by media | Oct 23, 2020 | Partnerships for Improving Health, What’s Happening at MCI
As many people in the United States are beginning to prepare for fall and winter holiday festivities such as Halloween, Día de los Muertos, Diwali, Thanksgiving, Día de la Virgen de Guadalupe, Hanukkah, Christmas, and New Year’s, there is a need to protect...
by media | Oct 13, 2020 | Partnerships for Improving Health, What’s Happening at MCI
Contact tracing follows case investigation and is a tool for detecting, monitoring, and helping people who may have been exposed to an individual with a communicable disease, such as COVID-19. In order to protect public health, health departments also administer...
by media | Oct 6, 2020 | Partnerships for Improving Health, What’s Happening at MCI
The virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is the acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Limited information is available about SARS-CoV-2 infection in U.S pregnant women.Cough (more than 50 percent) and shortness of breath (30 percent)...
by media | Sep 30, 2020 | Partnerships for Improving Health, What’s Happening at MCI
Influenza is an acute respiratory disease that is caused by influenza viruses, usually subtypes of influenza A or B. COVID-19 is caused by a coronavirus infection (called SARS-CoV-2).It is understood that COVID-19 and flu viruses reproduce in...
by media | Sep 29, 2020 | Partnerships for Improving Health
As the world continues to adapt to the lasting impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, accurate and timely diagnostic testing remains essential to protecting public health. At MCI Diagnostic Center, we understand that confidence begins with clarity. By leveraging advanced...
by MCI | Sep 16, 2020 | Partnerships for Improving Health, What’s Happening at MCI
What is COVID-19? COVID 19 stands for Coronavirus disease 2019 which appeared in late 2019. It is caused by a virus known as “Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)”. How is COVID-19 spread? SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, spreads by...
