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New trial shows high viral load in exhaled air the first two days after SARS-CoV-2-infection

21 December 2021

KU Leuven, UZ Leuven and imec researchers warn that someone can be as infectious in the first two days after the infection took place as in the time after that. In addition, half of all antigen tests in that early stage resulted in false negatives.

Non-urgent procedures and admissions postponed

2 December 2021

To be able to handle the influx of (coronavirus) patients in the hospitals, a large number of non-urgent procedures will be postponed the coming weeks.

Rapid increase number of Covid-19 patients at UZ Leuven

23 November 2021

The figures of the amount of Covid patients at UZ Leuven are really heading the wrong way. Today there are 103 patients at UZ Leuven, 30 of which on intensive care wards. By way of comparison: no more than a month ago, there were only 22 patients, 8 of which on intensive care.

Pioneer accessible healthcare passed away

22 November 2021

On Saturday 20 November 2021 prof. dr. Jan Peers (82) passed away in Leuven. He was one the country's pioneers of our current healthcare system.

Photon-counting CT scanner is a real 'quantum leap': sharper images and reduced radiation dose.

18 November 2021

UZ Leuven is one of the twenty five hospitals worldwide to have a photon-counting CT-scanner. Unlike classic CT devices, this new scanner analyses every photon that is put through the body. The result: sharper images and a lower radiation dose, with a never seen before eye for detail.

Study sheds new light on cause of loss of smell in COVID-19

10 November 2021

Loss of smell is a common symptom of COVID-19. Flemish doctors have taken tissue samples of deceased COVID-19 patients and have discovered that the virus infects the supporting cells of the olfactory mucosa, but not the nerve cells with the odorant receptors. The olfactory bulb in the brain was also spared.

Five alcohol intoxications a day at the Leuven emergency services

3 November 2021

Between 2008 and 2019 the number of patients presenting themselves with alcohol intoxication at the ER of the Leuven hospitals UZ Leuven and Heilig Hart Leuven has increased with half. Strikingly: it's youngsters and students, but especially fifty-year-olds that end up in the ER with problematic drinking behaviour.

Pregnant women to receive same pregnancy support

28 October 2021

From 1 November onwards the Leuven-Diest-Tienen region will be the first in Flanders to offer all pregnant women with a low-risk pregnancy the same care plan. The goal is to avoid double, contradictory or insufficient for information for all pregnant women.

Corona test centrum moves to UZ Leuven and innercity

28 October 2021

The past year and a half residents of Oost-Brabant could go to the corona station at OH Leuven for a COVID test. That test centre will close its doors at the end of the week. Instead two existing test centres will open their doors more broadly: for people in the car at UZ Leuven and for the innercity at KU Leuven.

SMAC: a bit of UZ Leuven in the middle of the 'Sportkot'

12 October 2021

The sport-medical advice centre, SMAC for short, moved to another workspace. Still at the campus of the Faculty of Movement and Rehabilitation Sciences, but in a more centrally located and brand new building.

UZ Leuven the first Flemish NIDCAP training institute for neonatal care

11 October 2021

At the end of September the UZ Leuven department of neonatology was officially named the first NIDCAP-training centre in Flanders. In future, nurses, midwives, neonatologists or home carers will be able to follow UZ Leuven courses to improve the care for premature babies.

Premature babies also benefit from breast milk

4 October 2021

For the fourth time in a row, UZ Leuven has been awarded the BFHI label, a label for hospitals that commit to breastfeeding in a scientifically substantiated manner. For UZ Leuven, one principle is at the heart of this: breast milk is for every newborn the first and best choice.