https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7118606 This article discusses the impact that COVID-19 has had on cancer patients and cancer research. People with cancer are at a higher risk for the disease, and are less likely to continue to be treated for cancer if they contract COVID-19, as that becomes the focus. The closure of universities and the shift of … Read more
This is a link to a CNN article that explains the individualistic responses from a state by state basis and how different legislation shows different results in the ‘curves’ that we see following the progress of each country/state/province. https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/24/health/coronavirus-state-hotspots/index.html
Recently, I have been hearing people discussing whether or not the covid-19 virus is “airborne”. Of course we know at this point that the virus can easily be spread through respiratory droplets released by coughs and sneezes, but questions are arising about possible transmission through simply breathing or talking, i.e. the virus being airborne (by … Read more
Researchers at the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation in Brazil are studying the replication of the virus and while using a transmission electron microscope, were able to image the exact moment when the virus infects and invades a healthy cells. The link below leads to an article with three of the images captured during this discovery. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/moment-coronavirus-infects-healthy-cell-captured-pictures/
Article link: https://nypost.com/2020/04/09/new-york-now-leads-world-in-coronavirus-with-160000-cases/ Authors: Bernadette Hogan and Natalie Musumeci Published on April 9, 2020, in the New York Post As of today (4/9/2020), the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in NY state alone has reached a whopping 160,000 – surpassing total case numbers reported by any country in the world at this time.
There’s been a lot of discussion and speculation as to whether or not someone who has already contracted Coronavirus can get sick again. I came across this article today, which presents somewhat pessimistic findings… https://nypost.com/2020/04/07/51-recovered-coronavirus-patients-test-positive-again-in-south-korea/ Brown, Lee. “51 Recovered Coronavirus Patients Test Positive Again in South Korea.” The New York Post. April 7, 2020.
This resource is a projection of the hospital resource uses including beds, ICU beds, and ventilator needs based on complete social distancing through May 2020. It is constantly updated and also projects the mortality curve. It gives important information and examples of flattening the curve by comparing these projections to the number of available hospital … Read more
The authors estimate the probability that an outbreak is ongoing in counties where there are no cases or only low numbers of cases, showing that most of the US that is relative unaffected now (early April, 2020) will be experiencing a severe covid-19 epidemic in the near future.
As COVID-19 spread through the United States different states and different counties enacted social distancing policies at different points in time. NYT used data from cell phones (similar to the Social Distancing Scoreboard posted earlier) to look at the impact of these policies and the amount of movement. This can be used to see the … Read more
“The C.D.C. director says new data about people who are infected but symptom-free could lead the agency to recommend broadened use of masks.”
