Category: healthcare

When Is A COVID Death A COVID Death?

Determining what kills someone is a highly tricky business. Everyone who dies suffers from their heart stopping. That’s a given. But did they die of a heart attack or something that provoked a heart attack? Did they die of lung cancer or with lung canc…

Dow Jumps 150 Points As Investors Wait For More Coronavirus Stimulus

Companies like Coca-Cola and IBM beat earnings on Tuesday.

(Part Of) What We Need To Battle Covid-19: A National Health Information Network To Replace The Fax Machine

Hospitals in many areas are becoming overwhelmed, laboratories are racing to process thousands of tests and report results, and public health agencies are drowning due to continued widespread use in health care of a communications technology most young…

This Smart Watch Could Change The Lives Of People With Diabetes

Movano is working on one of the more life-changing uses for wearables, completely non-invasive glucose monitoring for diabetics.

If Extremophile Bacteria Can Live In Nuclear Reactors Maybe They Can Help Us Make Vaccines

Extremophiles like the bacterium D. radiodurans that can withstand levels of radiation thousands of times what most animals can, are able to help us make vaccines faster, cheaper and safer. They use special molecular protectors to shield their repair p…

Diagnostic Makers Launch U.S. Test Registry To Target Covid-19 Hot Spots

Abbott Laboratories, Roche, Becton Dickinson and 10 other diagnostic test makers are launching a national U.S. Covid-19 diagnostic test and supply registry with AdvaMed to help better anticipate Coronavirus hot spots and get tests in the right place, a…

Trench Fever Appears In Colorado, How It Spreads Via Human Body Lice

Trench fever may sound like a strong desire to live in trenches. But it isn’t.

Burger King’s Sustainable Whopper Only Reduces Methane Emission By 3% At Most, Scientists Say

Burger King claimed a 33% reduction in methane emissions from its new Whopper.

Burnout, A Silent Crisis In Global Health

Global health is about big saves and big goals. But in the race to save lives, the field of global health tends to ignore burnout. Burnout was a concern before the Covid-19 pandemic, and might get worse because of the ongoing crisis.

Trump Says He Recently ‘Aced’ This Test: What Exactly Does That Mean?

President Trump says he recently aced this cognitive test: what exactly does that mean?