Dexamethasone Reduces Mortality In Seriously Ill Covid-19 Patients—And So Do Other Treatments
Each day doctors are battling to save lives with the limited resources they have. They hope, as do we, that medical science will soon lend them a strong helping hand. A group of doctors announced today they had completed a controlled study …
The Role Of Blood Type In Covid-19 Infection And Respiratory Failure
Does having a certain blood type put you at higher risk of developing a severe case of Covid-19? A recent report doesn’t have all the answers, but it does offer some clues. The report, which analyzes the data of almost 2,000 patients hospitalized for …
Two Weeks And Ten Million Covid Tests In Wuhan
Over the last two weeks of May, all residents over the age of 5 in Wuhan, China were tested for the presence of active SARS-CoV-2 virus replication. The tests identified 300 people with active infection. None of those tested show any signs …
Bloomberg Features William A. Haseltine on the Covid-19 Vaccine Race
The U.S. threw its weight behind one of the fastest-moving experimental solutions to the coronavirus pandemic, pledging as much as $1.2 billion to AstraZeneca Plc to help make the University of Oxford’s Covid vaccine. Beset by criticism of his response to the outbreak, President Donald Trump is …
The Guardian Features William A. Haseltine on Covid-19 Vaccines
A top US scientist has said that people should not count on a Covid-19 vaccine being developed any time soon, as global infections passed 5 million after surges in Latin America, including Brazil, which has recorded nearly 20,000 new cases. William Haseltine, the groundbreaking cancer, …
Reuters Newsmaker Features William A. Haseltine on COVID-19: Vaccines and Public Health
On Wednesday, May 20, Reuters hosted a virtual Newsmaker event featuring scientist, businessman and philanthropist Dr. William A. Haseltine. As nations around the world begin to wind down restrictions imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus outbreak, Reuters Global Managing Editor …
Which COVID-19 Antivirals Actually Work?
In emergency rooms around the world, doctors and nurses are writing the playbook for treatment of COVID-19. With so much about the virus, the disease, and effect of various treatments still evolving, doctors are improvising on the spot trying to figure out …
Why Haven’t We Seen The Data On Remdesivir?
Enthusiasm for remdesivir as the new standard of care for COVID-19 has only grown since the release of preliminary results from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) trial. But something is deeply wrong with the way the preliminary results …
Blood Clotting And COVID-19: How Serious Is It?
With each passing day we learn more about SARS-CoV-2 and what it does to our cells and our bodies. It seems, according at least to anecdotal reports, that infection with SARS-CoV-2 can induce serious blood clots in COVID-19 patients, as well as …
Responsible Reopening: A Lesson From NYU Shanghai
This news clip is a glimpse of what reopening looks like for a small university in a country and city that has met the requirements for reopening, according to the Centers for Disease Control guidelines and US public health officials: The number …
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