Credit: CC0 Public Domain Jamie Chui has been a virtual prisoner in her Hong Kong home for most of her nine-month pregnancy. Trapped intially by violent pro-democracy protests and tear gas, and then by the coronavirus—she now faces giving birth…
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Muscle protein abundant in the heart plays key role in blood clotting during heart attack
A prevalent heart protein known as cardiac myosin, which is released into the body when a person suffers a heart attack, can cause blood to thicken or clot—worsening damage to heart tissue, a new study shows. A team led by…
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Coronavirus overview: Here’s the app you were looking for
There is nothing quite like a quarantine to make one itch to do something useful. Three Ph.D. students from the Department of Mathematical Sciences have done just that. The trio of statisticians have repurposed their tedium and isolation to develop…
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Why the US might ask people to wear face masks to fight coronavirus
After months of telling the public not to use face masks, the United States is looking into revising its recommendations, following the example set by some Asian countries that have been more successful in fighting the coronavirus. The reason? Many…
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What about the sick who don’t have COVID-19?
How long would it take for you to get in to see your primary care physician? Do you even have one? The COVID-19 pandemic has put governments and hospitals across the world in crisis mode. As international healthcare systems grapple…
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New York hospital doctor prepares for the worst
With the rapid rise of hospitalizations and a health system nearly at capacity, New York doctor Shamit Patel is preparing for the worst over the next few days, all while hoping he won’t have to start choosing which coronavirus patients…
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New tool exploring different paths the corona pandemic may take
Umeå University in Sweden is leading a team of researchers across Europe in the development of a coronavirus simulation framework that can support decision makers to experiment and evaluate possible interventions and their combined effects, in a simulated controlled world….
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Artificial intelligence can speed up the detection of stroke
Timely detection and accurate segmentation of acute ischemic stroke (AIS) lesions on magnetic resonance images (MRIs) are essential for the triaging patient for endovascular therapy. Lesion segmentation is a routine process where the abnormal areas within brain images are qualitatively…
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To get on top of the coronavirus, we also need to test people without symptoms
As the World Health Organisation keeps reminding health officials around the world, in order to get COVID-19 under control, we must “test, test, test.” Along with tracing contacts of cases, travel bans and social distancing, testing is one of the…
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Americans disagree on how risky the coronavirus is, but most are changing their behavior anyway
As the coronavirus began to spread in the United States, people faced an unknown risk and evolving health recommendations. Policy measures to curb the coronavirus epidemic have turned the world upside down, and the true impact of this global pandemic…
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