As patients stream into Mississippi hospitals one after another, doctors and nurses have become all too accustomed to the rampant denial and misinformation about COVID-19 in the nation’s least vaccinated state. People in denial about the severity of their own illness or the virus itself, with visitors frequently trying to enter hospitals without masks. The […]
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Changing diets—not less physical activity—may best explain childhood obesity crisis
Variation in consumption of market-acquired foods outside of the traditional diet—but not in total calories burned daily—is reliably related to indigenous Amazonian children’s body fat, according to a Baylor University study that offers insight into the global obesity epidemic. “The importance of a poor diet versus low energy expenditure on the development of childhood obesity […]
Most Health Facilities Still Using Crisis Standards for Protective Equipment
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 16, 2020 — Many health care facilities still have crisis standards of care for use of personal protective equipment (PPE), according to the results of a survey released by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC). APIC conducted an online survey of its U.S.-based infection preventionist members (Oct. 22 to […]
Q&A: Why getting ahead of COVID-19 requires modeling more than a health crisis
A country’s actions, or lack of action, in responding to the pandemic is partly informed by models that predict the virus’ impact on various aspects of society. But Olivier de Weck, professor of aeronautics and astronautics and engineering systems at MIT, says that most of these models are short-sighted. He and experts from countries with […]
Guidance for treating stroke patients during COVID-19 crisis developed
In an effort to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 and to optimize allocation of healthcare resources, researchers are improving ways to treat patients with acute large vessel occlusion strokes in a safe manner that also better protects health care workers. Developed by a team from the Society of Vascular & Interventional Neurology (SVIN) and led […]
How Smart Government Policies Can Help Keep People and Animals Together Through the COVID-19 Crisis
The ASPCA is working to ensure legislative protections for animals across the country during this difficult time. We urge elected officials to deem animal sheltering services, animal care and veterinary services essential functions. Federal agencies should consider and incorporate animal welfare into emergency planning. You can do your part to speak up for animals by […]
Italy Corona-the epicentre: We can make every half hour for a funeral, it is inconceivable
For all the dead there is no more space in days. The military needs to create the coffins in crematoriums of other cities. Because in Bergamo, you do not know to help. Here, in the area of some 120,000 residents, the city of Milan, the epicenter of the crisis of the Coronavirus outbreak in Europe. […]
Coronavirus crisis should put elective surgeries on hold, doctors’ group says
(HealthDay)—Considering a knee replacement? Plastic surgery? With a pandemic of new coronavirus cases looming, it’s probably time to postpone elective surgery if you can, a surgeons’ group says. In a statement, the American College of Surgeons (ACS) noted that as cases of severe COVID-19 requiring hospitalization rise, U.S. health care infrastructure and resources could be […]
The youth of America celebrates itself and its own Corona-ignorance
In Florida it looks in the last few days, as always this time of year: thousands of students gather there on the beaches and in the Bars, the spring break – Spring Break wet so-to celebrate cheerful as possible. Images that are hard to believe in a time in which Donald Trump himself, “so to […]
As long as the money is enough? The are really dramatic hours
What is the German economy expected in the Corona of crisis, from major corporations to small traders and ale-Draper? What is the loan helps the Federal government promise? And what do investors now? In the star-Podcast “, We and Corona” reports Horst von Buttlar, chief editor of the business magazine “Capital”, as the past few […]