Health officials have reported more than 189,000 confirmed and probable coronavirus cases in New York City, making it one of the country’s biggest hotspots. The ensuing flood of patients has strained hospital resources, including staffing, beds and personal protective equipment. In order to reduce potential transmission and conserve PPE, healthcare workers at the Mount Sinai […]
The Food and Drug Administration has granted the first emergency use authorization to diagnostic healthcare company Quidel Corp. for the first COVID-19 antigen test, the agency announced. Antigen tests can quickly detect the coronavirus, but are generally considered less accurate than other types of tests that search out the virus. Antigen tests for COVID-19 […]
Apple and Google’s joint effort to help public health authorities track the spread of COVID-19 began testing last week. When the companies announced their collaboration earlier this month, the rare joint venture made people instantly stand up and take notice. The two tech giants will deliver an initial version of their exposure notification API to […]
Most of us know a dietary disaster when we see it on the menu: a double bacon cheeseburger or a slice of cheesecake. But we often don’t realize there are a host of unhealthy foods we eat everyday, right in our refrigerators. These foods can add extra calories, fat, sugar, and salt to your diet […]
Thanks in part to several Stanford University doctors, the FDA has granted emergency use authorization of the drug remdesivir to treat severely ill patients in the hospital. Under normal circumstances, drug studies and clinical trials would take years, but the Gilead and NIH studies took less than two months and show that 31 percent of […]
Doctors say one of the best ways to monitor patients with COVID-19 is by tracking their blood oxygen levels, which can show when they have dangerous breathing problems — even if they don’t feel short of breath. But along with toilet paper and digital thermometers, devices that measure those levels, called pulse oximeters, are hard […]
The Verge reports that Apple and Google have revised their ambitious automatic contact-tracing proposal, just two weeks after the system was first announced. An Apple representative said the changes were the result of feedback both companies had received about the specifications and how they might be improved. The companies also released a “Frequently Asked Questions” […]
The US Food and Drug Administration has issued the first authorization for an at-home COVID-19 test kit. LabCorp, the diagnostics company producing the tests, says it will give first access to health care workers and first responders.With this test, people who are eligible can swab their nose to collect a fluid sample, but they will […]
The makers of Lysol, the Washington State Emergency Management Division, and the Environmental Protection Agency all scrambled to do damage control after President Trump appeared to suggest injecting people with disinfectants could be a possible cure for COVID-19. During Thursday night’s White House press briefing, an official from the Department of Homeland Security said that […]
Keep your body energized and healthy by eating key superfoods for immune system health. These seven foods are packed with vitamins and nutrients that will help your body fend off germs during normal cold and flu seasons, so it follows that they should do the same for you during this stressful pandemic time. 1. Garlic […]