The COVID-19 pandemic is straining health systems worldwide. The rapidly increasing demand on health facilities and health care workers threatens to leave some health systems overstretched and unable to operate effectively.

Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed a portable AI device that can listen for coughs and sneezes and count the number of people present in public places to make predictions about levels of flu-like illnesses. The system, called “FluSense,” could be useful in the current COVID-19 pandemic in helping researchers to monitor the situation and determine where and when intervention is needed most.

As coronavirus continues to make the news, a host of untruths has surrounded the topic. In this Special Feature, we address some of these myths and conspiracy theories.

The Open Ventilator es un respirador artificial homologado por sanidad diseñado para ayudar a pacientes de COVID-19 con dificultades respiratorias graves. Este dispositivo está pensando para cuando no se disponga de alternativas adecuadas, dado que es de bajo coste y producción escalable.

Mundschutzmasken sollen vor einer Ansteckung schützen, doch die unterschiedlichen Modelle tun dies nur bedingt, wie ein Vergleich zeigt

This document provides advice on the use of masks in communities, during home care, and in health care settings in areas that have reported cases of COVID-19. It is intended for individuals in the community, public health and infection prevention and control (IPC) professionals, health care managers, health care workers (HCWs), and community health workers. This updated version includes a section on Advice to decision makers on the use of masks for healthy people in community settings.

Ifema, el recinto ferial de Madrid, se ha convertido en el hospital más grande de España para hacer de muro de contención frente al coronavirus.

After the strongest tremors in 140 years, the Croatian capital Zagreb was shaken by a series of severe earthquakes on Sunday morning. This could not have happened at a less favourable time.

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