Coronavirus Update | Finding Solutions in a Crisis
Innovations teams in hospitals can help solve all sorts of problems including finding scare PPE supplies and increasing the availability of testing...
Read MoreCoronavirus Update | Protecting Your Pets
There is no evidence that pets can transmit the coronavirus to humans but pets can contract the virus. The CDC offers new guidelines to help keep pets and their owners healthy...
Read MoreCoronavirus Update | Blood Donations Needed
There is a dire need for blood donations during this pandemic. Donations are needed across the country to maintain the blood supply but can also benefit coronavirus patients. Those who have recovered from COVID-19 have antibodies in their plasma that can be used to help people severely ill with the coronavirus...
Read MoreCoronavirus Update | Scenes from the Epicenter: A Highway Funeral Procession
During this unprecedented pandemic, there are stark reminders all around of this unusual time. A driver on the New Jersey turnpike observes a funeral procession in the age of COVID-19...
Read MoreCoronavirus Update | Restarting Elective Operations in Hospitals
Hospitals and health systems shut down by the coronavirus crisis are now preparing to open back up in many states and are scheduling elective operations like knee replacements, back surgeries and other procedures...
Read MoreCoronavirus Update | Strokes & Heart Attacks Related to the Coronavirus
The coronavirus tends to attack the lungs but it can also cause heart attacks and strokes because of its ability to trigger the development of blood clots...
Read MoreCoronavirus Update | Precautions When Seeing the Doctor in Person
When telemedicine visits with doctors aren’t enough, patients must come into the office for treatments. A doctor explains several new rules that help to keep visits to doctors’ offices safe during the coronavirus crisis...
Read MoreCoronavirus Update | Warnings About Taking Medicines to Prevent Coronavirus
While clinical trials around the world are in progress to test drugs and potential vaccines against COVID-19, there have been reports of healthcare workers taking anti-inflammatory drugs like hydroxychloroquine without going through a trial. A doctor explains the potential dangers of that treatment...
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