NIAID Strategic Plan for COVID-19 Research to Focus on Four Key Priorities
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases {(NIAID) Bethesda, MD, USA}, part of the National Institutes of Health, has provided details of its plan for accelerating research to diagnose, prevent and treat COVID-19. More...27 Apr 2020
Artificial Intelligence Enables Rapid COVID-19 Lung Imaging Analysis
Radiologists and physicians at UC San Diego Health (San Diego, CA, USA) are now using artificial intelligence (AI) to augment lung imaging analysis in a clinical research study enabled by Amazon Web Services (AWS). More...25 Apr 2020
New Biosensor Detects COVID-19 Virus in Air
A team of researchers from Switzerland has succeeded in developing a novel sensor for detecting the new coronavirus that could be used to measure the concentration of the virus in the environment, such as in places where there are many people or in hospital ventilation systems. More...25 Apr 2020
Baxter Blood Purification Filter Secures US FDA Emergency Use Authorization for COVID-19 Treatment
Baxter International Inc. (Deerfield, IL, USA) has received emergency use authorization (EUA) from the US FDA for the company’s Oxiris filter set to treat patients who have confirmed COVID-19 and have been admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) with confirmed or imminent respiratory failure in need of blood purification therapy to reduce pro-inflammatory cytokine levels, including use in continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT). More...25 Apr 2020
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