by Brigham Young University The COVID-19 pandemic has posed a serious issue for doctors and nurses assessing a patient’s heart and lungs with a traditional stethoscope. Many healthcare practitioners have found it difficult to position the stethoscope correctly around their face masks. These assessments also require practitioners to be very close to the patient, heightening...
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Better targeting in prevention could help curb TB infections in low-income, low-HIV countries
Treating members of a household known to be infected with tuberculosis could prevent more new cases than screening and treating the community at large, according to an analysis led by a University of Michigan researcher. The analysis, published in the current issue of the International Journal of Epidemiology, looked at households in 106 public health centers...