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Brazilian startup to develop a low-cost high-performance COVID-19 diagnostic test

Researchers at Biolinker, a biotech startup based in São Paulo, Brazil, are developing a low-cost high-performance COVID-19 diagnostic test using only locally sourced inputs.

26 Jun 2020

Survey: 1/3 of parents in 3 states not likely to send children to school because of COVID-19

Kindergartners in face masks. Closed playground structures. Random COVID-19 testing.

26 Jun 2020

Wayne State receives grant to develop new COVID-19 risk-prediction system

Since the initial case of COVID-19 was diagnosed at the end of December 2019, there have been more than 2.3 million cases reported in the United States, causing more than 120,000 deaths as of June 23. Around the globe, there have been over 9.2 million cases reported, with nearly 477,000 deaths.

26 Jun 2020

Measuring air quality across London could help fight against COVID-19

Measuring air quality across London could help fight COVID-19 by providing a rapid means of deciding whether to reduce public transport movement - given strong links between exposure to air pollution and COVID-19 transmission, a new study reveals.

26 Jun 2020

Study finds 26% drop in the number of EMS calls since the start of COVID-19 pandemic

Since early March and the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S., 911 calls for emergency medical services have dropped by 26.1 % compared to the past two years, a new study led by a University at Buffalo researcher has found.

26 Jun 2020

Montana State researcher helps develop a better understanding of COVID-19 spread

How many people in the U.S. have had COVID-19? Using a database of information collected after the 2009 H1N1 outbreak, a Montana State University researcher is helping develop a better understanding of the spread of the novel coronavirus.

26 Jun 2020

George Mason researcher developing solution to help confine epidemics

Sai Manoj Pudukotai Dinakarrao, Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, is developing a scalable and connectivity-aware solution that he hopes will help confine the COVID-19 pandemic and future epidemics.

26 Jun 2020

UVA Health receives FCC grant to expand use of COVID-19 telehealth care

The Federal Communications Commission awarded UVA Health $767,139 this week to expand UVA's use of telehealth for patient care during the COVID-19 pandemic.

26 Jun 2020

Pediatric patients more resilient against COVID-19 compared to adults

The majority of children with COVID-19 in 26 countries fared well clinically compared to adults during the first four months of the pandemic, a newly released study shows.

26 Jun 2020

New Ebola strain may emerge in the Democratic Republic of Congo, say scientists

Scientists fear a new Ebola strain might emerge in the Democratic Republic of Congo if two versions of the disease mix together to form a new, potentially deadlier version.

26 Jun 2020

Sweeps of homeless camps run counter to COVID guidance and pile on health risks

Melody Lewis lives like a nomad in the heart of downtown. Poking her head out of her green tent on a recent June day, the 57-year-old pointed a few blocks away to the place where city crews picked up her tent from a sidewalk median earlier this spring and replaced it with landscaping rocks, fencing and signs warning trespassers to keep out.

26 Jun 2020

Timing of antibody testing is critical for accurate COVID-19 detection

Scientists have analysed data from around the world to examine the accuracy of antibody tests for COVID-19, and have shown that the timing of testing is critical. The tests do not work accurately when administered at the wrong time.

26 Jun 2020

HORIBA Medical white paper provides a review of hematology biomarkers for COVID-19 assessment

As experts in hematology HORIBA UK Ltd, Medical announces that the Company has published a white paper entitled, ‘COVID-19 screening, prognosis and severity assessment with biomarkers for management of patients’.

From HORIBA Medical 26 Jun 2020

BATM provides business and trading update

BATM, a leading provider of real-time technologies for networking solutions and medical laboratory systems, provides the following business and trading update.

26 Jun 2020

Understanding dexamethasone’s role in treating COVID-19

While the steroid medicine dexamethasone may help people with serious COVID-19 illness, it should only be given to people very ill in hospital and shouldn’t be taken by anyone to try to prevent COVID-19 or for less severe cases.

26 Jun 2020

GlobalData: Uncertainty during COVID-19 increases demand for immunity-boosting products

Ongoing research around protective immunity against COVID-19 has not yet helped to define ways of how the public can protect themselves from the illness, minimize the symptoms, and avoid re-infection.

26 Jun 2020

Seniors in low-income housing live in fear of COVID infection

Davetta Brooks, 75, who has heart failure, a fractured hip and macular degeneration, is afraid. Conditions in her low-income senior building on Chicago's Near West Side — the Congressman George W. Collins Apartments — are "deplorable," she said.

26 Jun 2020

Ecolab increases production capacity to meet exponential demand for hand sanitizers

In response to the pandemic, Ecolab, the global leader in water, food safety and infection prevention solutions and services, has increased its production capacity seven fold in Europe to provide customers with critical hand sanitizer and surface disinfectant solutions to help prevent the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

26 Jun 2020

GlobalData: NEJM study further confirms link between heart disease and death from COVID-19

Following the recent publication of a study in the New England Journal of Medicine that further confirms the elevated risk of in-hospital death amongst COVID-19 patients with concomitant cardiovascular disease;

26 Jun 2020

Fatalities are very rare in children with COVID-19

Children with COVID-19 generally experience a mild disease and fatalities are very rare, according to a study of 582 patients from across Europe published today in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health journal.

26 Jun 2020

Disease/Infection News

Brazilian startup to develop a low-cost high-performance COVID-19 diagnostic test

Survey: 1/3 of parents in 3 states not likely to send children to school because of COVID-19

Wayne State receives grant to develop new COVID-19 risk-prediction system

Measuring air quality across London could help fight against COVID-19

Study finds 26% drop in the number of EMS calls since the start of COVID-19 pandemic

Montana State researcher helps develop a better understanding of COVID-19 spread

George Mason researcher developing solution to help confine epidemics

UVA Health receives FCC grant to expand use of COVID-19 telehealth care

Pediatric patients more resilient against COVID-19 compared to adults

New Ebola strain may emerge in the Democratic Republic of Congo, say scientists

Sweeps of homeless camps run counter to COVID guidance and pile on health risks

Timing of antibody testing is critical for accurate COVID-19 detection

HORIBA Medical white paper provides a review of hematology biomarkers for COVID-19 assessment

BATM provides business and trading update

Understanding dexamethasone’s role in treating COVID-19

GlobalData: Uncertainty during COVID-19 increases demand for immunity-boosting products

Seniors in low-income housing live in fear of COVID infection

Ecolab increases production capacity to meet exponential demand for hand sanitizers

GlobalData: NEJM study further confirms link between heart disease and death from COVID-19

Fatalities are very rare in children with COVID-19

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