Maria Branyas, a 113-year-old Spanish woman who is the country’s oldest person, has also become the country’s oldest survivor of coronavirus, according to Spanish media.
Category: healthcare
Swedish Wellbeing Startup Remente Gets Involved With Volvo’s 43,000 Workers
The Swedish health and mind app Remente is helping Volvo’s workforce deal with the stress of the coronavirus pandemic
New Tests Could Give Parents Quicker Answers After A Miscarriage
Losing a pregnancy can be an incredibly traumatic thing to go through. It can leave parents asking why it happened and as genetic tests on fetal tissue cost thousands of dollars, it isn’t always possible to find out why. However, a new test could give …
Portuguese Tech Entrepreneurs Join Forces To Create Websites And Apps That Help In The Fight Against The Coronavirus
In mid-March, 60 Portuguese tech entrepreneurs started Tech4Covid19, a movement that has launched several public service apps and websites which help people in the country overcome the threats and challenges posed by the virus. Today, they are over 540…
How To Fast-Track A COVID-19 Vaccine
To more quickly get a COVID-19 vaccine, Washington should offer a $50-billion prize to whoever comes up with one by early next year.
6 Measures That Could Prevent A Post-Coronavirus Depression
There will come a day when the greatest threat from the COVID-19 is not medical, but financial. How the United States navigates the coronavirus recession will depend largely on the government policies enacted now.
Coronavirus Pandemic Shines A Spotlight On What’s Right And Wrong With US Healthcare
Coronavirus shines a spotlight on fundamental cracks in the business model of the healthcare sector and points to what needs to change.
Delaying Your Mammogram During Coronavirus: Yay Or Nay?
When should we resume cancer screening? 600,000 people in the U.S. will die from cancer in 2020, despite coronavirus.
Vaccine Company Novavax Gets $388 Million Grant For Coronavirus Vaccine
CEPI, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness, has promised the company up to a total of $392 for the development of a vaccine against the COVID-19 coronavirus.
AIDS, TB And Malaria Set To Get Deadlier Due To Coronavirus
Three deadly killer infections are predicted to become deadlier in the coming months. New modeling analyses show that COVID-19 could significantly increase mortality due to AIDS, TB and malaria.
