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Released: 5-Mar-2020 3:05 PM EST
Public health, nursing expert: Coronavirus: Health care workers must protect themselves even if employers won’t
University of Michigan

Faculty Q&AAs the coronavirus spreads throughout the country, an increasing number of American health care workers helping to treat patients are contracting the infection.Christopher Friese.Christopher Friese, the Elizabeth Tone Hosmer Professor of Nursing at the School of Nursing and professor of health management and policy at the School of Public Health, leads a research team focused on health care delivery in high-risk settings.

Released: 5-Mar-2020 2:45 PM EST
How to prepare your family for COVID-19
University of Georgia

Professor shares what people can do now should the infection spread.

Released: 5-Mar-2020 12:40 PM EST
App, AI work together to provide rapid at-home assessment of coronavirus risk
Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University

A coronavirus app coupled with machine intelligence will soon enable an individual to get an at-home risk assessment based on how they feel and where they've been in about a minute, and direct those deemed at risk to the nearest definitive testing facility, investigators say.

   
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Released: 5-Mar-2020 10:15 AM EST
Early research on existing drug compounds via supercomputing could combat coronavirus
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have used Summit, the world’s most powerful and smartest supercomputer, to identify 77 small-molecule drug compounds that might warrant further study in the fight against the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, which is responsible for the COVID-19 disease outbreak.

Released: 5-Mar-2020 9:25 AM EST
National Comprehensive Cancer Network Postpones 2020 Annual Conference, Citing Precautions against Potential Patient Exposure to COVID-19
National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®)

National Comprehensive Cancer Network Postpones 2020 Annual Conference, Citing Precautions against Potential Patient Exposure to COVID-19

Released: 5-Mar-2020 8:15 AM EST
Illness won’t stop vampire bat moms from caring for their offspring
Ohio State University

A study of social interactions among vampire bats that felt sick suggests family comes first when illness strikes – and may help explain which social interactions are most likely to contribute to disease transmission.



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