COVID-19
Victoria’s hospitals are likely to reach capacity in a matter of weeks, an emergency doctor in Melbourne warned. Dr. Sarah Whitelaw said hospitals were overburdened with a large number of cases of coronavirus as ...
Multiple sclerosis (MS) research in Australia received a major boost this week with new funding commitments from MS Western Australia and MS South Australia/Northern Territory taking the amount raised for research in 2020 to around$10.5million, ...
With less than four months of data — the outbreak only emerged in late 2019 — questions about immunity, especially in the long term, are difficult to answer. However, ABC health reporters had a stab ...
Most patients hospitalized with COVID-19 (coronavirus) pneumonia experienced improvement after receiving a Food and Drug Administration-approved drug normally given for rheumatoid arthritis, according to an observational study at Cedars-Sinai. Outcomes for patients who received the ...
Tightened airport procedures in Melbourne after passengers weren’t given a health check. The NSW government will consider setting up a fringe north of Albury as it reacts to the “high-risk situation” brought about by a ...
As nations around the globe attempt to make sense of the most ideal approach to restrict the spread of coronavirus, many are thinking about some type of contact following application. In any case, the strategies ...
Older adults who survived hospitalizations due to COVID-19 and return to their homes face substantial health challenges and an unforeseeable future. Early evidence suggests that complex and long-term physical, functional, cognitive, and emotional negative health ...
When it involves the toll of the COVID-19 pandemic, the comparison between Canada and Australia is shocking. Australia has suffered four deaths per million residents compared to over 212 in Canada. Canadians have watched in horror as the COVID-19 ...
As we are considering the physical symptoms for all those affected by the novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, its psychological impacts should also be considered alongside (Shigemura et al., 2020). As the COVID-19 has entirely ...
(CNN) If you’ve found you’re no longer disinfecting your hands as often or becoming more lenient toward unnecessary trips outside, you’re not alone. This unintentional phenomenon is “caution fatigue” — and you have your brain ...
At various points over the previous couple of weeks, news reports have told stories of booming hospitals: emergency departments overwhelmed by patients, imminent shortages of both ICU beds and ventilators, and even the requirement to ...
Mothers are one of the strongest people on earth — that’s a fact. Also, doctors are courageous — every day and especially now, in the midst of a pandemic. What is possibly stronger than a ...