The federal numbers, for example, show no residents or employees of the Van Duyn Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing on Onondaga Hill have been infected with Covid-19, and no residents have died of the virus. The state only reports deaths that occur in nursing homes. The data is searchable on the CMS website, under the Nursing Home Compare page . "New and better data allows nursing homes the ... [Full Article...]
Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, listed new precautions on Friday at virtual news conference. But the advice has been broadened to recommend staff coming into contact with any patients or residents in clinics, hospitals, care homes, and long-term residential facilities should also wear masks at all times, she said. [Full Article...]
Although the FDA has authorized use of some antibody tests, it has not independently validated any of them. What does this mean? Antibody based rely on the presence of antibodies to determine the presence of a disease but are not always accurate. [Full Article...]
Following the publishing of the study, the World Health Organisation (WHO) - which has been defunded by the White House amid the coronavirus pandemic - initially halted their trials of the malaria drug as a coronavirus treatment, but in the wake of the new findings have resumed trials on Wednesday. [Full Article...]
The organisation had always advised that medical face masks should be worn by people who are sick and those caring for them. "And we specify a fabric mask - that is, a non-medical mask", the WHO's technical lead expert on COVID-19, Maria Van Kerkhove, said about the updated guidance in a new interview . [Full Article...]
However, as many as half of these may not be aware they have the condition. Based on data from 2,866 patients with Covid-19 who were admitted to Huoshenshan hospital in Wuhan, China , the study found that there is a two-fold increased risk of dying from the disease if a patient has high blood pressure. [Full Article...]
An anthropologist in her early 20s who studies social movements, was among the people chatting with friends around 8:30 p.m., shortly before 9 p.m. from the city. The effects, according to the vendor: "burning sensation, heavy flow of tears, involuntary closing of eyes". " Coughing , increased mucous secretion, severe headaches, dizziness, dyspnoea, tightness of the chest, difficulty breathing... [Full Article...]
Data from 24 studies of all three viruses with 50,566 participants indicated that most participants found personal protection strategies like social distancing and face coverings "acceptable, feasible and reassuring", said co-author Sally Yaacoub, of the American University of Beruit in Lebanon. [Full Article...]