by Richard A. Hendricks | Mar 28, 2020 | Health News
But now, Duke University researchers have developed a method to clean them so they can be safely re-worn. The team at the Duke Regional Biocontainment Laboratory has already decontaminated hundreds of N95 respirators without damaging them so they can be re-worn several times. It could provide significant relief for hospitals running low on supply. Using […]
by Richard A. Hendricks | Mar 27, 2020 | Health News
Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday referred to the method as “splitting” and said it involves adding a second set of tubes to a ventilator. “It’s not ideal,” Cuomo said, “but we believe it’s workable.” The governor has...
by Richard A. Hendricks | Mar 26, 2020 | Health News
The study, published in the medical journal JAMA Cardiology on Wednesday, found that among a group of Covid-19 patients hospitalized in Wuhan China, 19.7% suffered cardiac injury, which was found to be a risk factor for dying in the hospital. Cardiac injury, also...
by Richard A. Hendricks | Mar 26, 2020 | Health News
The deaths of the patients took place over the last 24 hours, but NYC Health and Hospitals/Elmhurst said in a statement that number is consistent with the number of Intensive Care Unit patients being treated there. “Staff are doing everything in our power to...
by Richard A. Hendricks | Mar 26, 2020 | Health News
The doctor, who spoke to CNN on condition of anonymity out of concern for his job, described a hospital that was woefully unprepared for an influx of Covid-19 patients that started roughly two weeks ago — which has already stretched the hospital’s...
