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  • Who wants to join the zumba class?

    2 Apr, 2020
    In order to entertain the patients, medical staff leads patients in a dance at makeshift hospital in Wuhan. 
  • Watch: Nurses in Spain hospital cheer as patient is transferred out of ICU

    2 Apr, 2020
    Medical staff in a hospital in Spain cheered for a patient that was released from the Intensive Case Unit. The Nurses were seen clapping as the patient, infected from virus, was being transferred out of ICU. This was the first patient to be transferred out of the ICU after getting infected from the virus.
  • Part 2 | Create a Macrame wall hanging with T-shirt yarn!

    2 Apr, 2020
    Use your old T-shirts to create beautiful wall hangings for your home! Easy and entertaining.
  • Part 1 | Upcycle your old T-shirts!

    2 Apr, 2020
    How to make T-Shirt Yarn (Easy Upcycle) - Great T-Shirt Yarn DIYs. T-shirt yarn is super easy to make and is a great way to upcycled old t-shirts or to use those "freebie" t-shirts that your parents bring back from work. They make a fabulous yarn - perfect for T-Shirt Yarn finger knitting or T-Shirt Yarn Macrame Projects!
  • 10 min Chair Workout for Seniors

    2 Apr, 2020
    This short home workout is designed for seniors or for anyone looking for something a bit lighter!
  • 11 min easy Wake up Yoga!

    2 Apr, 2020
    Wake up your spirit with this 11 min yoga class, for total beginners!
  • Live Webinar: Perspectives from the Frontline of Fighting COVID-19

    2 Apr, 2020




    TODAY! Perspectives from the Frontline of Fighting COVID-19
    Hospital and patient management and surgical approaches 

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    The world is going through a difficult and challenging time.
    The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has reached over 175 countries and regions and infected over 735,000 people. 
    Many hospitals and healthcare workers,...
  • European researchers retrofit snorkel masks for Coronavirus fight

    2 Apr, 2020



    Researchers in Europe have been converting low-cost snorkel masks into respirators to treat patients or protection for medical workers battling to contain the coronavirus outbreak that has stretched healthcare resources. The researchers said that tests had showed the retrofitted masks surpassed the protection of masks carrying FFP3, considered one of the highest grade filters. Some countries as Belgium, Czech Republic, Italy or Spain are already working on this initiative. 
  • Likelihood of survival of coronavirus disease 2019

    2 Apr, 2020
    A case fatality ratio of an infectious disease measures the proportion of all individuals diagnosed with a disease who will die from that disease. For an emerging infectious disease, this ratio is thus a very important indicator not only of disease severity but also of its significance as a public health problem. For instance, WHO estimated a case fatality ratio of approximately 14–15% for severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in 2003,1 and approximately 35% for Middle East resp...
  • Why is Italy's coronavirus fatality rate so high?

    2 Apr, 2020
    Extreme rate due to demographics and reporting distortions, but experts say other nations may soon see their own spikes.
    The numbers are dizzying. Four hundred and thirty-three. Six hundred and twenty-seven. Seven hundred and ninety-three.

    For weeks now, the daily briefings by Italy's civil protection agency have been providing grim updates on the number of people killed by COVID-19, the highly infectious respiratory disease caused by the new coronavirus, deepening a sense of gloom ...
  • A guide to healthy skepticism of artificial intelligence and coronavirus

    2 Apr, 2020
    The COVID-19 outbreak has spurred considerable news coverage about the ways artificial intelligence (AI) can combat the pandemic’s spread. Unfortunately, much of it has failed to be appropriately skeptical about the claims of AI’s value. Like many tools, AI has a role to play, but its effect on the outbreak is probably small. While this may change in the future, technologies like data reporting, telemedicine, and conventional diagnostic tools are currently far more impactful than AI.Still, va...
  • Excitement around hydroxychloroquine for treating COVID-19 causes challenges for rheumatology

    2 Apr, 2020


    Excitement about a potential new treatment for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic currently engulfing the world is causing problems for patients with arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), who routinely use the drug to control their symptoms. 
    Despite the absence of strong evidence about the efficacy of hydroxychloroquine against Covid-19, some people are already attempting to self-medicate with the drug, with disastrous consequences. Hydroxychloroquine can...