SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can sometimes cause the immune system to mistakenly attack the person’s own body. This process, known as “autoimmunity,” can damage a number of different organs. After COVID-19, a small number of patients have developed…
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Socio-economic status influences the chance of breast reconstruction
Women in higher socio-economic groups are more likely to receive direct breast reconstruction surgery after a mastectomy and are more often treated in a hospital where breast surgery and breast cancer treatments are carried out with a high volume. These…
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Veterans undergoing elective PCI at community hospitals may have increased chance of death
Veterans who underwent elective percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for stable angina at a community facility were at a 33% increased hazard, or chance, of death compared to patients treated within the Veterans Affairs (VA) Healthcare System, according to an analysis…
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New study outlines tool that can assess the chance a disease outbreak is of unnatural origins
Did coronavirus mutate from a virus already prevalent in humans or animals or did it originate in a laboratory? As scientists grapple with understanding the source of this rapidly spreading virus, the Grunow-Finke assessment tool (GFT) may assist them with…
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Platform gives teachers a chance to help health workers stay at work
For Alex Flavel, a casual relief teacher, Tuesday's abrupt closure of Victoria's schools to stem the spread of coronavirus cost him work but also created an urgent need to assist healthcare workers with children to keep them at their posts….
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