Donate Blood Plasma and Help Save Lives
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Clinical Mitigation (Non-US Settings)
Clinical Mitigation (Non-US Settings) Source: Clinical Mitigation (Non-US Settings)
Continue Reading →eCR Now: COVID-19 Electronic Case Reporting
Electronic Case Reporting (eCR) is the automated generation and transmission of case reports from the electronic health record (EHR) to public health agencies for review and action. eCR makes disease reporting from healthcare to public health faster and easier. eCR Now allows for rapid adoption and implementation of eCR for COVID-19, enabling real-time tracking. Source: […]
Continue Reading →Operational Considerations for Maintaining Essential Services for and Providing Maternal, Newborn, and Child Healthcare in Low-Resource Countries
it is crucial that the needs of mothers, newborns, and children are kept in mind when developing mitigation strategies for maintaining essential services delivery in low-resource countries, including considering providing services by telehealth where feasible during COVID-19. Source: Operational Considerations for Maintaining Essential Services for and Providing Maternal, Newborn, and Child Healthcare in Low-Resource Countries
Continue Reading →Interim Operational Considerations for Implementing the Shielding Approach to Prevent COVID-19 Infections in Humanitarian Settings
This document presents considerations from CDc’s perspective for implementing the shielding approach in humanitarian settings as outlined in guidance documents focused on camps, displaced populations and low-resource settings. Considerations are based on current evidence known about the transmission and severity of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and may need to be revised as more information becomes […]
Continue Reading →How COVID-19 causes smell loss
Loss of smell, or anosmia, is one of the earliest and most commonly reported symptoms of COVID-19. A new study identifies the olfactory cell types most vulnerable to infection by the novel coronavirus. Surprisingly, sensory neurons involved in smell are not among the vulnerable cell types. Source: How COVID-19 causes smell loss
Continue Reading →Sputum testing provides higher rate of COVID-19 detection
In a meta-analysis, researchers found that sputum was more accurate than nasopharyngeal or oropharyngeal swabs. The study also shows early testing increased rates of COVID-19 diagnosis. Source: Sputum testing provides higher rate of COVID-19 detection
Continue Reading →Heart transplants declined sharply during pandemic
Heart transplants, donor hearts, and transplant waitlists all fell sharply at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, researchers have found. Source: Heart transplants declined sharply during pandemic
Continue Reading →High-deductible health plans and major cardiovascular outcomes
New research finds that individuals with cardiovascular disease risk factors who switched to high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) did not experience increased risk of heart attack or stroke. Source: High-deductible health plans and major cardiovascular outcomes
Continue Reading →In cell studies, seaweed extract outperforms remdesivir in blocking COVID-19 virus
In a test of antiviral effectiveness against the virus that causes COVID-19, an extract from edible seaweeds substantially outperformed remdesivir, the current standard antiviral used to combat the disease. Source: In cell studies, seaweed extract outperforms remdesivir in blocking COVID-19 virus
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