New Study Finds 15% Of Pregnant Women At Two New York Hospitals Tested Positive For COVID-19
At long last, we have a relatively unbiased random sample of the true infection rate of COVID-19 in New York City. Last week, the New England Journal of Medicine reported the results of a screening that was conducted on 215 women admitted …
An interview with Alex Pentland, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
One topic often unaddressed in discussions around Covid-19 is data. What data did we have before this outbreak? What data are we collecting today? And how are we using both sets of data to help us end the current epidemic and prevent …
19% Of People Infected With COVID In The US Are Healthcare Professionals. Almost Three Quarters Of Them Are Women
A report from the CDC found that 19% of people infected with COVID-19 in the United States are healthcare professionals. Women accounted for 73% of those infected, a shockingly high percentage given the preponderance of infection of men over women in the …
We Need To Crush The Curve Now—Or COVID-19 Will Come Back To Haunt Us
In a bid to slow the spread of COVID-19, communities across the United States have taken action to “flatten the curve.” The curve in question represents the number of people predicted to contract the novel coronavirus over time, while attempts to flatten …
How Coronavirus Hits the Poorest Among Us — Reflections on Covid from the Philippines
With each passing day, the coronavirus outbreak is exposing the widening gap between rich and poor. In many cities and countries around the world, governments have asked — and sometimes forced — residents to stay at home. But staying at home is …
Why Researchers Are Exploring Antibodies From Recovered Patients For Possible Treatment And Prevention Of COVID-19
Is there a Covid-19 treatment that can treat critically ill, hospitalized patients, on the one hand, and protect healthcare workers on the other? Passive immune therapy has the potential to do both—immediately, and with major improvements over time. Broadly speaking, it involves …
Daily Beast Features William A. Haseltine on Ending Coronavirus Lockdown
No politician or public-health expert can say when the novel coronavirus pandemic, and attendant lockdowns and social distancing, will end. But there is a roadmap—actually, a competing array of them—for extricating the United States from social isolation. In keeping with this convincingly …
The Challenges Of Testing For COVID-19
The accuracy of tests for SARS-CoV-2 is central to our ability to control the epidemic— knowing who is infected, who has been exposed, and who is immune. It is also central to our ability to reopen businesses and lift restrictive lockdown measures. …
Salon Features William A. Haseltine on Covid-19 Vaccine
A public health expert told Salon that it is unclear whether a single vaccine will be enough to inoculate the general public against the novel coronavirus, noting that those who have recovered from other viruses of the same type (coronaviruses) generally only …
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