Dentists say they are ‘routinely’ experiencing verbal abuse from patients – with half (48%) saying they feel pessimistic about the future. In addition, 45% feel their mental wellbeing has worsened since the onset of COVID-19. Key sources ... [Continue Reading]
UK deaths in 2020
Executive summary Please login to view this content Introduction On October 19th, 2020, a document was published by the UK Office for National Statistics (Ref 1). It was called “Deaths in private homes, England and Wales (provisional): deaths ... [Continue Reading]
Texas Governor Requests Use of Military Hospital for El Paso Covid-19 Surge
El Paso County is Texas is battling a massive Covid-19 surge and the Texas Governor has requested the use of a military hospital to deal with overflow. Read more on sciencespacerobots.com SOURCE: Health News from ScienceSpaceRobots.com - Read ... [Continue Reading]
¿Viajas para el Día de Acción de Gracias? Deberás atravesar la barrera de COVID
Molly Wiese estaba perpleja. Sus padres y hermanos viven en el sur de California, y Wiese, abogada de 35 años, ha viajado cada Navidad desde que se mudó a Minnesota en 2007. Por la pandemia, Wiese pensó que esta vez sería más ... [Continue Reading]
Travel on Thanksgiving? Pass the COVID
Molly Wiese was truly stumped. Her parents and siblings live in Southern California, and Wiese, a 35-year-old lawyer, has returned home every Christmas since she moved to Minnesota in 2007. Because of the pandemic, Wiese thought it would be wiser to ... [Continue Reading]
COVID-19 – what should dental teams do after a positive test?
With confusing guidance over how to react to COVID-19, Priya Sharma clarifies how dental practices should react. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound and substantial impact globally. In the United Kingdom, we have had over 600,000 confirmed ... [Continue Reading]
U.S. Breaks Daily Covid-19 Record With Over 80,000 Cases
The U.S. continues to head in the wrong direction on the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic with a new daily case record. Read more on sciencespacerobots.com SOURCE: Health News from ScienceSpaceRobots.com - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
US FDA approves first drug for treating COVID-19 patients
The US Food and Drug Administration approves Gilead Sciences' antiviral drug remdesivir for treating patients hospitalised with COVID-19, making it the first and only drug approved for the disease in the United States. SOURCE: Medical Research - ... [Continue Reading]
Aunque el destino de ACA es incierto, la inscripción ya comienza. Y hay cosas nuevas
Frente a una pandemia, un desempleo sin precedentes y unos costos inciertos para los tratamientos de COVID-19, las aseguradoras que venden planes médicos en los mercados establecidos por la Ley de Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio (ACA) ... [Continue Reading]
Análisis: el invierno llega para los bares. Cómo salvarlos. Y salvarnos.
Si realmente queremos detener la propagación del coronavirus a medida que se acerca el invierno y esperamos una vacuna, aquí una idea: el gobierno debería pagar a los bares, y a muchos restaurantes y lugares de eventos, para que ... [Continue Reading]
Trump Says He Saved 2 Million Lives From COVID. Really?
President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed to have saved 2 million lives from COVID-19 through his actions to combat the disease. Recently, he made the assertion during the NBC News town hall on Oct. 15 that replaced the second presidential ... [Continue Reading]
Bridging the Miles — And the Pandemic — Teledentistry Makes Some Dentists Wince
Donella Pogue has trouble finding dentists in her rural area willing to accommodate her 21-year-old son, Justin, who is 6 feet, 8 inches tall, is on the autism spectrum and has difficulty sitting still when touched. And this summer, he had a cavity ... [Continue Reading]
‘All You Want Is to Be Believed’: The Impacts of Unconscious Bias in Health Care
In mid-March, Karla Monterroso flew home to Alameda, California, after a hiking trip in Utah’s Zion National Park. Four days later, she began to develop a bad, dry cough. Her lungs felt sticky. The fevers that persisted for the next nine weeks ... [Continue Reading]
¿Pueden los pacientes de COVID tener el tratamiento de Trump? Está bien preguntar
Cuando Terry Mutter se despertó con dolor de cabeza y músculos adoloridos, el levantador de pesas amateur lo atribuyó a un entrenamiento duro. Sin embargo, ese miércoles a la noche tuvo 101 grados de fiebre y estaba claramente ... [Continue Reading]
Can Ordinary COVID Patients Get the Trump Treatment? It’s OK to Ask
When Terry Mutter woke up with a headache and sore muscles on a recent Wednesday, the competitive weightlifter chalked it up to a hard workout. By that evening, though, he had a fever of 101 degrees and was clearly ill. “I felt like I had been ... [Continue Reading]
Kansas City Hospitals Turning Away Patients as Covid-19 Cases Surge
Multiple Kansas City hospitals are turning away patients and ambulances because of a massive surge in Covid-19 cases. Read more on sciencespacerobots.com SOURCE: Health News from ScienceSpaceRobots.com - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
UK Faces Tighter Restrictions as Covid-19 Cases Skyrocket
The UK is facing tighter restrictions as Covid-19 cases skyrocket at levels much higher than this spring. Read more on sciencespacerobots.com SOURCE: Health News from ScienceSpaceRobots.com - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
WHO says trial shows remdesivir does not help COVID-19 patients
A large study led by the World Health Organization suggests the antiviral drug remdesivir did not help hospitalised COVID-19 patients, in contrast to an earlier study that made the medicine a standard of care in the United States and many other ... [Continue Reading]
Mask fit-testing isn’t mandatory in Australia. Should it be?
What is mask fit-testing, does it work, and if it works, should we all be doing it? We've asked the experts to explain. SOURCE: Medical Research - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Most Home Health Aides ‘Can’t Afford Not to Work’ — Even When Lacking PPE
In March, Sue Williams-Ward took a new job, with a $1-an-hour raise. The employer, a home health care agency called Together We Can, was paying a premium — $13 an hour — after it started losing aides when COVID-19 safety concerns ... [Continue Reading]
Musicians Improvise Masks for Wind Instruments to Keep the Band Together
Trombonist Jerrell Charleston loves the give-and-take of jazz, the creativity of riffing off other musicians. But as he looked toward his sophomore year at Indiana University, he feared that steps to avoid sharing the coronavirus would also keep ... [Continue Reading]
COVID-19 magnified inequalities in primary care, says CQC report
The COVID-19 pandemic helped to highlight inequalities in health and social care, according to the Care Quality Commission (CQC). In its newly-released annual report, the watchdog calls for the focus to shift towards a care system that delivers for ... [Continue Reading]