COVID Accelerates Navy Test of Telemaintenance on Carriers
If the COVID-19 pandemic has forced people to get comfortable with the idea of teleworking and telehealth doctor visits, it may have also pushed the Navy to embrace the concept … Read More
Tag: Covid-19
Coast Guard Academy Alters Training for Incoming Class Due to COVID-19
NEW LONDON, Conn. — There will be nobody screaming in the face of 18-year-old Ellie Hiigel when she arrives Wednesday for training in advance of her first year at the U.S. … Read More
House Lawmakers Want to Pause Military Health System Overhaul
A bipartisan House Armed Services panel is seeking to delay several Defense Department health system reforms until the Pentagon provides Congress with updates on its medical staffing needs and plans … Read More
Centivax Antibodies Neutralize the Pandemic Coronavirus, Independently Confirmed by Three Research Laboratories (USAMRIID, Stanford, and UTMB/GNL)
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Centivax Inc, the therapeutics spin-out of Contract Research Organization Distributed Bio Inc, announced a significant advance in their mission to develop an optimized antibody therapeutic to treat … Read More
Army Scientists: All Strains of COVID-19 Can Be Covered by One Vaccine
Army scientists say that they are “very optimistic” that they will have a vaccine by the end of the year that will be effective against any COVID-19 strain. The vaccine candidate, currently being … Read More
Military Health System Prepares for ‘Second Spike’ of Virus, Delays Major Overhaul
There could be a second spike of the coronavirus, a top defense health official says, and the military health system is preparing to tackle it. The pandemic also put a … Read More
CDC Advice On Surface Spread Of COVID-19 ‘Has Not Changed,’ Agency Says
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is clarifying its guidance to prevent the coronavirus from spreading, hoping to clear up confusion over whether a person can contract the disease … Read More
9 ways Covid-19 May Forever Upend the U.S. Health Care Industry
WASHINGTON — In the U.S. alone, Covid-19 has claimed nearly 100,000 lives and 30 million jobs. Beyond grinding day-to-day life to a halt, the pandemic has prompted a reckoning throughout … Read More
DOD Uses 3D Printers to Ease COVID-19 Ventilator Shortage
Developers from the Army Research Laboratory are collaborating with civilian partners to manufacture low-cost, emergency ventilators using 3D printers. The handheld gas ventilator, dubbed the Illinois RapidVent, is roughly the … Read More
Healthcare Jobs Are Booming: Why It Could Be Your Next Career Move
H.V. MacArthur Contributor The healthcare system was already working with a shortage of staff before it found itself flung into the chaos and overrun hospitals of the COVID-19 pandemic. In … Read More
