Media playback is unsupported on your device NHS staff still do not have the protective equipment they need to treat coronavirus patients, medics have said. The British Medical Association (BMA) said doctors were putting their lives at risk by working without adequate protection. It comes as the health secretary said 19 NHS workers had died… Read More »
During the COVID-19 pandemic, social distancing and hygiene seem to be having some effect on “flattening the curve” and slowing the spread of the virus. The use of ultraviolet (UV) light to decontaminate medical facilities, proper hand-washing and disinfectants, equipment and even protective facemasks also seems to be useful. But people will still contract COVID-19,… Read More »
The UK’s organ transplant network could be forced to shut down as a result of the coronavirus outbreak, the body that runs the scheme is warning. One factor is the pressure on intensive care beds, according to NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT). But there is also the risk to transplant patients, who have their immune… Read More »
Staying at home this weekend is an instruction and “not a request”, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said, as he updated the country on the coronavirus. Speaking at the No 10 briefing, Mr Hancock said that while warm weather was forecast in some areas this weekend “the disease is still spreading”. England’s chief nursing officer… Read More »
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. The number of confirmed coronavirus cases topped 1 million worldwide Thursday, Johns Hopkins University researchers found. As of Thursday afternoon, over 1,002,500 cases were recorded worldwide of COVID-19, with over 51,300 deaths. The U.S. recorded more cases than any other… Read More »
This article is part of Harvard Medical School’s continuing coverage of medicine, biomedical research, medical education and policy stories related to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and the disease COVID-19. From the plagues of medieval Europe to the influenza pandemic of 1918, the specter of the next public health disaster has gripped the minds of scientists, captivated the imaginations… Read More »
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. The first participants have been enrolled by Illinois-based Northwestern Medicine in a new clinical drug trial that aims to tackle coronavirus. “The drug being tested is remdesivir, a novel antiviral drug developed to treat Ebola and which has subsequently… Read More »