CPR in the Covid-19 Era
Daniel B. Kramer, MD, MPH, Bernard Lo, MD and Neal W Dickert, MD, PhDThe coronavirus pandemic is forcing clinicians, health care institutions, and public officials to develop crisis standards of care that differ radically...
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Challenges yet to resolve of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine development
Dr. Muhammad Torequl Islam :Development of a vaccine is a lengthy and expensive process. Due to high attrition, it takes multiple candidates and long time to produce a licensed vaccine. The developers generally follow...
What progress are we making on Coronavirus treatments?
James Gallagher :There are a significant number of studies under way into potential treatments for Covid-19.And some progress has been made in the search for effective medicines.What work is being done to find treatments?More...
Pupil response to an optical illusion tied to autistic traits
Abby Olena :Diagnosing neurobiological disorders, such as the autism spectrum disorders, focuses on complex clinical evaluations. But a study published last week (March 6) in eLife shows that an objective measure-how the pupil varies...
Climate change may push Zika virus
Donna Lu :Rising temperatures due to climate change may lead to the spread of the mosquito-borne Zika virus to currently cooler regions. Under the most drastic model of global warming, the risk of Zika...
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Indonesia reports 1,268 new coronavirus infections, 68 deaths Indonesia has reported 1,268 new coronavirus infections, bringing the total number of cases to 66,226, Health Ministry official Achmad Yurianto told a televised briefing.The official also...
Personal non-nasopharyngeal sampling in Covid-19: A new approach to hope
Dr. Muhammad Torequl Islam :The severe acute respiratory distress syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is considered as an airborne virus which is known to transmit as a person-to-person mode through the cough, sneeze, droplet inhalation,...
Scientists urge consideration of airborne SARS-CoV-2 transmission
Amanda Heidt :In an open letter published today (July 6), 239 scientists from 32 countries urge the World Health Organization and other bodies to address the potential for airborne transmission of the coronavirus. The...
Counting the lives saved by lockdowns-and lost to slow action
David Adam :On May 20, disease modelers at Columbia University posted a preprint that concluded the US could have prevented 36,000 of the 65,300 deaths that the country had suffered as a result of...
Road to Deal with COVID-19 Pandemic
Md Shafiqur RahmanPandemic of COVID-19 control and prevention needs the attention of the total global community, which is not an easy task. Global leaders, organizations and philanthropists have to come forward collaboratively to tackle...
Pupil response to an optical illusion tied to autistic traits
Abby Olena :Diagnosing neurobiological disorders, such as the autism spectrum disorders, focuses on complex clinical evaluations. But a study published last week (March 6) in eLife shows that an objective measure-how the pupil varies...
Alzheimer’s gene linked to higher risk of severe coronavirus
Jef Akst :The APOE e4 gene variant that puts people at a greater risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease also has a link to COVID-19. According to a study published today (May 26) in The...