Tag: COVID-19
Wuhan Finds No New COVID-19 Cases After Testing 9.9 Million
Testing began after a cluster of new cases raised fears of a second wave of infections.
Gilead Working on Easier-To-Use Versions of Antiviral Remdesivir
Gilead is also seeking to treat the virus earlier.
Russia To Being Using Its First Approved COVID-19 Drug, Avifavir
Avifavir appeared on a Russian government list of approved drugs on Saturday.
L.A. COVID-19 Testing for All: Closed Due to Protests
It wasn’t immediately clear if the other testing sites outside the city within broader L.A. County were affected.
California Border Region: Coronavirus Cases Increase
The Mexican government says health workers make up at least a fifth of coronavirus cases nationwide.
Moderna: Coronavirus Vaccine Given to Participants in Phase 2 Study of...
Phase 2 study expected to enroll 600 participants/Finalizing protocol for Phase 3 study, expected to begin in July 2020
Blood Clots: A Major Negative Factor for COVID-19 Patients
Systematic anticoagulant therapy for all ICU patients with COVID-19 should be assessed.
Live Smart: Use Physical Distancing to Keep Safe
Fight the good fight and continue to practice physical distancing.
State-Level Stay-At-Home Orders Make a Positive Difference
Results were consistent across states supporting the use of stay-at-home orders.
Boston Marathon Will Be a Virtual Event for 2020
Boston Marathon cancelled due to coronavirus.
Coronavirus = 40 Million American Jobless Claims
The U.S. unemployment rate is at the highest since the Great Depression
CDC: Funeral Guidance for Families of COVID-19 Dead
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the family and close friends of a person who died of COVID-19 may experience stigma, such as people avoiding them or rejecting them.
Can Blood Plasma From COVID-19 Survivors Save Others?
Blood or plasma from recovered patients has been tried as a therapy since at least the Spanish flu of 1918;
Buenos Aires Slums Shut Down After Positive Coronavirus Tests
Drastic measures are being taken to contain the coronavirus in the Villa Azul area of Buenos Aires which has emerged as a hotspot
Mexico’s Daily Coronavirus Deaths Reach New High
Mexico's health department has reported 501 deaths from the coronavirus — a new one-day high and the first time the country's figure exceeded 500
COVID Made In a Lab! Ex-Skeptics Admit It Due to Accumulating...
Are we still allowed to have this kind of debate in the USA? Find out this coming Sunday...
Rewritten: Time Line for COVID-19 Beginnings In U.S.
The sequence data suggest the infection may have been brought to the country by someone returning from China, or from a nearby Asian country, or even from Asia via British Columbia, Canada.
You May Not Have the Coronavirus Diagnosis: But Will Know Someone...
Black adults are the most likely to personally know someone who has been hospitalized or died as a result of the disease.
Safety Fears: France, Italy, Belgium Stop Use of Hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19
The moves by three of the countries hardest hit by coronavirus infections and deaths follow a World Health Organization decision on Monday to pause a large trial of hydroxychloroquine due to safety concerns.
Success: Europe’s First Lung Transplant on Coronavirus Patient
45-year-old Covid-19 patient from Carinthia given new lungs
Holiday Weekend: Americans Abandon Physical Distancing
As death toll nears 100,000, some Americans break from social distancing during holiday weekend
by Christina Maxouris/CNN
(CNN)The number of deaths caused by the novel coronavirus...
Antiviral Remdesivir Improves Time to Recovery from COVID-19
Ultimately, the findings support remdesivir as the standard therapy for patients hospitalized with COVID-19 and requiring supplemental oxygen therapy, according to the authors.
NEO – Why is Trump drumbeating a ‘New Cold War’ with...
Jim W. Dean - When the many trillions in virus bills are tallied in the first half of 2021, we will have a look at the various Central bank holdings to see whose currency is worth anything, and what their gold holdings and foreign debt are.
HHS Will Finally Distribute Almost $4.9 Billion to COVID-19 Impacted Nursing...
In addition to nursing home residents, many SNF employees have also been diagnosed with COVID-19.
How COVID-19 Hijacks Cells
“Most other viruses interfere with some aspect of both the call to arms and the call for reinforcements,” tenOever said.
Can There Be ‘Herd Immunity” Without a Vaccine?
Herd immunity is reached when the majority of a given population -- 70 to 90% -- becomes immune to an infectious disease, either because they have become infected and recovered, or through vaccination.
The Uncounted Dead From COVID-19
The way deaths are counted, like so much else in the U.S., differs among (and even within) states.
AstraZeneca: First Agreements to Supply at Least 400 million Doses of...
More than $1bn US BARDA investment to support development and production of the vaccine
WHO: Record Number of Coronavirus Cases in One Day
People should avoid using the malaria medicine hydroxychloroquine to treat or prevent coronavirus infection, except as part of a clinical trial to study it.
Study Shows That Not Everyone Effectively Wears N95 Masks
Published: May 20, 2020. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.9670
COVID a US Bioweapon? Kevin Barrett on Kalima Horra with George...
George Galloway goes there!
Israel perfecting surveillance technology
Phil Giraldi - The hidden story behind the “war on the coronavirus” is that Israel is itself one of the most advanced states in developing and testing biological weapons at its lab at Nes Tziona.
Sweden’s COVID-19 Fail: The Price of Defying the Gods
Sweden has 6.08 deaths per million inhabitants, higher than the UK, USA and Italy
Lockdown Protesters Lied: Sweden’s COVID Deaths Highest in the World,...
At least 100 million people are moving around again. Public health officials warn that a deadly surge may follow.
Trump Gets It Wrong, Again: No Lancet Report Warning of Wuhan...
“The allegations leveled against WHO in President Trump’s letter are serious and damaging to efforts to strengthen international cooperation to control this pandemic,”
Annie Glenn, Lovely Lady, Dead From COVID-19
By 1984, Annie was delivering speeches across the US on behalf of John’s short-lived presidential candidacy as she devoted herself to helping other people with disabilities.
U.S. COVID-19 infections in prisons much higher than official figure
Jim W. Dean - The prison guards and staff were an under the radar sacrifice, different but similar to the nursing home staffs across much of the world.
NIH Investigating Pregnancy Outcomes During COVID-19 Pandemic
The study seeks to establish the risk of pregnant women with COVID-19 infection transmitting the virus to their fetus.
Llama Antibody Engineered to Block Coronavirus
The engineered nanobody bound strongly to SARS-CoV-2 and was able to stop the virus from entering cells in laboratory experiments
Coroners Can Shed Light on Pandemic’s True Spread
Medical examiners and coroners are the last stop for investigating unexpected deaths, including those who may have died of COVID-19