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Jun 22, 2020 · COVID-19 is part of a family of coronavirus diseases that include the common cold, SARS, and MERS. COVID-19 was first reported at the end of 2019 in Wuhan, China, and the first confirmed case in ...
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COVID-19. COVID-19 is “a mild to severe respiratory illness that is caused by a coronavirus ,” one that is characterized especially by fever, cough, and shortness of breath and may progress to pneumonia and respiratory failure. The name is an odd sort of acronym, insofar as it is formed from portions of two distinct words (COronaVIrus ...
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- Anti-Viral Medicines
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- N95 Respirator
- Ventilator
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Medical staff will take a “swab test” (usually done through the nose) to collect cells to test for COVID-19. These designated testing stations reduce the likelihood of further spreading the illness by allowing you to remain in your car, having the test taken through your open window. (The sample is then sent to a laboratory.) You will need an order...
A class of drugs used to treat viral infections—not bacterial ones (which are treated with antibiotics). So far there are no FDA-approved drugs to treat COVID-19, but scientists are studying drugs approved for other diseases. There are also several investigational, or experimental, drugs being studied in several hundred clinical trials currently un...
“Specialized clothing or equipment, worn by an employee for protection against infectious materials,” as defined by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). In health care settings, PPE may include gloves, gowns, aprons, masks, respirators, goggles, and face shields. The CDC provides recommendations for when and what PPE should be ...
Sometimes casually referred to as an “N95 mask,” this PPE is worn on providers’ faces, forming a tight seal around the nose and mouth. Though it looks like a surgical mask, an N95 is actually a respirator that filters out at least 95% of particles in the air. What’s more, it requires a 20-minute “fit test” to ensure proper fitting—and it does not p...
This is a machine to help patients breathe when their lungs are damaged, and they can’t get enough oxygen on their own. A ventilator takes over the work of breathing for a patient to allow the damaged lungs to heal; it is not itself a treatment. As there are no FDA-approved treatments yet for COVID-19, seriously ill patients are given supportive ca...
A vaccine triggers the immune system to help it build immunity to a disease. The immune system already has the capacity to react to diseases by producing substances called antibodies that remain in the body to fight them in the future. With a vaccine, you don’t have to get the disease to develop immunity—the vaccine triggers the same process by pro...
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Apr 2, 2020 · Coronaviruses are a group of viruses that cause a variety of diseases in humans and animals. They're named for the distinctive crown-like spikes on the virus surface. Human coronaviruses were ...
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Feb 22, 2021 · So she wanted to make sure she had shoes,” says Fiana, who founded the Facebook group I L ost M y L oved O ne(s) to COVID-19. “Every day at 7 p.m. we would clap for the healthcare workers.
Apr 9, 2020 · By Katherine Rosman. April 9, 2020. Unfortunately, many people are likely to have occasion in the days and weeks ahead to write a letter of condolence to a friend, relative, colleague or...
Feb 20, 2021 · The torture of Covid-19 can begin long before someone is sick enough to be admitted to a hospital intensive care unit. Since the coronavirus attacks the lungs , it hampers the intake of oxygen.
