Category: healthcare

Twitter Removes Face Mask Tweet From Trump’s Covid-19 Coronavirus Advisor Scott Atlas

Twitter indicated that the tweet from Scott Atlas, MD, violated its rules against spreading misinformation.

Dyson Hot+Cool Cleaned 70% Of Smoke Particles From My Air During The Fires In California, Oregon, Washington

Can the Dyson Pure Hot + Cool clean your air from smoke and soot?

Houston Teen Launches Mobile Covid-19 Testing Lab

Taft Foley, an 18 year-old EMT from Houston launched a mobile Covid-19 test lab which helps to fund free tests for the homeless, veterans and senior citizens.

RWJBarnabas Health Is Integrating Social Determinants Of Health Into Patient Care

The CDC broadly defines SDOH as “conditions in the places where people live, learn, work, and play that affect a wide range of health and quality-of life-risks and outcomes.”

These ‘Silent’ Mutations May Give Covid-19 Coronavirus An Evolutionary Advantage

Silent mutations in RNA structure and folding may have provided SARS-CoV-2 with an evolutionary edge as it jumped to humans.

Can Frozen Food Packaging Spread Covid-19? China CDC Finds Live Coronavirus

The China CDC has detected and isolated live Covid-19 coronavirus from the outer packaging of imported frozen cod while contact tracing an outbreak in Qingdao, China.

Healthcare Cybersecurity Continues To Be A Major Concern

Healthcare cybersecurity is critical, given the expansive amount of personal and sensitive information that is often contained in patient health records.

How Science Helped Jacinda Ardern, Labor Party Dominate New Zealand Election, Control Covid-19 Coronavirus

A Lancet Public Health publication detailed what New Zealand did to control the SARS-CoV2.

CDC: How Indoor Sports Like Ice Hockey Can Become Covid-19 Coronavirus Outbreaks

A recreational ice hockey game in the Tampa Bay, Florida, metropolitan area was a SARS-CoV2 super spreader event.

Duracell Adds Safety Measure To Prevent Accidental Injuries From Disc Batteries

Large 3-volt lithium disc batteries, which are about the size of a nickel, can be deadly if swallowed.