The FDA has authorized its first COVID-19 diagnostic for the purpose of broad-based screening. This would include people who haven’t shown any symptoms and those who don’t suspect having come in contact with someone suffering from COVID-19.
Effect Of COVID-19 on mental health: A challenge for new moms
Researchers mentioned in the JAMA Psychiatry viewpoint that mass quarantine and social isolation lead to an increased usage of social media and other information-based websites. It in turn increases stress, fear and the risk of fear-related disorders.
Clinicians reach out to homeless patients amidst the COVID-19 pandemic
Doctors like Yinan Lan are passionate about improving the conditions of the homeless amidst the coronavirus pandemic. Lan is a primary care physician at the NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue, and was already known as a pioneer in the care of New York City’s homeless population before COVID-19 pandemic struck.
Coronavirus FAQs: A look at preventive measures and better healthcare
When some states and countries are starting to reopen businesses and lift stay-at-home requirements, we look at some preventive measures as the restrictions seem to ease.
Are we exposed to the coronavirus while swimming in pools and lakes?
Patients suffering from heart attacks, strokes, and appendicitis vanish from hospitals
Mount Sinai cardiovascular surgeon, John Puskas repurposed his 60-bed cardiac unit to accommodate COVID-19 patients. He was stumped to see that nearly all the beds were now occupied by victims of the coronavirus, but where had all the heart patients gone? Patients with crushing chest pain weren’t coming through the ER.