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 …
A Walk With Death
On Saturday I walked with death. The morning dawned bright, clear, a hint of summer warmth in the air. Magnolias and cherry blossoms were flying like fragrant snow, the wisteria and lilac blooming, adding subtle shades of lavender to tender new green …
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 …
Can America Handle a Second Wave?
Like surfers looking out for the next big breaker before the first one has passed, epidemiologists and public-health officials in the United States are bracing themselves for a fresh surge of COVID-19 infections later this year. The fear is that this second …
COVID Immunity: How Protected Are You?
If I have antibodies to the COVID-19 virus, or if I recovered from the disease, am I protected? These are the two burning questions workers and employers are asking today. The answer, at least from what we know today is bound to …
Remdesivir: A Non-Antiviral Antiviral Drug?
There is an interesting line in the Chinese study on remdesivir that has gone almost entirely overlooked, one that introduces an interesting, and potentially serious, conundrum. The authors of the study wrote that “Remdesivir did not result in significant reductions in SARS-CoV-2 …
CGTN America Features William A. Haseltine on COVID-19 Research and Medical Response
As the coronavirus claims more lives worldwide, scientists are working to find a solution. According to the World Health Organization, there a more than 70 COVID-19 vaccines in development with a handful of them already being tested in human trials. In this …
Urging Caution on Remdesivir
There is palpable excitement today among many regarding the potential of remdesivir to help patients with severe Covid-19 recover. Many are saying there is clear cut evidence that it works, based on a news release issued yesterday by the National Institutes of …
An Urgent Need to Reopen Medical Care for All
Each day a new story of crowded hospital corridors and exhausted healthcare workers appears in our newspapers. But another story, equally tragic, is unfolding in the privacy of our homes. Countless Americans with chronic conditions and other serious illnesses languish in isolation …
Reducing The Risk Of In Flight COVID-19 Transmission
All of us fly. Last year, more than 1.5 billion people took to the air. Flying both short and long distances has become a way of life not just for the privileged, but for the many. We always knew air travel was …
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