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Company releases plans for hood that protects doctors when intubating Covid-19 patients
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-05-25 13:47
Akaer is a Brazilian company that develops high tech solutions for Aerospace and Defense Markets. However, during the Covid-19 pandemic, they felt the need to use their expertise and resources to contribute in some way to the fight against the virus. ...
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Teachers turn prep school’s lab into Covid-19 testing center
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-05-04 13:22
Dr. Elizabeth Forrester and Dr. Dawn Richards, faculty members at Baylor School, knew they could use their expertise and resources to help in the testing efforts for Covid-19. Both are PhD research scientists with access to the university level science ...
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UK college launches a COVID-19 symptom tracking app to study the progress of the infection
Solution Shared by sara.di.fabio@patient-innovation.com on 2020-03-25 12:12
King’s College London launched a COVID-19 symptom tracking app in the UK to allow daily self-report. The app tracks in real-time the progress of the disease aiming at slowing the outbreak by helping researcher identify:- How fast the virus is spreading in ...
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Virtual Reality video teaches medical professionals the best practices in treating Covid-19 patients
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-07-31 18:42
Kevin Ching, a physician at New York Presbyterian Hospital, was working with Covid-19 patients during the pandemic and realized it was very important to share the hands-on knowledge they had acquired to other medical workers. He had the idea of creating a ...
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Roomates create conversation guide to help people discuss safety measures during the pandemic
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2021-01-21 22:11
Lisa Gluckstein and Divya Gopal are two roommates living in San Francisco. When the Covid-19 pandemic arrived in the United States, the two friends decided that, as roommates, they needed to have “an honest conversation about what living together ...
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Platform to help the population deal with mental health issues during the pandemic
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-04-23 12:42
The Covid-19 pandemic brought with it several unprecedented challenges, that have an impact on people’s overall mental health status. From the healthcare professionals working hard to fight this pandemic, to the people suffering from the effects of social ...
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Hospital creates coloring book to help children cope with the COVID-19 pandemic
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-04-03 12:58
The staff at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital released two books designed to help children understand and cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. The first is a 10-page coloring book for small children, featuring a cartoon coronavirus and simple information ...
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Volunteers create platform to provide scientific information to doctors
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-05-05 10:37
A group of volunteers in Portugal launched the ICAM-COVID19 project, to provide scientific information to doctors about the new coronavirus and its associated disease. The project was initiated by Alexandre Teixeira, a final year medical student at ...
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Team develops bubble helmet to help treat patients with Covid-19
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-05-15 15:47
A team of doctors, led by Dr Ganapathi, from the Mangala Hospital, developed an alternative to the typical oxygen masks: a bubble helmet designed to aid in the treatment of patients with Covid-19. The helmets are transparent and airtight, sealed through a ...
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Website designed to help children learn and cope with Covid-19
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-05-05 10:45
Portuguese publishing company “Ideias com História”, launched the CoronaKids website with several resources designed to teach children and young teenagers about the new coronavirus and the Covid-19 pandemic. The website received the support of the ...
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