Doctors used to make patients with drug-induced liver injury stop taking all their medications until the liver healed, but this…
Quarantine on cruise ship resulted in more Corona patients
The cruise ship Diamond Princess was quarantined for over two weeks resulting in more coronavirus infected passengers than if they…
First Drug Shortage Caused by Coronavirus, F.D.A. Says. But It Won’t Disclose What Drug or Where It’s Made.
The agency cited confidential commercial information in not revealing the name of the drug, but critics say releasing details is…
Responding to Covid-19 — A Once-in-a-Century Pandemic?
In any crisis, leaders have two equally important responsibilities: solve the immediate problem and keep it from happening again. The…
Clinical Characteristics of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in China
In early December 2019, the first pneumonia cases of unknown origin were identified in Wuhan, the capital city of Hubei…
Covid-19 — Navigating the Uncharted
The latest threat to global health is the ongoing outbreak of the respiratory disease that was recently given the name…
Novel coronavirus (COVID-19) imaging features overlap with SARS and MERS
Although COVID-19’s imaging features are variable and nonspecific, the findings thus far do show ”significant overlap” with those of severe…
COVID-19 a reminder of the challenge of emerging infectious diseases
The emergence and rapid increase in cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a respiratory illness caused by a novel coronavirus,…
Physiotherapy could be done at home using virtual reality
Virtual reality could help physiotherapy patients complete their exercises at home successfully thanks to researchers who managed to combine VR…
Is the Coronavirus an Epidemic or a Pandemic? It Depends on Who’s Talking
This week, the World Health Organization stopped short of calling the outbreak a pandemic. Experts weigh in on the debate…