MIT invents wireless box monitors the breathing and sleeping patterns of COVID-19 patients at home

As a critical shortage of ventilators looms, New York Governor Andre Cuomo revealed Friday that the state will begin repurposing BiPAP machines to sustain severely ill coronavirus patients.  Last week, the state resorted to converting anesthesia machines to supplement its stockpile of an estimated 6,500 ventilators.  Thursday, Cuomo said he wasn’t sure if BiPAP machines … Read more

Brits are told to lose weight to fight coronavirus as big bellies make breathing more difficult 

Brits are told to lose weight to be ready to fight coronavirus as big bellies make breathing more difficult Obese and unfit people are more are more likely to die from coronavirus Data shows as many as 10 per cent of Britons will be infected by the end of May Experts have advised people to … Read more

Is JK Rowling’s Covid-19 breathing exercise doing more harm than good?

It’s the three-minute breathing exercise that can ease debilitating coronavirus symptoms – and, by now, thousands of Britons will have tried it. A video posted by urgent care specialist Dr Sarfaraz Munshi showing him demonstrating the technique has gone viral – raking in more than three million views on YouTube, no doubt bolstered by the … Read more

NHS doctor whose video of coronavirus breathing technique was shared 23,000 times

An NHS doctor whose coronavirus breathing technique video took the internet by storm after JK Rowling claimed it helped her recover from Covid-19 has revealed he got the idea from treating his own mother over FaceTime. Dr Sarfaraz Munshi, who works as an urgent care lead at Queen’s Hospital in Romford, had been helping his … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Boris Johnson’s breathing deteriorated in hours

Boris Johnson was last night moved to intensive care after his coronavirus condition worsened, forcing him to temporarily delegate his responsibilities while he is treated by doctors.  The Prime Minister was transferred to the ICU at St Thomas’ Hospital in London at 7pm yesterday – 11 days after testing positive for the deadly disease.  Only two hours … Read more

Just breathing or talking could spread coronavirus

Americans are increasingly being spotted wearing face masks in public amid the coronavirus pandemic, as are people are around the globe. Soon, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) may advise all Americans to cover their faces when they leave the house, the Washington Post reported.   The agency is weighing that recommendation after initially … Read more

Virgin Orbit said will start making breathing devices to treat people afflicted with coronavirus

Virgin Orbit said it will start making breathing devices to help treat people afflicted with novel coronavirus Virgin Orbit will begin making breathing devices to treat coronavirus The devices will automate ambulatory bags to deliver oxygen to patients They could be an alternative to ventilators and free them up for the critically ill Virgin Orbit … Read more

Formula 1 Mercedes engineers and University College make new coronavirus breathing device in 4 days

Mercedes F1 and University College London engineers develop new coronavirus breathing device that means patients do not need intensive care beds – and they could be in hospitals within DAYS ‘Continuous positive airway pressure’ device took just four days to produce    It will help patients breathe without having to sedate them and take them to ICU  … Read more

Huge chunk of Yellowstone National Park, the size of Chicago, is ‘breathing’ in and out

An area the size of Chicago in Yellowstone National Park has been inflating and deflating by several inches over the past decade The Norris Geyser Basin, the park’s oldest, hottest and most dynamic thermal area in the park, was observed to rise 5.9 inches each year from 2013 to 2015 – an unusual event that … Read more