Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania are tapping an unlikely source for help in detecting new COVID-19 cases: eight Labrador retrievers, according to The Washington Post.
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A prominent infectious disease society issued infection prevention and control guidelines April 27 for healthcare workers providing care to patients with confirmed cases of COVID-19 or those suspected of having the disease.
The new coronavirus can potentially be spread via fine airborne particles and may linger in patients toilet areas, medical staff areas and areas prone to crowding, a new study shows.
Researchers found potentially infectious traces of the new coronavirus virus in the eye of Italy's first COVID-19 patient, even after it had cleared from her nose, according to a case study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
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About 21 percent, or 1 in 5 New York City residents, tested positive for coronavirus antibodies, preliminary test results show, The New York Times reports.
About 64.6 percent of healthcare workers in Washington state who tested positive for the new coronavirus reported that they worked a median of two days while showing symptoms, a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association…
Physicians in France confirmed a rare and fatal case of necrotizing pneumonia in a COVID-19 patient, according to research slated for publication in Emergency Infectious Diseases.
Physicians from Omaha-based University of Nebraska Medical Center created a mask for patients that can protect clinicians from potential contaminants, such as coronavirus particles, that patients could expel when they breathe.
Harborview Medical Center in Seattle has recorded the first case of a patient acquiring the new coronavirus while receiving treatment for another condition at the hospital, the medical director of its infection prevention and control program told The Seattle Times.