The U.S.N.S. Comfort Is Now Taking Covid-19 Patients. Here’s What to Expect.
The U.S.N.S. Comfort arrived in New York to help coronavirus patients. This is not its first rodeo, as it has been involved in responding to other pandemics.
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Why It Takes So Long To Make a Coronavirus Vaccine
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/why-coronavirus-vaccine-takes-so-long_l_5ea868fbc5b66a3cfefa2a36?ncid=APPLENEWS00001 A vaccine in 12-18 months may not be realistic but is hopeful. First, the particular type of vaccine that may work best is determined. Then, there are human clinical trials. There is a lot of safety testing. Then, larger effects are observed such as side effects and at which dosages they come up. Then, … Read more
The Pandemic Is Turning the Natural World Upside Down
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2020/04/coronavirus-pandemic-earth-pollution-noise/609316/ For seismologists who study seismic signals from the Earth’s interior, it seems that the effects of quarantine have made them easier to listen to. A reduction in particulate matter in the atmosphere (less severe air pollution) may have saved the lives of young children and elderly adults. A drop in carbon dioxide won’t make … Read more
Why coronavirus lockdown could see 6.3 million more people get tuberculosis
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/06/health/tuberculosis-deaths-lockdown-scli-intl/index.html Coronavirus may be interfering with the progress in the ability for tuberculosis to become eradicated.
Coronavirus Vaccine Prospects
https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2020/04/15/coronavirus-vaccine-prospects GSK (bringing the spike protein) and Sanofi (bringing the adjuvant) are going to collaborate on vaccine development. Johnson and Johnson have a stricter timeline planning first-in-human trials in September, while Pfizer with BioNTech is possibly starting human trials in August. The NRDD counts around 78 real vaccine programs, with a diversity of approaches. There … Read more
With record-setting speed, vaccinemakers take their first shots at the new coronavirus
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/03/record-setting-speed-vaccine-makers-take-their-first-shots-new-coronavirus An experimental vaccine made by Moderna, well-financed biotech, was created and tested in Haller, who received an outpour of appreciation. Moderna and China’s CanSino Biologies are the first to launch small clinical trials of vaccines against COVID-19. Vaccines group into eight different platforms including old standbys and technology. Vaccines against related coronaviruses that cause … Read more
Our Pandemic Summer
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/04/pandemic-summer-coronavirus-reopening-back-normal/609940/ The “perilously stretched thin healthcare system” and the “worst COVID-19 outbreak” refer to what is happening in the United States. It is predicted that a vaccine will take 18-24 months, and once restrictions relax, life as people know it cannot return, and “this is about the next two years.” It is not a question … Read more
State Says Hospitals Must Allow One Support Person in for Childbirth
The change that pregnant women are allowed to have one support person in labor and delivery or two in pediatric settings as long as it is one at a time, is due to the notion that this is necessary for patient care. However, the policies of no visitors are to ensure protection for mothers and … Read more
Coronavirus: First patients injected in the UK vaccine trial
The first human trial of a vaccine has begun in Europe. There is some information about possible symptoms of the vaccine, how it may be predicted to show effectiveness, how a vaccine works. https://www.bbc.com/news/health-52394485
A New Doctor Faces the Coronavirus in Queens
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/04/27/a-new-doctor-faces-the-coronavirus-in-queens This article recounts a current E.R. doctor, Hashem Zikry’s experience in medical school, and what he is experiencing firsthand as he works in the hospital now. He deals with the chaos in the E.R. and inhumanity of the disease as it takes the lives of patients right in front of his eyes. He describes … Read more