If you’ve found yourself working from home in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, you are far from alone. More and more people are working remotely as the outbreak spreads. While working from home helps maintain social distancing and keeps…
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Distance to transplant center and likelihood of being considered for transplantation
In a study of Southeastern U.S. patients undergoing dialysis, the distance from a patient’s residence to the nearest transplant center did not appear to affect access to early steps in the kidney transplantation process. The findings appear in an upcoming…
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Elon Musk Just Donated 1,000 Ventilators to Hospitals Treating Coronavirus
Billionaire Elon Musk has reportedly donated 1,000 ventilators to hospitals in California to help them treat patients who have been diagnosed with coronavirus. The ventilators were produced in Tesla facilities, using the same technology that goes into the company’s ventilation…
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Egypt announces 2-week, night-time curfew to slow virus
Egypt will impose a two-week, nightly curfew in the Arab world’s most-populous country in an effort to stop the spread of the new coronavirus, its prime minister announced Tuesday as the International Monetary Fund warned that a shortage of medical…
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Pandemic likely to go in waves, researchers say
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and the University of Basel in Switzerland have produced a mathematical model that shows that the spread of the new coronavirus can decline in the summer and then return in the autumn and winter….
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How not to let the cononavirus crisis turn you into a paranoid wreck
How not to let the cononavirus crisis turn you into a paranoid wreck and keep your mental health in tip-top shape Popping to grandma’s for tea, visiting the GP, meeting friends for after-work drinks, or going in to work at all…
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E-cigarette users had substances linked to bladder cancer in urine, review finds
An analysis of evidence from multiple scientific studies found six substances that have a strong link to bladder cancer in the urine of people who had used electronic cigarettes and sometimes other tobacco products, researchers from the University of North…
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Thai hospitals deploy ‘ninja robots’ to aid virus battle
Thai hospitals are deploying “ninja robots” to measure fevers and protect the health of overburdened medical workers on the frontlines of the coronavirus outbreak. First built to monitor recovering stroke patients, the machines have been quickly repurposed to help fight…
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Vegan diet 'is no healthier if you continue to eat junk food'
Vegan diet is no healthier if you continue to eat sugar-laden junk food, new study reveals ‘Plant based’ diet is pointless if you continue to eat processed, sugar-laden food ‘Following a plant-based diet not enough to reduce cardiovascualar disease risk’…
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Why releasing some prisoners is essential to stop the spread of coronavirus
In a national emergency, governments typically pursue punitive law-enforcement agendas. They can also repurpose prisons and prisoners for forced labor, war efforts and so on. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, governments have tended towards punitive controls and sanctions on…
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