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Strategies allow health leaders to plan for critical care surge during coronavirus pandemic

Hospitals can prepare for a surge of patients critically ill with COVID-19, but it will require hospital leaders, practitioners and regional officials to adopt drastic measures that challenge the standard way of providing care, according to a new RAND Corporation report. The analysis summarizes a range of evidence-based and promising strategies for creating critical care… Read More »

Answered: Critical virus questions

The deadly coronavirus has now spread to at least 100 countries, infecting more than 109,000 people and killing close to 4000. Governments and health authorities around the world are scrambling to contain the outbreak, closing schools, banning public gatherings, and declaring states of emergency. In Australia, where close to 80 cases of coronavirus have been… Read More »