2018 data released Army & Marine Corps infantry and gun crews, Air Force service and supply handlers and Navy electricians or mechanics are among the military jobs that had the highest numbers of suicides in MORE
Grainger Rickenbaker was more than halfway through his freshman year at Drexel University in Philadelphia when the pandemic forced its in-person courses and dormitories to be cleared indefinitely. At his home in South Carolina, Rickenbaker, MORE
Some strains of Sars-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can survive temperatures of 60 degrees Celsius (140 degrees Fahrenheit) for an hour, researchers have found. To kill the virus in a laboratory setting, the team MORE
While the Trump administration won’t tell you about it, there is a stable Affordable Care Act market available to those who are newly uninsured and need it. The average monthly premium for ACA coverage was MORE
Computer scientists working for a high-tech division of Google are testing how machine learning algorithms can be created from scratch, then evolve naturally, based on simple math. Experts behind Google’s AutoML suite of artificial intelligence MORE
As of April 7, Germany had reported some 105,000 confirmed cases of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. However the country’s death rate from the pandemic remains around 1.5% MORE
In order to cope with the mental and emotional stress of the coronavirus pandemic, Americans are turning to more bad habits which may make a long term negative impact on their health. Alcohol sales are MORE
The numbers emerging seem to indicate that more young people in the South are dying from COVID-19. Although the majority of coronavirus-related deaths in Louisiana are still among victims over 70 years old, 43 percent MORE
Revisions were made on March 30, 2020, to reflect the following: New information about asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic infections Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, and angiotensin receptor blockers and risk of infection or infection severity MORE
Nursing homes in Michigan and elsewhere are facing an uphill battle against COVID-19, where senior communities are beginning to lose ground. As of last week, 147 nursing homes across 27 states have reported positive cases MORE
Guidance on whether to wear a face mask has been evolving. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is currently looking at recommending masks be worn whenever we go out. “It is still most important to limit MORE
The COVID Tracking Project obtains, organizes, and publishes high-quality data required to understand and respond to the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States. We will do this work until official national sources take over and MORE
In Germany, the number of deaths from coronavirus is relatively low for the number of confirmed infections. The rate is lower than in Italy, where the number of deaths linked to confirmed Covid-19 infections remains MORE
Should Germany concentrate more energy on digital surveillance in the fight against the new coronavirus? Spahn pointed to South Korea, saying, “We have seen how South Korea, a democratic country, was able to fight the MORE
In light of another one of Trump’s Press Briefings, it’s helpful to check out the data compiled so far in the World Health Organizations daily situation report. See WHO Website Here:
As the limited supply of ventilators across the country concerns hospitals and governors, some emergency plans developed by states have included using positive airway pressure machines, like those used to treat sleep apnea. While that MORE
Lynchburg, Virginia, isn’t a stereotypical college town. It isn’t politically liberal. It doesn’t have the crunchy affect of an Ann Arbor or even a Charlottesville. But even here, where Liberty University drives a large part MORE
German doctors’ associations have agreed on a set of ethical guidelines to help doctors make life-or-death decisions when treating coronavirus patients. MORE
Originally, the foreign ministers of the G-7 member states had been slated to meet in Pittsburgh this week, […]. Instead, they met on Wednesday for four hours by video conference in the first meeting of MORE
“Governments across the world are galvanizing every surveillance tool at their disposal to help stem the spread of the novel coronavirus. Countries have been quick to use the one tool almost all of us carry MORE
Trump’s unproven claim that hydroxychloroquine could be used to treat COVID-19 has led to hoarding, putting Lupus patients and others at even greater risk. As of Saturday afternoon, Anna Valdez had 27 pills left. That number is now down to 25. MORE
The authorization was made Friday and tests will begin shipping next week, according to a statement from California-based Cepheid, the company manufacturing the tests. “During this time of increased demand for hospital services, Clinicians urgently MORE
The U.S. Health and Human Services Department suffered a cyber-attack on its computer system Sunday night during the nation’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, according to three people familiar with the matter. The attack appears MORE
From NPR A new study out this weeks finds disturbing information about the viability of the novel coronavirus. A study out this week finds that the virus can survive on hard surfaces such as plastic and stainless MORE
But getting tested is far easier said than done, even as testing slowly ramps up nationwide. Five days after President Trump announced that anyone who wants a test can get a test, Ms. King’s experience MORE