As part of the global effort to manage and contain the coronavirus response, two global health standards organizations have introduced new content. Regenstrief Institute and SNOMED International, are supporting care teams globally to code and track SARS-CoV-2 testing and COVID-19 cases, and by extension support clinicians and researchers in their efforts to address its containment.… Read More »
1 of 7 A World Health Organization scientist estimates that this percent of the world’s population has been infected with coronavirus: 1 percent 5 percent 10 percent 25 percent 2 of 7 A study of people’s dreams during the pandemic found that compared to men, women were more likely to have dreams expressing this emotion:… Read More »
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS * Victoria recorded 15 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, its highest daily total in nine days. * One further death took Victoria’s virus toll to 807 and the national figure to 895. * Victorian authorities are desperately trying to contain a coronavirus outbreak linked to a butcher at Chadstone Shopping Centre after… Read More »
Being infected with coronavirus and flu at the same time could make you nearly six times more likely to die, new research shows. As the UK begins to grapple with a second wave of Covid-19, Britons have been urged to get a flu jab if they are at high risk of catching or spreading that… Read More »
The UK’s coronavirus alert level is being upgraded from 3 to 4, meaning transmission is “high or rising exponentially”, its chief medical officers have said. It comes after the government’s scientific adviser warned there could be 50,000 new coronavirus cases a day by mid-October without further action. The prime minister will make a statement in… Read More »
Coronavirus deaths hit 24-week low of 73 in final week of August, official data shows – but fatalities from other causes remain above average for third week Dip marks a 24 per cent fall on last week’s deaths, the first time they sunk back into double digits But deaths in UK remained above the five-year… Read More »