Did The Oxford Covid Vaccine Work In Monkeys? Not Really
The day after data appeared from the vaccine maker Sinovac showed complete protection of rhesus monkeys by their vaccine candidate (whole inactivated SARS-CoV-2 virus particles), scientists from the Jenner Institute in Oxford issued a press release announcing that their vaccine (an adenovirus vector based …
What AIDS Taught Us About Fighting Pandemics
Thirty-five years ago, in the midst of the new and still somewhat unknown AIDS epidemic, I warned in testimony to the US Congress that we were facing another deadly episode in the long battle between humankind and microbes. If asked to testify …
Progress And Possibilities For Treating COVID-19
Steady progress is being made in the treatment of patients hospitalized for COVID-19. The advances come together with the understanding that the disease is far more complex than a simple pneumonia. The most recent progress comes from a May 6th report in …
William A. Haseltine on How The Rumor That Smokers Can’t Get COVID-19 Started
Old cigarette ads often made outrageous claims about cigarettes, including, infamously, that they could cure asthma. (They can’t.) So the rumors that smokers might be at lower risk for contracting COVID-19 seem similarly specious. Oddly, such rumors seemed to be rooted in …
One Step Closer To Understanding The Origin Of SARS-CoV-2
Whence SARS-CoV-2, the cause of so much human suffering in the US and around the world? The very first sequence of the virus genome told us much of the story. The virus resembled that which caused the original SARS epidemic (now called SARS-CoV-1) …
Rapid, Accessible, Affordable, Ubiquitous Tests For SARS-CoV-2 Are On The Way
We need rapid, accessible, affordable and ubiquitous tests to detect those who are actively infected and can infect others. The good news is that they are coming soon. SARS-CoV-2 genome tests The first type of test to detect active infection measures the …
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 …
Hong Kong Doctors See Progress In Treatment Of COVID-19
A group of Hong Kong Physicians report in Lancet that a cocktail of drugs approved for the treatment of other viral diseases significantly improved the clinical and laboratory outcomes of hospitalized COVID-19 patients. The symptoms of patients treated with the full four drug cocktail …
Putting COVID-19 Behind Us: A Research Agenda To Prepare For The Next Pandemic
Though many today are too young to remember, this is not the first time our nation has faced down a lethal pandemic. Indeed, this is the third time in my life the world has been overwhelmed by contagions that reshaped societies. The …
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