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Cellphone apps designed to track covid-19 spread struggle worldwide amid privacy concerns

Tue, 2020-08-18 11:53 — mike kraft

Cellphone apps designed to track covid-19 spread struggle worldwide amid privacy concerns Widely touted initiatives to introduce privacy-friendly, voluntary smartphone apps to help track the spread of coronavirus have largely foundered. Craig Timberg, Steve Hendrix, Min Joo Kim, Fiona Weber-Steinhaus Washington Post

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Coronavirus pandemic now driven by younger adults: WHO

Tue, 2020-08-18 09:14 — mike kraft

Coronavirus pandemic now driven by younger adults: WHO The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday it was concerned that the novel coronavirus spread was being driven by people in their 20s, 30s and 40s, many of whom were unaware they were infected, posing a danger to vulnerable groups. Karen Lema U.S.

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Scientists See Signs of Lasting Immunity to Covid-19, Even After Mild Infections

Mon, 2020-08-17 19:06 — mike kraft

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RESEARCH PROBLEM: Doctors battling covid-19 rush to treat the ill — but without knowing what really works

Mon, 2020-08-17 09:46 — mike kraft

Wartime doctors battling covid-19 rush to treat the ill — but without knowing what really works Seven months into the pandemic, frontline doctors have in many cases become experts in treating covid-19. But they are experts without, for the most part, the most fundamental tool in medicine — solid evidence upon which to base their decisions. Carolyn Y.

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UPDATE Tracking the spread of the novel coronavirus --Reuters

Sun, 2020-08-16 14:16 — mike kraft

Tracking the spread of the novel coronavirus Reuters maps all places where COVID-19 cases have been confirmed. Gurman Bhatia Reuters

At least 766,383 people globally have died from COVID-19 and 21,577,190 have been infected by the novel coronavirus that causes it, following an outbreak that started in Wuhan, China, in early December. The World Health Organization referred to it as a pandemic on March 11, 2020.

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Covid vaccine tracker: when will we have a coronavirus vaccine?

Sun, 2020-08-16 10:46 — mike kraft

Covid vaccine tracker: when will we have a coronavirus vaccine? More than 170 teams of researchers are racing to develop a safe and effective vaccine. Here is their progress the Guardian

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ANALYSIS: Detailed discussion of ways to speed coronavirus testing.

Fri, 2020-08-14 21:14 — mike kraft

The Plan That Could Give Us Our Lives Back The U.S. has never had enough coronavirus tests. Now a group of epidemiologists, economists, and dreamers is plotting a new strategy to defeat the virus, even before a vaccine is found. Robinson Meyer and Alexis C. Madrigal The Atlantic

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Clinical Trials of Coronavirus Drugs Are Taking Longer Than Expected

Fri, 2020-08-14 19:05 — mike kraft

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc in the United States and treatments are needed more than ever, clinical trials for some of the most promising experimental drugs are taking longer than expected.

Researchers at a dozen clinical trial sites said that testing delays, staffing shortages, space constraints and reluctant patients were complicating their efforts to test monoclonal antibodies, man-made drugs that mimic the molecular soldiers made by the human immune system.

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Face masks with valves or vents do not prevent spread of the coronavirus, CDC says

Fri, 2020-08-14 12:50 — mike kraft

Face masks with valves or vents do not prevent spread of the coronavirus, CDC says "Masks with one-way valves or vents allow air to be exhaled through a hole in the material, which can result in expelled respiratory droplets that can reach others," the CDC says. Reis Thebault, Angela Fritz Washington Post

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UPDATE: The U.S. has already invested billions in potential coronavirus vaccines. Here’s where the deals stand

Fri, 2020-08-14 10:52 — mike kraft

The U.S. has already invested billions in potential coronavirus vaccines. Here's where the deals stand The U.S. has doled out billions to develop a vaccine against the coronavirus, locking in a minimum of 800 million doses so far. Noah Higgins-Dunn CNBC

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