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- Independence Day: 5 tips to stay healthy and safe
Independence Day is a time for celebration, family reunions, good food, good drink and momentarily escaping the everyday. The 4th of July has been one … Continue reading Read more
- DIAGNOSIS TOOL OF CHOICE FOR 30 YEARS
Read the full case study here Medical Doctors have a serious enough job to do when caring for people’s health. But when their patients … Continue reading Read more
- Predicting the future with GIDEON data
“Study the past if you would define the future.” – Confucius If you want to study the past then GIDEON is a great place to … Continue reading Read more
- Catching COVID-19 In A Crowd (Even If You’re Outside)
Recent waves of crowd protests throughout the country in the wake of George Floyd’s death have set off alarming new concerns about the spread of … Continue reading Read more
- Dr. Berger On Face Shields: Are They Functional or Just Fashionable?
Plastic face shields, or now “COVID visors,” are one piece of PPE still questionable as to how effective and necessary they are at protecting against … Continue reading Read more
- Dining Out Amid COVID-19: Dr. Berger speaks with Healthline
Missing dining out in your favorite restaurant? As businesses have begun to reopen, many are wondering if it is safe to eat out again. GIDEON … Continue reading Read more
- Do gloves protect you from COVID-19?
There have been many recommendations set forth over the past few months by the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) on wearing face masks to prevent … Continue reading Read more
- First alpha testing is complete!
It takes a lot of courage to share a vision with users and critics, but the GIDEON team is in no short supply of that. … Continue reading Read more
- Estimating the True Case-Fatality Rate of COVID-19
For several months, we have been inundated by reports summarizing incidence and mortality data for COVID-19, on both the national and global level. In a … Continue reading Read more
- Can Cell Phones Carry COVID-19?
It’s long been known that cell phones can carry a multitude of germs, bacteria, and different forms of fungi. With the arrival of the COVID-19 … Continue reading Read more
- Why Some Countries Have Fared Better in Fighting COVID-19
There are more than 1.2 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the United States right now with nearly 80,000 related deaths on record. This number … Continue reading Read more
- Antibody vs antigen testing
Our co-founder and infectious disease expert, Dr. Stephen Berger, recently explained the differences between diagnostic, antibody, and antigen testing for the virus in Business Insider. Diagnostic test: … Continue reading Read more
- Is it Safe to Go Back to the Gym? Dr. Berger talks to Shape.com
Many states are relaxing their stay-at-home guidelines, which includes opening up fitness facilities to the public again. Most must operate under a limited capacity, enhanced … Continue reading Read more
- COVID-19 and Fame
Ask anybody on the planet, “What do Tom Hanks, Boris Johnson, and Prince Charles have in common?” and they will instantly shout – “Corona.” Ask … Continue reading Read more
- PEOPLE shares Dr. Berger’s advice about how to correctly and safely wear a face mask
Wearing face masks is now a part of our everyday life. In early April, the CDC made the official recommendation that everyone should wear one … Continue reading Read more
- LA Times: Dr. Berger Answers Questions About Food and COVID-19
LA Times Cooking Editor, Genevieve Ko, turned to GIDEON founder, Dr. Stephen Berger, to get an expert opinion about COVID-19 and food transmission. Dr. Berger … Continue reading Read more
- HealthDay talks to Dr. Berger about ‘best practices’ for disinfecting
If you are one of those people who think you need to scrub down everything after an outing, here’s some good news…you can save some … Continue reading Read more
- What’s The Difference Between a Face Mask and a Condom?
Cloth surgical masks were first used in the late 19th century and were replaced by modern masks during the 1960s. Surgeons do not wear masks … Continue reading Read more
- GIDEON’s Dr. Stephen Berger offers up important coronavirus safety tips in Parade.com article
Besides consistent hand washing, self-quarantining, and social distancing, people want to know the best ways to remain healthy and reduce their risk of getting COVID-19. … Continue reading Read more
- …But There Are No Cases in Turkmenistan
written by Dr. Stephen A. Berger If you search the Internet for countries which have reported COVID-19, an endless variety of sources will describe the … Continue reading Read more
- Neglected Diseases – Neglected Once Again
written by Dr. Stephen A. Berger For several years, the World Health Organization has been following a group of twenty-or-so Neglected Tropical Diseases. In the Developed … Continue reading Read more
- Dr. Stephen Berger on why COVID-19 is different for men than women in Healthline article
GIDEON founder, Dr. Stephen Berger was recently interviewed about gender disparities and COVID-19. Experts have been watching the data in Europe and have found that … Continue reading Read more
- Drugs for COVID-19: A Publishing Epidemic
written by Dr. Stephen A. Berger As of April 9, PubMed listed 2,868 scientific publications that incorporate the word “COVID”. 323 of these (11.3%) were related to drugs … Continue reading Read more
- Don’t panic. Prepare
Dr.Tracey McNamara on West Nile Fever and COVID-19 As interviewed by Edward Borton, GIDEON What was the experience of discovering a new virus outbreak … Continue reading Read more
- Is COVID-19 the new plague?
written by Dr. Stephen A. Berger A frightening pandemic arises from animals in Asia and spreads westward, killing thousands in Italy, France, Spain, and many … Continue reading Read more
- Ebola, forgotten but not gone
written by Dr. Stephen A. Berger, Dr. Yaakov Dickstein, and Edward Borton The recent WHO decision to declare the novel coronavirus outbreak a Public Health … Continue reading Read more
- GIDEON API is in beta!
How do you get ‘customer’ data if you are a hospital or a research institute? You could build a dedicated team for conducting surveys and … Continue reading Read more
- Death By Corona: What Are the Numbers?
This morning, we learned that actor Tom Hanks and his wife have contracted COVID-19 infection. Indeed, 43 famous persons have already been affected by … Continue reading Read more
- Birds, Pigs and Silent VIP’s
It has become a tragic fact that every year the flu season brings an immense burden on health care services and now has dozens of subtypes … Continue reading Read more
- COVID-19: What is the Denominator
Since the 1st cases of infection by SARS-CoV-2 were reported in China, we have all been confronted by death and case-fatality statistics, which are both … Continue reading Read more
