Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA expedites review of diagnostic tests to combat COVID-19
Source: Commissioner of Food and Drugs - Food and Drug Administration | Stephen M. Hahn M.D. The U.S. Food and Drug...
Month: March 2020
Study helps to identify medications which are safe to use in treatment of COVID-19
Source: King's College London A recent study has found that there is no evidence for or against the use of...
WHO releases guidelines to help countries maintain essential health services during the COVID-19 pandemic
Source: WHO News Release The COVID-19 pandemic is straining health systems worldwide. The rapidly increasing demand on health facilities and...
Surgical masks as good as respirators for flu and respiratory virus protection
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center Researchers may finally have an answer in the long-running controversy over whether the common surgical...
If You Have Animals
Source: CDC Key Points Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses. Some cause illness in people and others cause illness...
New WHO Guide to help countries expand access to essential medicines
Source: WHO Departmental news WHO’s new user guide for countries, ‘Selection of medicines at country level’, is based on the...
Stress and Coping | Advice by CDC
Source: USA CDC The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) may be stressful for people. Fear and anxiety about a...
A New Texas COVID-19 Pandemic Toolkit Shows the Importance of Social Distancing
Source: University of Texas Press Release AUSTIN, Texas — Since 2012 a pandemic-planning tool developed by researchers at The University...
The COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic has a natural origin, scientists say
Source: Scripps Research Institute The novel SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that emerged in the city of Wuhan, China, last year and has...
Study reveals how long COVID-19 remains infectious on cardboard, metal and plastic
By: James Lloyd-Smith Credit: Reed Hutchinson/UCLA The virus that causes COVID-19 remains for several hours to days on surfaces and...
New mathematical model can more effectively track epidemics
By: John Sullivan |Princeton University, Engineering School "As COVID-19 spreads worldwide, leaders are relying on mathematical models to make public...
An experimental peptide could block Covid-19
"MIT chemists are testing a protein fragment that may inhibit coronaviruses’ ability to enter human lung cells." By: Anne Trafton...