“For protective equipment, it’s all the time” (Hugues Lefranc, CH de Valenciennes)

In this period of health crisis, “the priority is to manage daily life, which takes us all our time”, noted Hugues Lefranc. “Everyone has the same needs at the same time. If we normally have a well-established hospital purchasing system, currently the usual suppliers cannot meet our needs.” The Valenciennes hospital therefore had to find … Read more

Doctors compared mortality of COVID and other infections

On the page of the doctor and TV presenter Alexander Myasnikov interesting information about the situation with infectious diseases in the world was published on the social network. And in particular that rotavirus infection causes hundreds of thousands of deaths per year in the world. Is the familiar and familiar rotavirus more dangerous than the … Read more

“Resuscitation is a medical discipline on the border between the ordinary and the extraordinary”

Muriel Fartoukh is head of the resuscitation service at Tenon hospital in the XXe district of Paris. Today, his team is enjoying some respite, with 17 beds occupied by Covid-19 patients compared to 42 at the height of the crisis. A breath of fresh air that does not prevent him from remaining extremely vigilant. “Things … Read more

The FDA approves a kit to take the COVID-19 test at home – Telemundo San Antonio (60)

WASHINGTON – The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved this Tuesday a test that allows the diagnosis of COVID-19 through the study of samples obtained by patients themselves from home, They must then send them to a laboratory for analysis. This was announced by this federal organization in a statement published on its website, in … Read more

VIRUS: Organization warns of fewer measles vaccinations by Covid-19 | 04/14/20

GENEVA (dpa-AFX) – According to the Measles and Rubella Initiative, the corona crisis could also affect the fight against measles. More than 117 million children in 37 countries could miss a vaccine against the highly contagious infectious disease, said the initiative, which is supported by, among others, the World Health Organization (WHO), Unicef ​​and the … Read more

Free food delivery this Saturday – Telemundo Miami (51)

In Miami some line up with hundreds of residents searching for food boxes. Like the church located at 3505 northwest of 79th Street, where they waited early for food donated by local food banks. And although here in this church the delivery was made a little later than announced. There everyone waited in line for … Read more

Infections that are far from coronavirus: the flu account has more than half a million deaths per year, and measles

The whole history of mankind is life side by side with bacteria, parasites and viruses. They cause infectious diseases, that is, transmitted through various kinds of contacts: through the blood, as HIV, hepatitis B and C, with insect bites like malaria, by airborne droplets like flu, tuberculosis and measles. Since the end of last year, … Read more

Coronavirus: “Do you have symptoms? Have you traveled recently? ”

It is 10:26 a.m. in Romainville (Seine-Saint-Denis) and the milestone of a thousand calls to the toll-free information number on the coronavirus is already on the way to being crossed, barely 90 minutes after the opening of the service. This Thursday, February 27 promises to be charged for the thirty operators, headsets screwed on the … Read more

Las Vegas: Bernie Sanders’ electoral machinery among Latinos drives him in Nevada primaries | U.S

Elections in Nevada are won by the cry of “yes, you can.” It is not a nod to Latinos. It is not a phrase that the candidate can release at the end of a speech in English as an anecdote. Connecting with the Spanish-speaking population is the very essence of any viable electoral campaign in … Read more

“No one canceled the epidemic” – Society – Kommersant

The World Health Organization (WHO) yesterday recognized the outbreak of the new coronavirus as a public health emergency of international concern – a decision made during a meeting of the WHO emergency committee. WHO Director-General Tedros Gebreisos noted that the reason for this decision was not in the pace of the spread of the virus … Read more