Covid-19 Digest: IDSA, WHO on Convalescent Plasma EUA; China’s Vaccine
Meanwhile, the U.S. is mulling an EUA for AstraZeneca’s vaccine After the FDA’s issuance of an...
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Covid-19 First Confirmed Case of Reinfection
Report questions viability of herd immunity theory, long-lasting vaccines Researchers in Hong Kong...
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Is Cuomo Directive to Blame for Nursing Home COVID Deaths, as US Official Claims?
New York’s governor directed nursing homes to take COVID patients. But is it fair to say he “forced” them to do so, or that his directive led to the deaths of thousands of elderly residents? Most public health experts say no.
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One College’s Pop-Up COVID Test: Stop and ‘Smell the Roses’ (Or the Coffee)
Forget those thermometers. Researchers, finding a surer link between the loss of the sense of smell and a coronavirus infection, suggest the symptom may be an easy and less expensive method for screening.
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Rather Than Give Away Its COVID Vaccine, Oxford Makes a Deal With Drugmaker
Advocates of cheap and widely available vaccines thought the pandemic might change business as usual. They were wrong.
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RAAS Inhibitors May Benefit HTN Patients With COVID-19
MONDAY, Aug. 24, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS)...
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World’s First Confirmed Case of COVID-19 Reinfection Reported in Hong Kong
MONDAY, Aug. 24, 2020 (HealthDay News) — The world’s first confirmed case of...
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Pop Concert Held to Learn More About COVID-19 Spread
MONDAY, Aug. 24, 2020 (HealthDay News) — About 1,500 people attended a pop concert in...
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Covid-19: FDA Reverses Convalescent Plasma Stance, Issues EUA
Hahn calls early plasma data ’promising’ WASHINGTON — The FDA reversed its stance on convalescent...
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Remdesivir Disappoints As Covid-19 Therapy in Phase III Trial
Improvement seen with 5-day course, but clinical benefit uncertain In a randomized open-label...
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Covid-19 Digest: FDA Halts EUA on Convalescent Plasma
HHS Says labs cleared to developed coronavirus tests, Orleandrin touted by MyPillow guy. Recent...
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COVID Plans Put to Test as Firefighters Crowd Camps for Peak Wildfire Season
Thousands of firefighters from across the U.S. have converged on the West as the wildfire season enters its peak. The inherently dangerous job now carries the additional risk of COVID-19 transmission, and fire managers are adapting their plans for crowded fire camps in the hope of preventing outbreaks that could sideline crews and weaken the nation’s firefighting infrastructure.
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Incidence of COVID-19 Up for American Indians, Alaska Natives
THURSDAY, Aug. 20, 2020 (HealthDay News) — The overall incidence of COVID-19 is increased...
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Renal Involvement in Patients with COVID-19 Pneumonia
Although kidney injury is not one of the complications of COVID-19, some patients with COVID-19...
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Acute Kidney Injury in COVID-19 Patients
Acute kidney injury (AKI) refers to a sudden episode of kidney damage or failure. The leading...
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Prevalence and Impact of Myocardial Injury in Patients with COVID-19
A significant amount of evidence suggests that COVID-19 is associated with cardiovascular disease,...
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Trust, Fear and Solidarity Will Determine the Success of a COVID Vaccine
Polio terrified Americans, and in 1955, when Jonas Salk’s vaccine became available, they snapped it up like candy. Sixty-five years later, COVID is the latest dread virus, but many undercurrents could inhibit its acceptance.
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Black Race Not a Factor in Covid-19 Deaths Among Hospitalized Patients
Findings argue against biologic cause for racial disparities Black race was not found to be a...
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Covid-19: FDA Approves New Saliva Test
Yale School of Public Health offering ’open source’ protocol to labs WASHINGTON — The FDA granted...
Read MoreWith COVID Vaccine Trial, Rural Oregon Clinic Steps Onto World Stage
A small allergy clinic in Medford, Oregon, might seem an unlikely place to recruit hundreds of volunteers to test the Moderna vaccine against COVID-19. But its steward has a record of leading hundreds of clinical trials.
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