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A Running List of Every Festival, Sporting Event and Show Canceled or Postponed in the Wake of the Coronavirus
Following the World Health Organization’s pandemic declaration, the coronavirus has caused major disruptions on a global scale. Schools have been suspending or canceling classes, sports teams have been playing games without fans in the stands, late-night shows have started to film without live audiences, political rallies have been canceled and…
The Coronavirus Pandemic May Cause a Global Condom Shortage
“It will take time to jumpstart factories and we will struggle to keep up with demand at half capacity,” Chief Executive Goh Miah Kiat told Reuters. “We are going to see a global shortage of condoms everywhere, which is going to be scary,” he said. “My concern is that for…
Despite battling COVID-19, oncologist continues treating patients virtually
When Dr. Justin Persico first began experiencing COVID-19 symptoms, his mind immediately went to his patients. As a medical oncologist at Smilow Cancer Hospital Care Center at Trumbull, part of Yale Cancer Center, he was all too aware of the people he treats, who would be at greater risk for…
What cells does the novel coronavirus attack?
Scientists from the Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the Thorax Clinic at Heidelberg University Hospital, whose collaboration is taking place under the auspices of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), have examined samples from non-virus infected patients to determine which cells of the lungs…
Young children find a parent’s hug more calming than a stranger’s
For infants as young as four months, a hug from a parent makes all the difference. A study appearing April 7 in the journal iScience examined heart rate responses in infants less than one year old during a hug and found that children as young as four months experience greater…
Children have very precise expectations about adults’ communicative actions
Adults talk to babies differently from how we would speak to other adults. Compared to how adults speak, speech directed at babies tends to have a higher, more varied pitch, greater positive affectation, it is slower and involves shorter phrases. The characteristics of this speech targeting babies has been studied…
Coronavirus: How to Make Your Own Cloth Face Mask at Home
Following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s warning last week that as many as 25 percent of people infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) may be asymptomatic, meaning they never show symptoms, the federal health agency is now advising that all Americans wear cloth face coverings when out to…
SNUH develops life treatment center model to manage mild cases of COVID-19
Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH) in South Korea treats COVID-19 patients with mild or no symptoms at an isolation facility called “Life Treatment Center.” The hospital first developed the model by converting its training center with 100 rooms located in Mungyeong, North Kyeongsang province, into a Life Treatment Center. COVID-19…
UK’s Johnson spends night in ICU; not on ventilator
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has spent the night in the intensive care unit of a London hospital with the new coronavirus, but is not on a ventilator, a senior government minister said Tuesday. Johnson was admitted to St. Thomas’ Hospital late Sunday, 10 days after he was diagnosed with…