CORONAVIRUS

Intubation and Extubation May be Lower COVID-19 Risk Than Thought

October 20, 2020

Article

Aggressive sanitation measures in operating rooms means more time between surgeries. If anesthetizing patients is not an aerosol risk, could these extra cleaning measures be skipped to save time and ease patient backlog?

COVID-19 Shines A Spotlight on Health Inequalities

October 19, 2020

Article

COVID-19 not only amplifies, but also triggers further health disparities and inequalities.

How COVID-19 Influences Allergies, Neurology, and Sleep

October 19, 2020

Article

A summary of new studies surrounding COVID-19 comorbid effects.

What Can a COVID-19 Vaccine Actually Do?

October 17, 2020

Article

Many unknowns remain as the scientific community focuses on its goal of issuing a vaccine for COVID-19.

Remdesivir Fails to Benefit COVID-19 Hospitalization, Death in WHO Study

October 16, 2020

Article

After a series of positive developments, the antiviral agent joins a quartet of candidates that failed to improve severely ill COVID-19 status in the Solidarity study.

New COVID-19 Vaccine Targeting Both B and T Cells

October 16, 2020

Video

Covaxx has developed its investigational vaccine and is currently in a phase 1/2 trial.

Pfizer, BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Planned for Late November FDA Submission

October 16, 2020

Article

Pfizer anticipates to have completed FDA-mandated safety data a month from now. An EUA application should shortly follow.

COVID-19 Mortality Risks include Male Sex, Place of Birth, Income and Education

October 16, 2020

Article

The investigators looked at data from all adult coronavirus-related deaths between March and May 2020.

Elective Surgery in the Time of COVID-19

October 16, 2020

Article

Commentary highlights importance, recommends steps to continuing surgical practice during pandemic.

COVID-19 Vaccine Induces Immune Response

October 15, 2020

Article

Data from a Phase 1/2 randomized controlled trial of vaccine candidate, BBIBP-CorV, is shown to be safe.