29May/20

State-Level Stay-At-Home Orders Make a Positive Difference

29th May 2020COVID-19, COVID-19 infection rates, Featured, Health & Family, stay-at-home ordersCarol Duff

Results were consistent across states supporting the use of stay-at-home orders. Source: VT

29May/20

Boston Marathon Will Be a Virtual Event for 2020

29th May 2020Boston Marathon, COVID-19, Health & FamilyCarol Duff

Boston Marathon cancelled due to coronavirus. Source: VT

29May/20

Coronavirus = 40 Million American Jobless Claims

29th May 2020COVID-19, Life, novel coronavirus 2019, unemployment claimsCarol Duff

The U.S. unemployment rate is at the highest since the Great Depression Source: VT

26May/20

Success: Europe’s First Lung Transplant on Coronavirus Patient

26th May 2020COVID-19, Health & Family, lung transplantCarol Duff

45-year-old Covid-19 patient from Carinthia given new lungs Source: VT

25May/20

Antiviral Remdesivir Improves Time to Recovery from COVID-19

25th May 2020COVID-19, Health & Family, remdesivirCarol Duff

Ultimately, the findings support remdesivir as the standard therapy for patients hospitalized with COVID-19 and requiring supplemental oxygen therapy, according to the authors. Source: VT

23May/20

How COVID-19 Hijacks Cells

23rd May 2020“call for reinforcement” genes, “call to arms” genes, coronavirus, COVID-19, Featured, Health & Family, SARS-CoV-2Carol Duff

“Most other viruses interfere with some aspect of both the call to arms and the call for reinforcements,” tenOever said. Source: VT

22May/20

The Uncounted Dead From COVID-19

22nd May 2020COVID-19, COVID-19 deaths, Health & Family, novel coronavirus 2019Carol Duff

The way deaths are counted, like so much else in the U.S., differs among (and even within) states. Source: VT

22May/20

AstraZeneca: First Agreements to Supply at Least 400 million Doses of COVID-19 Vaccination

22nd May 2020COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccine, Health & FamilyCarol Duff

More than $1bn US BARDA investment to support development and production of the vaccine Source: VT

21May/20

WHO: Record Number of Coronavirus Cases in One Day

21st May 2020COVID-19, Health & Family, novel coronavirus 2019Carol Duff

People should avoid using the malaria medicine hydroxychloroquine to treat or prevent coronavirus infection, except as part of a clinical trial to study it. Source: VT

21May/20

Study Shows That Not Everyone Effectively Wears N95 Masks

21st May 20203M VFlex 9105, COVID-19, Health & Family, N95 masksCarol Duff

Published: May 20, 2020. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.9670 Source: VT