For a limited time only, PBS is streaming a free documentary on America’s diabetes epidemic (it may not be available in all areas; check your local PBS to see if it’s in your area). Coincidentally, diabetes is a comorbidity that can increase your chances of contracting and even dying from COVID-19, making this documentary particularly… Read More: Diabetes Can Increase Complications of COVID-19 »
By Sam Wong , Adam Vaughan , Conrad Quilty-Harper and Layal Liverpool Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte attends an EU summit held via video conference to discuss the covid-19 plan.Filippo Attili/DPA/PA Images Latest coronavirus news as of 5 pm on 24 April World leaders launch covid-19 plan without US involvementGlobal leaders are launching an initiative… Read More: Covid-19 news: US not involved in global WHO plan to… »
This is part of our Coronavirus Update series in which Harvard specialists in epidemiology, infectious disease, economics, politics, and other disciplines offer insights into what the latest developments in the COVID-19 outbreak may bring. A Harvard healthy-buildings expert on Thursday laid out a lower-cost, five-layered approach for employers and building managers as they consider how… Read More: Looking at COVID-19 through healthy-building eyes »
The ACC/SCAI statement proposed that “fibrinolysis can be considered an option for the relatively stable STEMI patient with active COVID-19” after careful consideration of possible patient benefit vs the risks of cath-lab personnel exposure to the virus, as theheart.org | Medscape Cardiology recently reported. Only six patients in the current series, including five in the STEMI group, are… Read More: Signature STEMI Sign May Be Less Diagnostic in the COVID-19… »