Is It Too Soon To Restart Sports?
After being stuck indoors for months due to Covid-19, many professional and amateur athletes are now returning to center field. But some are wondering if sports may be restarting too soon. The National Basketball Association just announced that 16 of its players …
Beyond Private Interests: Four Ways that Chinese Businesses Came Together During Covid-19
This article was written by Jasmine Su, a summer intern with ACCESS Health China. She is currently studying Health Policy Modelling at Yale University and aspires to combine her interests in journalism and public health in the future. Covid-19 broke out in …
Even without a Covid-19 vaccine, there’s reason for hope
A lot of hope has been placed on the possibility of a Covid-19 vaccine by the end of this year. However, overcoming the technical challenges of developing a vaccine — and the safety issues inherent in making one that works for the …
Lessons for COVID-19 from the Early Days of AIDS
Thirty-six years ago, we were, like today, in the midst of a new and still somewhat mysterious global pandemic. In the U.S. alone, more than one million people were infected with HIV, and 12,000 had already died of AIDS. At the time, we …
Greater Trust, Better Communication: How Chinese People’s Relationship with Businesses Evolved Throughout Covid-19
This article was written by Jasmine Su, a summer intern with ACCESS Health China. She is currently studying Health Policy Modelling at Yale University and aspires to combine her interests in journalism and public health in the future. Chinese citizens have been …
Women’s Health And The Ripple Effect Of The Covid-19 Pandemic
Covid-19 has upended every aspect of our lives, in ways both seen and unseen. Each day, we witness the damaging effects of the pandemic on our economies and healthcare systems, as businesses shut down and hospitals struggle to meet an overwhelming demand …
We’re Making Exciting Progress In Developing Covid-19 Drugs
Drugs specifically designed to prevent and treat Covid-19 are urgently needed. The good news is they are on their way. The winning strategy for several other viral diseases proved to be drugs that inhibit virus replication in patients. Drugs that treat HIV/AIDS, …
The Other Shoe Drops: Gilead’s Outrageous Pricing Of Remdesivir
Gilead says it will charge governments $2,340 and private insurers $3,120 for a 5-day course of remdesivir, a treatment for Covid-19 patients. This is an outrageous price for a drug that has demonstrated little to no ability to save lives or lower …
A Tale Of Four Cities: Wuhan, Seattle, New York, Chicago
A new study from Northwestern University in Chicago, available as an unreviewed pre-print, identifies three distinct strains of SARS-CoV-2 currently circulating in Chicago. The three strains, called clades, can be distinguished from one another by the sequence of viral RNA. The variant the …
Progress In Monoclonal Antibodies For The Treatment And Prevention-Of Covid-19
A team of scientists recently announced progress in the discovery of a pair of monoclonal antibodies that may be useful for the prevention and treatment of Covid-19. The work was described in the June 12th issue of Science Magazine. The scientists began the process …