The CDC has extended the time that recovered COVID-19 patients should remain isolated. In particular, recovered patients should isolate for at least 10 days — rather than 7 — … Read More
A psychiatrist from the Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress in Bethesda, Maryland, offers insightful, evidence-based “psychological first aid” principles — team leadership and personal leadership approaches gleaned … Read More
Patient 1, an 87-year-old woman with a history of fever and cough for 5 days, was found on … Read More
The University of Georgia’s Ted Ross is working on a universal respiratory vaccine that offers protection against the flu and illnesses caused by different strains of coronavirus https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/healthcare/biotech/healthcare/developing-covid-vaccine-is-like-flying-a-plane-while-trying-to-build-it-university-of-georgia-ted-ross/articleshow/75511025.cms
We analyze contact surveys data for Wuhan and Shanghai before and during the outbreak and contact tracing information from Hunan Province. Daily contacts were reduced 7-8-fold during the COVID-19 … Read More
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A cohort of 90 COVID-19 patients admitted to a Boston hospital, all of whom received hydroxychloroquine, with or without azithromycin. Some 19% who received hydroxychloroquine monotherapy developed prolonged QTc … Read More
Researchers with the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) used data from influenza pandemics to predict the future course of the COVID-19 outbreak. They estimate that the … Read More
persons enrolled online and were sent kits, by rapid-delivery services, for home collection of a midnasal swab; samples were returned by mail. After identification of the first case of … Read More
Among 12,594 patients who were tested for Covid-19, a total of 5894 (46.8%) were positive; 1002 of these patients (17.0%) had severe illness. A history of hypertension was present … Read More
