After early success, India’s daily COVID infections have surpassed the US and Brazil. Why?
India is in the grip of a massive second wave of COVID-19 infections, surpassing even the United States and Brazil in terms of new daily infections....
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COVID-19 variants FAQ: Everything you need to know about new strains of SARS-CoV-2
More and more countries around the world are struggling with a new wave of infections, with an alarming increase in COVID-19 cases. Mostly these new surges...
A ‘deep clean’ has been ordered for a Brisbane hospital ward. What does that actually involve?
The Australian public’s infection control literacy continues to expand. We know what PPE is, what “flattening the curve” means, and we are growing increasingly familiar with...
New research finds slumped posture not such a pain in the neck after all
Curtin University research in partnership with the Raine Study has cast doubt on the popular belief that having a slumped posture while seated can lead to...
Growth in home health care failing to keep up with surging demand, study finds
Recent growth in the number of health care workers providing home care for Medicare patients is “small and inadequate” compared with the increasing demand in an...
Fighting COVID with plant products and repurposed pharmaceuticals
Chemists Kaushik Sarkar and Rajesh Kumar of the University of North Bengal in Darjeeling, West Bengal, India, have investigated the potential of various natural products of...
How Taiwan beat COVID-19: New study reveals clues to its success
Taiwan has been widely applauded for its management of the pandemic, with one of the lowest per capita COVID-19 rates in the world and life on...
Video capsule endoscopy safe, effective alternative for diagnosing GI bleeding during COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed many things about how health care is delivered. Indeed, it has produced many innovations that show significant promise.
Highly dense urban areas are not more vulnerable to COVID-19, researchers say
A person who owns a car or who has a college education may be less vulnerable to COVID-19, according to an analysis of cases in Tehran,...
Stronger enforcement of mental health parity law needed to address impact of coronavirus
The pandemic’s effect on Americans’ mental health is illustrating the need for stronger enforcement of the federal health parity law, which mandates that employers that offer...
