Digital Trends reports:
IBM’s question-answering Watson A.I. is most famous for whooping the butt of human champions on quiz show Jeopardy. Now, IBM has repurposed its famous creation to help government agencies, health care organizations, and academic institutions around the world cope with the massive overload of questions that citizens have about the COVID-19 pandemic. This is the first time that Watson…
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New York has been crushed by COVID-19. Will other US cities be spared?
The number of coronavirus cases continue to shoot up in New York City, and are overwhelming the city’s health care systems. Other cities could experience the same if precautions are taken seriously. Source: https://www.livescience.com/will-coronavirus-crush-nyc-other-cities.html
Photos: Coronavirus field hospitals across the US
As coronavirus cases and hospitalizations soar, the U.S. health care system is trying to keep up by building field hospitals. Here’s a look at makeshift hospitals across the country. Source: https://www.livescience.com/coronavirus-field-hospitals-photos.html
C.D.C. Weighs Advising Everyone To Wear a Mask
Widespread use of nonmedical masks could reduce community transmission. But recommending their broad use could also cause a run on the kind of masks that health care workers desperately need. From a report: Should healthy people be wearing masks when they’re outside to protect themselves and others? Both the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have…
FDA Issues Limited Emergency Use For Two Drugs Used To Treat Malaria
knorthern knight shares a report from CNN: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an emergency use authorization for chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine to treat patients hospitalized with COVID-19. […] Do the drugs work? In its statement, HHS said: “Anecdotal reports suggest that these drugs may offer some benefit in the treatment of hospitalized COVID-19 patients. The safety profile of…
Trump Says Keeping Covid-19 Deaths To 100,000 in the US Would Be a ‘Very Good Job’
Donald Trump has extended America’s national shutdown for a month, bowing to public health experts, and scientific reality, and warning that the worst of the coronavirus pandemic is yet to come. From a report: Speaking in the White House Rose Garden, the US president claimed that, if his administration keeps the death toll to 100,000, it will have done “a very…
America’s FDA Eases Restrictions on Mask-Sterilizing Technology Amid Coronavirus Shortages
USA Today reports:
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine Sunday afternoon said federal officials have promised to ease restrictions on a technology to clean and reuse the masks deemed the safest for healthcare workers and first responders in the coronavirus outbreak…. Officials are scrambling for the N95 masks and other protective equipment for health care workers as the number of COVID-19 cases is expected…
America’s FDA Grants Emergency Approval for a 15-Minute Coronavirus Test
While many coronavirus tests provide results within hours or days, America’s Food and Drug Administration “has authorized the emergency use” of a new rapid coronavirus test from medical device manufacturer Abbott that could results in less than 15 minutes, reports NBC News:
The FDA told Abbott it authorized the test’s use after determining that “it is reasonable to believe that your product…
Not Everyone is Laying Off Workers Because of Coronavirus. These Are the Most in-demand Jobs Right Now.
A record 3.3 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, according to Thursday’s Labor Department report, compared with around 280,000 a week earlier. That said, it hasn’t all been bad news for those in search of work, as the pandemic places increased demand on industries like health care and delivery services. 10 most in-demand jobs in the US: Store associate
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Should you wear a face mask to prevent COVID-19? Experts disagree.
Just don’t horde face masks, as health care workers urgently need them. Source: https://www.livescience.com/coronavirus-do-face-masks-work.html