their vital contribution to the economy, local communities and crucial medical research, unions are warning the government today (Tuesday).
In a joint letter to higher education minister Michelle Donelan, five unions representing higher education (HE) staff ask for urgent assurances that universities will not be allowed to go under as a result of the outbreak, backed up with legislation.
UNISON, University and College Union (UCU), GMB, Unite and the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) say the sector i...
Source: UNISON meat hygiene - April 7, 2020 Category: Food Science Authors: Anthony Barnes Tags: News Press release coronavirus higher education ruth levin universities Source Type: news
Coronavirus is forcing us to confront addiction treatment paradoxes
On March 19th, the federal government loosened regulations around methadone and buprenorphine, two medications used to treat opioid addiction. The change was triggered by the novel coronavirus and concerns that current practices would either contribute to its spread or restrict critical opioid addiction treatment. For all the havoc th e coronavirus is undoubtedly causing, it is also […]Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more.
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - April 7, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/sara-k-schenk" rel="tag" > Sara K. Schenk, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Conditions COVID-19 coronavirus Infectious Disease Psychiatry Source Type: blogs
Taunton ’ s Morton Hospital To Be Coronavirus-Only And Some Don ’ t Like It
TAUNTON (CBS) – Days ahead of a coronavirus pandemic peak, a new plan to deal with an increase in patients is not going over well in Taunton.
“In the community with only one hospital, that’s the hospital they decide to do a COVID-19 facility. That doesn’t make any common sense to me,” said State Senator Marc Pacheco.
Over the weekend, Morton Hospital’s owner and operator, Steward Health, announced the Taunton facility will become a dedicated COVID-19 operation. Only emergency care will be open to all.
“It isn’t a matter of just going down the street to another hospital. We’...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - April 7, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Boston News Health Syndicated CBSN Boston Syndicated Local Coronavirus Morton Hospital Taunton News Source Type: news
Saliva spray during speech could transmit coronavirus – study
US scientists say findings add to case for wearing masks in public to control outbreakCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageTiny droplets of saliva that are sprayed into the air when people speak may be sufficient to spread coronavirus, according to US government scientists who say the finding could help control the outbreak.Researchers at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Maryland found that talking released thousands of fine droplets into the air that could pose a risk to others if the speaker were infected with the virus.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 7, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Ian Sample Science editor Tags: Coronavirus outbreak Science World news Source Type: news
The coronavirus crisis could end in one of these four ways | Devi Sridhar
Global cooperation, intermittent lockdowns and contact-tracing could all play a role in the race to stop the pandemicDevi Sridhar is chair of global public health at the University of EdinburghCoronavirus latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIn an alternative universe, a new virus emerges in China. The country quickly identifies the pathogen, closes its borders, launches an unprecedented campaign to eradicate the virus, and manages to ensure that very few cases leave the country. The other countries that do report cases – such as South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore – rapidly identify those who are inf...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 8, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Devi Sridhar Tags: Coronavirus outbreak Infectious diseases Medical research Microbiology Science World news Source Type: news
Faith in coronavirus modelling is no substitute for sound political judgment | David McCoy
It ’s convenient for leaders to say they are following the science, but technical evidence can only take us so farCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageOn the Andrew Marr Show last Sunday, speaking about Covid-19, Prof Neil Ferguson was described as being “more influential right now than any politician”. Fergusonleads a team of modellers at Imperial College London whose mission has been to predict the pattern and health impact of coronavirus transmission in the UK under different scenarios, and thereby help government make the right decisions about how best to protect the population.The UK has...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 10, 2020 Category: Science Authors: David McCoy Tags: Coronavirus outbreak Andrew Marr Imperial College London Politics Science Infectious diseases UK news World news Medical research Source Type: news
UK could have Europe's worst coronavirus death rate, says adviser
Daily death toll shows situation is comparable with other badly hit countries, says Jeremy FarrarCoronavirus – latest global updatesCoronavirus – latest UK updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe UK could end up with the worst coronavirus death rate in Europe, one of the government ’s leading scientific advisers has said.Prof Jeremy Farrar, director of the Wellcome Trust and a pandemics expert on the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage), said the figures of almost 1,000 daily hospital deaths showed the UK was in a similar situation to other European countries that had been badly affected.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 12, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Rowena Mason Deputy political editor Tags: Coronavirus outbreak NHS Health Society UK news Europe Science Infectious diseases World news Medical research Source Type: news
GP and support worker are latest NHS staff to die from coronavirus
Government says 27 NHS staff have died from Covid-19 but true total thought to be higherCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA GP and a clinical support worker have become the latest NHS staff members to die after contracting coronavirus.Jane Murphy, 73, worked at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary for almost 30 years, first as a cleaner before she retrained as a clinical support worker. Tributes from colleagues hailed her as a mentor and lifelong friend.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 17, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Frances Perraudin Tags: NHS Coronavirus outbreak Health Infectious diseases Science Society UK news Edinburgh Scotland London Source Type: news
Coronavirus vaccine trials could be done 'by mid-August'
UK taskforce comment comes amid mounting pressure to provide PPE to health workersCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageTrials for a Covid-19 vaccine could be completed by mid-August, a key adviser to the government has said.John Bell, a member of the government ’s coronavirus vaccine taskforce, told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that human test trials had begun at Oxford University this week.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 18, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Jedidajah Otte Tags: Coronavirus outbreak Medical research NHS UK news Infectious diseases Science Hospitals Nursing Doctors Health policy Politics Society Source Type: news
The Observer view on the coronavirus errors that have cost precious lives | Observer editorial
The government made many mistakes in its response to the pandemic. We need to know that it is learning from themCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageLast week,Dr Peter Tun died from coronavirus at the Royal Berkshire hospital in Reading, where he had worked for more than 20 years. His son has reported that he had complained about personal protective equipment (PPE) being reallocated from the ward on which he worked and that at least four patients on that ward later tested positive for Covid-19. “The thought that if only he had a proper protective mask, he might still have been able to enjoy his h...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 19, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Observer editorial Tags: Coronavirus outbreak Health policy UK news NHS Society Politics Public services policy Science Infectious diseases Medical research World Health Organization Source Type: news
