COVID-19
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Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center Administers First Round of COVID-19 Vaccines to Health Care Workers
Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center (Baylor St. Luke’s) administered the first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. Baylor St. Luke’s was among 19 sites in Texas to receive thousands of doses on Tuesday. Baylor St. Luke’s has proactively prepared to receive, store, and administer vaccinations and is expected to begin administering the first vaccines Tuesday afternoon. “Today is a day of…
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Acibadem International: Miracles during pandemic
BABY KUZEY – A LITTLE HERO OF BIG DISEASE Three-year-old Kuzey, the son of Şengezer Couple, residing in Adana, sought medical attention for fever. The family presented to Acıbadem Adana Hospital and their son, Kuzey, was diagnosed with “Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia” in the light of the tests and the real marathon started thereafter. Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, abbreviated as ALL, is…
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Can COVID-19 Cause Irreversible Lung Damage?
In severe cases, COVID-19 can cause lung failure, and when this occurs, those patients may be considered for a lung transplant evaluation. We spoke with Dr. Gabriel Loor, Surgical Director of the Lung Transplant Program at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center, and Dr. Puneet Garcha, Medical Director of Lung Transplantation at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center, for insight on the…
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Global healthcare needs to speak a common language to tackle the challenge of COVID-19
Atif Al Braiki, Abu Dhabi Health Data Services, Chief Executive Officer COVID-19 has revealed a lot about the world we live in. It has reinforced the possibilities that open when we collaborate and come together, united towards a common cause; in this case, of defeating the spread of SARS-CoV-2. The pandemic has drawn attention toward the inadequacies of the world’s…
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Covid-19, the catalyst towards transformative healthcare
By Dr. Prem Jagyasi, a globally acclaimed, award-winning strategic leader and speaker and world renowned medical tourism consultant. The brutal Covid-19 assault has laid this bare – over decades we have nurtured faulty healthcare systems and practices that failed to make us resilient to diseases. Revolutionary breakthroughs and advancements in modern medicine could not save lives. Healthcare systems need to…
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Superheroes of Covid-19
By Aylin Altuntaş Banksy donated this monochrome painting to Southampton General Hospital, London, which was hung in a foyer near the emergency department. The young boy has discarded his Spiderman and Batman model figures in favor of a new favorite action hero – a National Health Service nurse. “All the children say, We don’t need an another hero” And if…
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The COVID-19 Fight with LINET
The fight against the pandemic is not over and the need for medical equipment and supplies has been extreme for several months. In these difficult conditions, which include restrictions, quarantines, and supply chain outages, LINET has managed to maintain production and even increase its capacity. This allows LINET to continue to support healthcare professionals with their daily responsibilities. The first…
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CARE (Corona Accelerated R&D in Europe)
Europe’s Largest Initiative Launches to Accelerate Therapy Development for COVID-19 and Future Coronavirus Threats CARE (Corona Accelerated R&D in Europe), supported by Europe’s Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI), is the largest undertaking of its kind dedicated to discovering and developing urgently needed treatment options for COVID-19 The initiative is committed to a long-term understanding of the disease and development of therapies…
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GE Healthcare Launches New AI Suite to Detect Chest X-ray Abnormalities
… Including Pneumonia Caused by COVID-19 & Tuberculosis GE Healthcare continues to provide tools to support clinicians in today’s COVID-19 environment GE Healthcare introduced its Thoracic Care Suite, a collection of eight artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms from Lunit Insight CXR to help alleviate clinical strain due to COVID-19. The AI suite quickly analyzes chest x-ray findings and flags abnormalities to…
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Exercise in the time of Covid-19
Dr. Reham Elgafy Head of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department, Physical and Rehabilitative Medicine at Al Ahli Hospital Reminding everyone that exercise remains as important as ever to help keep our population healthy especially during this extra-ordinary time. Most people are currently nervous about the potential impact of COVID-19, and we in the Physical & Rehabilitation Medicine dept. AAH, wanted…
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