iStock(NEW ORLEANS) — In Louisiana, amid skyrocketing rates of the novel coronavirus and a statewide stay-at-home order, scientists are finding themselves face-to-face with the virus they hope to develop a vaccine for. At the Tulane National Primate Research Center (TNPRC), scientists from across the United States are coordinating their researchRead More →
iStock(NEW YORK) — As government and health care officials plead for expanded access to high-speed COVID-19 tests, health care companies across the country began mobilizing their resources to meet the growing demands with direct-to-consumer kits. The benefits of such kits could be substantial, allowing everyday people to test themselves forRead More →
iStock(NEW YORK) — As health experts and public officials have warned that confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus are likely nowhere near the actual number of people infected, medical professionals in Boston have created a website to help close the gap. “COVID Near You” allows the public to report coronavirus-relatedRead More →
iStock(NEW YORK) — In the months since the novel coronavirus exploded into a pandemic, we have heard a range of stories about those who have been stricken by the disease — the vast majority with mild symptoms, but an increasing number needing to be hospitalized. But what about those whoRead More →
iStock(NEW YORK) — When Dr. Darien Sutton saw what was happening in Italy, he braced himself. Sutton, an emergency medicine physician in Queens, New York, anticipated that the reality in Italy during the novel coronavirus pandemic — not enough hospital beds, a lack of protective gear — would soon becomeRead More →
narvikk/iStock(NEW YORK) — It’s a critical, urgent question in the battle to save American lives — and one that a growing number of institutions, including one of New York’s preeminent medical centers, will attempt to answer. Dr. David Reich, the president of Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan, said his teamRead More →
iStock(NEW YORK) — Iran, already struggling to fight the growing spread of novel coronavirus, is now coming to grips with an alcohol poisoning problem that has killed hundreds of people this year. In the wake of the deaths, officials initially blamed misinformation on social media for convincing victims that drinkingRead More →
The USNS Comfort takes on fuel and supplies in preparation to deploy in support of the nation’s coronavirus outbreak, March 25, 2020. (U.S. Navy) (NEW YORK) — To help medical professionals focus on treating novel coronavirus patients, the Navy has deployed two hospital ships, to New York and to California,Read More →
Adene Sanchez/iStock(NEW YORK) — Early in the novel coronavirus pandemic, encouraging data suggested that infants born to mothers with COVID-19 did not acquire the virus before birth, a process called vertical transmission. However, three new reports released in The Journal of the American Medical Association unfortunately suggest the opposite mayRead More →
FilippoBacci/iStock(NEW YORK) — Even with businesses closed, travel restricted and shelter-in-place orders issued around the world, many still wonder if such extremes are needed to battle the novel coronavirus. Some people, including the president of the United States, have said COVID-19 isn’t too different from the common flu. But, accordingRead More →
