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10 Black Americans Who Have Led COVID-19 Response
By The Editorial Team, IntraHealth InternationalFebruary 22, 2022Meet 10 Black American leaders who are shaping local and national COVID-19 response. These scientists, researchers, policymakers, teachers, and more have seen first-hand how the pandemic exacerbates racial disparities in health. In the US, Black Americans have died from COVID-19 at1.4 times the rate of white people.Today we’re highlighting these leaders as they work to protect their communities and inform our global response to the pandemic.Christopher BarnesAssistant professor, Department of Biology at Stanford UniversityWhen COVID-19 began, Bar...
Source: IntraHealth International - February 17, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: kseaton Tags: COVID-19 Health Workers Source Type: news

All Your Coronavirus Questions, Answered
One of the worst symptoms of any plague is uncertainty—who it will strike, when it will end, why it began. Merely understanding a pandemic does not stop it, but an informed public can help curb its impact and slow its spread. It can also provide a certain ease of mind in a decidedly uneasy time. Here are some of the most frequently asked questions about the COVID-19 pandemic from TIME’s readers, along with the best and most current answers science can provide. A note about our sourcing: While there are many, many studies underway investigating COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-19, the novel coronavirus that causes the illn...
Source: TIME: Health - April 14, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: TIME Staff Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Explainer Source Type: news

Study reveals how long COVID-19 remains infectious on cardboard, metal and plastic
The virus that causes COVID-19 remains for several hours to days on surfaces and in aerosols,a new study published in  the New England Journal of Medicine found.The study suggests that people may acquire the coronavirus through the air and after touching contaminated objects. Scientists discovered the virus is detectable for up to three hours in aerosols, up to four hours on copper, up to 24 hours on cardboard and up to two to three days on plastic and stainless steel.“This virus is quite transmissible through relatively casual contact, making this pathogen very hard to contain,” said James Lloyd-Smith, a co-author of...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - March 20, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

New coronavirus stable for hours on surfaces
(NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) The virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is stable for several hours to days in aerosols and on surfaces, according to a new study from National Institutes of Health, CDC, UCLA and Princeton University scientists in NEJM. They found that (SARS-CoV-2) was detectable in aerosols for up to three hours, up to four hours on copper, up to 24 hours on cardboard and up to two to three days on plastic and stainless steel.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - March 17, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news