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OPINION: Rethinking Covid-19 Test Sensitivity — A Strategy for Containment

Thu, 2020-10-01 17:41 — mike kraft

Rethinking Covid-19 Test Sensitivity — A Strategy for Containment | NEJM Perspective from The New England Journal of Medicine — Rethinking Covid-19 Test Sensitivity — A Strategy for Containment New England Journal of Medicine

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Loss of smell could be a 'highly reliable indicator' of Covid-19 even if no other symptoms -- new research

Thu, 2020-10-01 17:24 — mike kraft

Loss of smell could be a 'highly reliable indicator' of Covid-19, research says Loss of smell and taste are a strong sign that someone is infected with the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 -- and in some cases it may occur without the other symptoms of cough or fever, according to new research published Thursday. Naomi Thomas, CNN CNN

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NEW STUDY: hydroxychloroquine shows no benefit in COVID-19 prevention

Thu, 2020-10-01 17:09 — mike kraft

Trump-touted hydroxychloroquine shows no benefit in COVID-19 prevention: study A malaria drug taken by U.S. President Donald Trump to prevent COVID-19 did not show any benefit versus placebo in reducing coronavirus infection among healthcare workers, according to clinical trial results published on Wednesday. Reuters Staff U.S.

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Neanderthal genes linked to severe COVID-19; and other items

Thu, 2020-10-01 10:27 — mike kraft

Neanderthal genes linked to severe COVID-19; Mosquitoes cannot transmit the coronavirus The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus. Nancy Lapid U.S.

Reuters) - The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus.

Neanderthal genes linked with severe COVID-19

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Largest study of COVID-19 transmission highlights essential role of super-spreaders

Wed, 2020-09-30 16:45 — mike kraft

Largest study of COVID-19 transmission highlights essential role of super-spreaders A study of 660,000 Indians finds that a few individuals spread most new infections and that children transmit the coronavirus just as well as adults. Los Angeles Times

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ANALYSIS: Vaccine Chaos Is Looming --The Atlantic

Wed, 2020-09-30 12:14 — mike kraft

Vaccine Chaos Is Looming The COVID-19 vaccines furthest along in clinical trials are the fastest to make, but they are also the hardest to deploy. Sarah Zhang The Atlantic

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Laboratory-made antibodies are a best bet for a coronavirus treatment, but there won’t be enough

Wed, 2020-09-30 11:53 — mike kraft

These laboratory-made antibodies are a best bet for a coronavirus treatment, but there won’t be enough Experts have big hopes for these specialized drugs created by living cells. But they are expensive and hard to scale up, so even success will have limited impact on the virus. Carolyn Y. Johnson Washington Post

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Trump Allies Say the Virus Has Almost Run Its Course. ‘Nonsense,’ Experts Say.

Wed, 2020-09-30 10:40 — mike kraft

In the last week, leading epidemiologists from respected institutions have, through different methods, reached the same conclusion: About 85 to 90 percent of the American population is still susceptible to SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing the current pandemic.

The number is important because it means that “herd immunity” — the point at which a disease stops spreading because nearly everyone in a population has contracted it — is still very far off.

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OPINION: Discussion of unusing the National HIV strategy to counter the coronavirus

Tue, 2020-09-29 15:51 — mike kraft

Could the National HIV Strategy Help Guide the Covid Fight? The Trump administration hasn't created a comprehensive plan for battling the pandemic. Some researchers propose borrowing one from the past. Maryn McKenna Wired

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Helping understand the Johns Hopkins The COVID-19 Dashboard: Deciphering the Data, Visualizing the Virus

Tue, 2020-09-29 15:17 — mike kraft

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