The Math Behind Social Distancing
The infographic is striking! A picture is indeed worth a thousand words...
Inside the start of the great virus airlift
A plane from Shanghai arrived at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York Sunday morning carrying an extraordinary load: 12 million gloves, 130,000 N95 masks, 1.7 million surgical masks, 50,000 gowns, 130,000 hand sanitizer units, and 36,000 thermometers. More...
During a pandemic, Isaac Newton had to work from home, too. He used the time wisely.
Isaac Newton was in his early 20s when the Great Plague of London hit. He wasn’t a “Sir” yet, didn’t have that big formal wig. He was just another college student at Trinity College, Cambridge. More...
Listening to your body clock can help improve performance
In all walks of life we know people who perform better at different times of the day and whether it is at work, school or even at home we can easily think of many examples of people who are either early risers or night owls. More...
What It Looks Like From Space When Everything Stops
Covid-19's stark impact on the global economy can be seen from satellite imagery. More...
#CountOnUs: Agfa Digitizers up and running in hospitals in Mumbai
In Mumbai, our colleague, Rayon Almeida, checked the digitizers at Kokilaben Dhirubai Ambani Hospital and Nanavati Super Speciality Hospital. The units were down and needed spare parts from the local warehouse. Despite the complete lock down of the city, Rayon managed to drive to the warehouse and with support from the operation team the spare parts [...]
#CountOnUs: DRYSTAR AXYS installation at Covid-19 patient isolation ward in Govt. Medical college – Kilpauk , Chennai , India.
It was a well planned and precisely executed installation on urgent request of Govt. Medical College-Kilpauk for Agfa DRYSTAR AXYS . They are an existing user of Agfa CR and printers located in Chennai, southern part of India. There was a need for an additional printer in the isolation ward of Covid -19 (Corona virus) patients [...]
Wired: The Doctor Who Helped Defeat Smallpox Explains What’s Coming
LARRY BRILLIANT SAYS he doesn’t have a crystal ball. But 14 years ago, Brilliant, the epidemiologist who helped eradicate smallpox, spoke to a TED audience and described what the next pandemic would look like. Read more...
#CountOnUs: Agfa teams continue to step up against COVID-19.
Around the world, Agfa Radiology teams continue to step up against the challenge, created by the COVID-19 pandemic, teaming up with clinical partners, in order to co-create and enable practical responses. With #countonus, Agfa will share learning and actions worth scaling. We are very proud of our teams, working around the clock, engaging with our customers [...]
New Imaging Recommendations for Suspected COVID-19
The American College of Radiology (ACR; Reston, VA, USA) has released a statement on the role and appropriateness of chest radiographs (CXR) and computed tomography (CT) for the screening, diagnosis, and management of patients with suspected or known COVID-19 infection. More...