[Reprinted: Healthcare Business News, 7/14/2020] Students and faculty at Penn State University have teamed up to develop disposable, single-patient stethoscopes for front-line healthcare workers caring for COVID-19 patients. The university’s college of engineering collaborated with Penn State Health and the Center for Medical Innovation at Penn State College of Medicine to create the device, … [Read more...]
Coronavirus cases in the Caribbean to date: 65,942
[Reprinted: Loop Caribbean News, 7-13-2020] Confirmed Caribbean coronavirus cases as of July 13, 2020: Dominican Republic- 44,532 cases, 897 deaths, 21,459 recovered Haiti- 6727 cases, 139 deaths, 2924 recovered French Guiana- 5949 cases, 26 deaths, 2981 recovered Puerto Rico- 2583 cases, 167 deaths Cuba- 2426 cases, 87 deaths, 2258 recovered … [Read more...]
Coronavirus cases in the Caribbean to date: 52,127
[Reprinted: Loop Caribbean News, 7-03-2020] Confirmed Caribbean coronavirus cases as of July 3, 2020: Dominican Republic- 34,197 cases, 765 deaths, 18,141 recovered Haiti- 6101 cases, 110 deaths, 1141 recovered French Guiana- 4444 cases, 16 deaths, 1680 recovered Cuba- 2353 cases, 86 deaths, 2221 recovered Puerto Rico- 1791 cases, 154 deaths … [Read more...]
Latin America, Caribbean may see virus deaths quadruple: experts
[Reprinted: Medical Express, 6-30-2020] The Pan American Health Organization has warned that the coronavirus death toll in Latin America and the Caribbean could top 400,000 by October without stricter public health measures. That would represent a quadrupling of the fatal cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, in a region that has emerged as a major pandemic trouble spot. An … [Read more...]
Jamaica: Telemedicine transforms doctor-patient consultation at Heart Institute
[Reprinted: Jamaica Observer, 6-28-2020] Patients at the Heart Institute of the Caribbean (HIC) have been getting used to the practice of consulting with their doctors online. The use of information technology software and electronic communication to provide remote clinical services to patients, or what is called telemedicine, has rapidly increased since the novel coronavirus pandemic with … [Read more...]
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