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Keeping your phone clean and germ-free has never been more important Keeping your phone clean and germ-free has never been more important Credit: CC0 Public Domain I received an email from a subscriber: “Have you done any research on effective and appropriate ways to clean a mobile phone so as …

Can COVID-19 survive on my phone? Can COVID-19 survive on my phone? Illustration by Peter Hamlin Can COVID-19 survive on my phone? Yes. That’s why a daily wipe down of “high-touch” surfaces like phones, keyboards and tablet computers is recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A scientific …

LSU team develops phone app to track COVID-19 medical equipment and supplies LSU team develops phone app to track COVID-19 medical equipment and supplies The mostly student-developed tracking app will work for both miliary and civilian missions to bring commodities (such as ventilators and PPE) or people to where they …

Retired doctor says his mobile phone app is ‘perfect’ for tracking coronavirus Retired doctor says his mobile phone app is ‘perfect’ for tracking coronavirus Credit: CC0 Public Domain A retired doctor says a mobile phone app he created a few years ago can help patients avoid going to doctor’s offices …

(HealthDay)—In the brave new world of COVID-19, home is your sanctuary, the one place you want to be sure is virus-free. But if you have to head outdoors, what are the best practices for decontaminating your things when you return home? Does everything—smartphones, wallets, money and keys—need to be washed …

A South Korean hospital has introduced phone booth-style coronavirus testing facilities that allow medical staff to examine patients from behind the safety of a plastic panel, the latest innovation in the country’s drive to track down infections. The row of four booths—which use negative air pressure to prevent harmful particles …

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Adding phone-based lifestyle counseling to home blood pressure telemonitoring is an effective strategy to improve long-term blood pressure control among minority stroke survivors with uncontrolled high blood pressure, according to late breaking science presented today at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2020. Uncontrolled high …

At full capacity, Chinese factories can only produce around 20 million masks a day A diaper manufacturer in eastern China was closed for the Lunar New Year holiday when it heard from officials—China needed vast amounts of masks to fight a deadly virus epidemic and factories needed to chip in. …

Credit: King’s College London Multitasking young people unconsciously change the way they walk when going up or down a flight of stairs while talking on their mobile phone at the same time, a study has found. Researchers observed that even healthy, fit young adults with full mental capacity unknowingly adjusted …

“Nomophobia” is the fear of having no access to one’s mobile phone, and is considered a modern-age phobia. Credit: Mohamed Hassan on Pixabay A study by the University of Granada (UGR) has identified the personality traits that increase or decrease the degree of vulnerability to so-called “nomophobia,” defined as the …