Hospitals make room for coronavirus patients by trying to treat people at home (NBC...
Studies have shown that home hospitalization can produce better health outcomes, fewer hospital readmissions and a lower mortality rate.
Clinical trials on coronavirus drugs may take only months, researcher says (NBC News)
"If everything goes according to plan, I am talking months, not years," for completion of three clinical trials, a researcher said....
Administrators are telling doctors that wearing masks “might freak out patients” (Mother Jones)
Dr. Christopher Garofalo, a family physician in Massachusetts, has become increasingly concerned about physicians working without masks and other protective equipment. In private...
The doctor who helped defeat smallpox explains what’s coming (Ars Technica/Wired)
Larry Brilliant says he doesn’t have a crystal ball. But 14 years ago, Brilliant, the epidemiologist who helped eradicate smallpox, spoke to a...
Italian doctor on how virus ‘exploded,’ having coronavirus, & how to fight it
Dr. Sylvia Bignamini is the Health Director of San Francesco Clinic in Bergamo, Italy, the city at the epicenter of the country's...
Why is the coronavirus so much more deadly for men than for women? ...
Men are faring worse than women in the coronavirus pandemic, according to statistics emerging from across the world.
On...
Doctors say loss of sense of smell might be Covid-19 symptom (CNN)
Doctors in the United States on Sunday called for the loss of sense of smell and taste to be added to the "list of screening...
What’s next? Interview with epidemiologist Michael Osterholm (Star-Tribune)
Reports the Minneapolis Star-Tribune: No one can say that Minnesota’s former state epidemiologist, Michael Osterholm, didn’t warn us about pandemics and...
How the Coronavirus Became an American Catastrophe (The Atlantic)
The death and economic damage sweeping the United States could have been avoided—if only we had started testing for the virus sooner.
Why the Coronavirus Has Been So Successful (The Atlantic)
One of the few mercies during this crisis is that, by their nature, individual coronaviruses are easily destroyed. Each virus particle consists...
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