It’s one of the tiniest machines on the planet — about a hundred times smaller than the average cell. It’s so small that no scientist can spot it through a typical light microscope. Only with an electron microscope can we see its spiky surface. It’s not alive, and it’s not what most of us would think of as “dead.” This teensy machine seems to survive in a kind of purgatory state, yet it has traveled across continents and oceans from host to host, and brought hundreds of nations to a standstill. Despite its diminutive size, the novel coronavirus, dubbed SARS-CoV-2, has seemingly taken the world by surprise with its virulence.
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Health: “Cancer Diagnosis And Treatment During Covid-19” (NYU Langone)
Learn about some of the measures NYU Langone’s Perlmutter Cancer Center has taken to keep patients and staff safe during this time.
Health Update: “New Coronavirus Test” From Johns Hopkins Medicine
New Coronavirus test developed by Johns Hopkins microbiologists Karen Carroll and Heba Mostafa, look to test as many as 1,000 suspected Covid-19 cases per day in the Johns Hopkins Health System.
Physician Profiles: Best-Selling Author Abraham Verghese MD (JAMA Video)
In this video, best-selling author Abraham Verghese, MD, discusses the origins of the study he coauthored identifying 5 practices that foster meaningful connections between physicians and patients.
Medical Care Videos: “Radiofrequency Ablation For Benign Thyroid Nodules” (NYU)
NYU Langone surgeon Dr. Kepal Patel explains radiofrequency ablation, which is a minimally invasive treatment for large, benign thyroid nodules.
Learn more about treatment for benign thyroid nodules: https://nyulangone.org/conditions/thy…
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