Anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine taken by Trump does NOT protect people from developing COVID-19 after they have been exposed to someone with the illness, study finds Researchers gave hydroxychloroquine to half of a group of 821 people who had been exposed to coronavirus and the other half a placebo regimen Of the 107 people who fell […]
The Coronavirus pandemic, keeps the world in breath: more than five million people are already infected with the pathogen of Sars-CoV-2 – 182.313 of them so far in Germany. A man is caught in Ludwigsburg with the employee of a security service to each other and should have sprayed it with pepper spray. According to […]
Spine surgeons across the world are experiencing effects of COVID-19, including canceled procedures, changes in clinical roles, anxiety and risk of exposure to the disease themselves due to insufficient protective equipment. An international team of researchers reported these findings recently in the Global Spine Journal. Using a 73-question survey administered between March 27 to April […]
A new mobile app can help clinicians determine which patients with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) are likely to have severe cases. Created by researchers at NYU College of Dentistry, the app uses artificial intelligence (AI) to assess risk factors and key biomarkers from blood tests, producing a COVID-19 “severity score.” Current diagnostic tests for COVID-19 […]
According to a widely cited forecasting study, relaxed social distancing rules will lead to a two-fold increase in deaths from COVID-19. Predicting how much the mortality will increase, however, is fraught with huge uncertainties, as epidemiologists like me well know. That’s because the forecast relies on assumptions about what will happen in the future. To […]
Study: conjunctival infections caused by SARS-CoV-2 is unlikely A few weeks ago, experts from the USA have pointed out that the Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 can also cause conjunctival inflammation. Researchers from Germany, now report a study that shows that infections of the conjunctiva by the new pathogens are unlikely. The American Academy of Opthalmology (AAO) has […]
Most people believe themselves to be less at risk from COVID-19 than others of their own age and gender, indicating an optimism bias, according to a recent UCL survey conducted in the US. The findings, published as a pre-print on PsyArXiv ahead of peer review, also show that most people surveyed see COVID-19 as a […]
As of late May, COVID-19 has killed more than 325,000 people around the world. Even though the worst seems to be over for countries like China and South Korea, public health experts warn that cases and fatalities will continue to surge in many parts of the world. Understanding how the disease evolves can help these […]
Say goodbye to the office water cooler — U.S. offices that reopen this year will likely undergo substantial changes to prevent the spread of COVID-19, according to new guidelines released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The guidelines recommend offices take a number of steps to help keep workers safe. These include […]
A new study by investigators from Brigham and Women’s Hospital examines changes in prescription patterns in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic. In an exploratory analysis of data from GoodRx used to generate national estimates, Brigham investigators found prescriptions of the anti-malarial drug chloroquine and its analogue hydroxychloroquine dramatically surged during the week of […]
