More Cause For Concern Around Covid-19 And Schools
Earlier this week I wrote a column which raised an alarm around whether it was worth sending our children into school when we know that more transmissible and possibly more lethal SARS-CoV-2 variants are circulating. Now, new reports from Italy of a …
Variants: Forewarned Is Forearmed— For Those Who Listen
We now know the adaptive power of SARS-CoV-2 variants. Newly described Covid-19 variants isolated in the United Kingdom, South African, Brazil, the United States, and Nigeria appear to be more transmissible, resist neutralization. and may be more virulent. Now turn back the …
How COVID-19 could make us healthier
COVID-19 has exposed countless weaknesses and inequities in our health care systems, with long-term effects that will be felt for generations to come. Yet it has also given us an important opportunity to improve where we have failed. Public health is now …
Questions the FDA must ask drug makers as it considers full COVID-19 vaccine approval
With attention firmly focused on the COVID-19 vaccine rollout in the United States, a key point in the process has been largely overlooked: full approval of the vaccines themselves. The vaccines currently being distributed and administered across the U.S. are still approved …
New York Covid-19 Variants Are Causing Concern
The news of coronavirus variants now circulating in New York comes at an unfortunate time, with many New Yorkers eyeing more relaxed precautions now that relief from the vaccines was finally in sight. But the alarming rise in the number infected by …
Italian Scientists Create Live SARS-CoV-2 Neutralization Escape Variant
Random variation is an essential component of all living things. It drives diversity, and it is why there are so many different species. Viruses are no exception. Most viruses are experts at changing genomes to adapt to their environment. We now have …
Schools Must Reconsider Accelerating Plans To Reopen In Light Of Dangerous New Covid-19 Variants
Nearly a year has passed since schools across the country began shuttering their doors to protect students, educators, and their families from Covid-19. Since then, many parents juggling work and schooling duties have incurred more stress while making less money; a high percentage of kids …
Should Anticoagulants Be Used Early Or Late In Patients Hospitalized With Covid-19: Two Conflicting Answers
Doctors treating patients with a new disease face uncertainties. Will the treatment benefit or harm the patient or make no measurable difference. The results of controlled clinical trials and the difference between treatment and placebo, provide the guideposts for decisions. What must …
Self-Testing: A Route To School Re-Opening – The Austrian Example
Austria is seeking something different to reopen its schools. After months of battling SARS-CoV-2, the government is asking students to test themselves twice a week before they can attend class. The country could become an example for the U.S., where many schools …
Covid-19 Cases Are Rising Again Globally
Random variation is an essential component of all living things. It drives diversity, and it is why there are so many different species. Viruses are no exception. Most viruses are experts at changing genomes to adapt to their environment. We now have …