Category «Health Care»

The Rise of Sanitised Travel

This report by SimpliFlying “maps out over 70 areas on the day of travel and summarizes them in key stages of travel. Special sections featured in the report: The Touchless Cabin In-flight janitor The end of the 30-minute turn End of the printed in-flight magazine All bags to be “Sanitagged” The THA: Transport Health Authority..”

Subjects: Health Care, Transportation

How to Protect Yourself if You’re Forced to Return to Work

Lifehacker: “As some states prepare to open up again, against the advice of experts, what protections do workers have in that they event they feel unsafe at work? This concern was made especially pressing by the recent Department of Labor announcement that workers who refuse to return to work out of general safety concerns cannot …

Subjects: Government Documents, Health Care, Legal Research

COVID-19 Open Research Dataset

“CORD-19 – COVID-19 Open Research Dataset The Semantic Scholar team at the Allen Institute for AI has partnered with leading research groups to provide CORD-19, a free resource of more than 57,000 scholarly articles about the novel coronavirus for use by the global research community…Discover New Insights About the Novel Coronavirus. Quickly explore the latest …

Subjects: Health Care, Internet, Knowledge Management, Medicine, Search Engines

NIH COVID-19 Portfolio

“The iSearch COVID-19 portfolio is NIH’s comprehensive, curated source for publications related to COVID-19. This portfolio includes articles from PubMed and pre-prints from arXiv, medRxiv, bioRxiv, ChemRxiv, SSRN and Research Square. The portfolio is updated daily with the latest available data.” See also this blog posting – New NIH Resource to Analyze COVID-19 Literature: The …

Subjects: Health Care, Knowledge Management, Medicine

Studies leave question of ‘airborne’ coronavirus transmission unanswered

Washington Post – Research from China detects virus traces in the air, but it is unclear whether such aerosols are infectious or a significant part of the pandemic – “A growing number of studies, including one published this week in the journal Nature, have found evidence that the coronavirus can remain suspended in the air in …

Subjects: Government Documents, Health Care, Knowledge Management

The Coronavirus Disease 2019 Simulator

“The Coronavirus Disease 2019 Simulator (COVID-19 Simulator) is a tool to help policy makers decide how to respond to the novel coronavirus pandemic. The tool evaluates the impact of different social-distancing interventions (by varying their intensity and timing) on reduction in the spread of coronavirus in 50 states and District of Columbia. The information presented …

Subjects: Government Documents, Health Care, Knowledge Management

CDC Guide – Use of Cloth Face Coverings to Help Slow the Spread of COVID-19

“…CDC recommends wearing cloth face coverings in public settings where other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain (e.g., grocery stores and pharmacies), especially in areas of significant community-based transmission. CDC also advises the use of simple cloth face coverings to slow the spread of the virus and help people who may have the virus …

Subjects: E-Government, Health Care

The Most Effective Ways to Kill Coronavirus in Your Home

Rutgers experts on viruses, microbial risk assessment offer their tips: “Your kitchen cabinet may already be stocked with cleaning agents that can kill coronavirus. But not all chemicals will work, and none are as gentle on your skin as commercial hand sanitizers, according to Rutgers University experts. Siobain Duffy, an Associate Professor of ecology with …

Subjects: Health Care, Knowledge Management