Highlights • A 30-bed negative-pressure isolation ward was established on a functioning hospital. • The pressure relative to the main hospital was −29 Pa by adjusting the ventilation. • No occurrences of pressure reversal occurred at ward entrance. • Pressures on the ward changed to slightly positive. • Health care [...]
Q: I live in a large Manhattan apartment building and I’m increasingly worried about the risk of contracting coronavirus in the lobby and other common areas. What should my building be doing to keep residents safe? A: With a rising number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the New York City area, and about 100,000 worldwide, people [...]
The worldwide coronavirus, also called COVID-19, has arrived in the United States. For most people, the immediate risk of being exposed to the coronavirus is considered low, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). There is not widespread circulation in most communities in the United States. However, this is a health situation that [...]
People who contract the novel coronavirus emit high amounts of virus very early on in their infection, according to a new study from Germany that helps to explain the rapid and efficient way in which the virus has spread around the world. At the same time, the study suggests that while people with mild infections can still test positive [...]
Italy’s surge of COVID-19 cases continued today in the wake of a national lockdown announced yesterday, as some of the country’s neighbors closed borders and other countries in Europe, such as France, reported similar steep rises. Meanwhile, more countries—including the Ebola-hit Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)—reported their first cases, while cases continued to decline in [...]
Today during a press conference in Albany, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the country’s first containment zone in New Rochelle, Westchester County, the epicenter of New York’s COVID-19 outbreak. Schools, churches, synagogues, and other spots that hold large gatherings will be closed or canceled for 14 days, and the National Guard will help disinfect the 1-mile [...]
An observational study today in The Lancet that involved seriously ill adults hospitalized with confirmed COVID-19 early in the outbreak in Wuhan, China, found that advanced age, signs of sepsis, and blood clotting issues were all risk factors for in-hospital death. Knowing these risk factors could help healthcare providers identify COVID-19 patients with a poor prognosis early on, according [...]
Immediately after Christian Drosten published a genetic sequence of the novel coronavirus online on 28 February, he took to Twitter to issue a warning. As the virus has raced around the world, more than 350 genome sequences have been shared on the online platform GISAID. They hold clues to how the new virus, named severe [...]
Rich in flavor, but low in fat Ingredients 3 tablespoons butter, melted 3 tablespoons unsweetened applesauce 2 cups graham cracker crumbs 2 (8-ounce) packages reduced-fat cream cheese ¾ cup sugar 1 egg ¼ cup egg substitute (or 2 egg whites) 1 tsp vanilla 1 (10-ounce) jar seedless raspberry jam or preserves Image by Alina Kuptsova [...]
The rooms of three coronavirus patients were tested in a Singapore hospital The room of a ‘mild’ infectee had trace amounts of the virus in an air vent Concerns have been raised in recent weeks of the spread of the deadly coronavirus through air-conditioning units after many became ill on cruise ships Traces of the coronavirus found [...]
