ANALYSIS AND COMMENTS

New research published in JAMA Tuesday suggests states have been drastically underreporting COVID-19 cases — a fact that experts say underscores the need for more robust and rapid testing. The study, performed with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, analyzed routine blood samples of more than 16,000 individuals between March 23 and …

July 2020 YahooNews; Congestion, runny nose, nausea and diarrhea are the four most recent COVID-19 symptoms that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention added to its growing list of potential signs of the novel coronavirus. The CDC previously said symptoms include chills, fever, muscle pain, headache, sore throat and a new loss of taste or …

June 2020 TMF; When the World Health Organization (WHO) says that a given anti-coronavirus product is a leader, that’s about as official as it gets in the fast-moving world of COVID-19 therapies and vaccines. Earlier this year, a top WHO executive stated that Gilead Sciences‘ remdesivir was the leading therapy targeting COVID-19. Remdesivir, …

June 2020 MedicalNewsToday; Some have suggested that the U.S. is currently struggling with two pandemics at once. Although a simple vaccine cannot fix the racism pandemic, many scientists are actively working to tackle the ongoing COVID-19 crisis in their labs. In this feature, we continue our series on hopeful scientific findings by …

June 2020 DailyNation; Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has vowed to disband a cartel, which he says has hampered efforts to fight corruption in the ministry. The CS believes a group of individuals has managed to infiltrate the justice system to retain control of strategic positions to manage billions of …

June 2020 geekwire; The last time we caught up with Pillsy co-founders Jeff LeBrun and Chuks Onwuneme, three years ago, they were focused on their flagship product, a smart pill bottle that sounds an alarm if people forget to take their pills. But that was just one example of the broader …

June 2020 nbcnews; The Food and Drug Administration rescinded the emergency use authorization for hydroxychloroquine to treat hospitalized COVID-19 patients on Monday, saying the drug carries too many risks without any apparent benefit. The authorization was first issued in March, and applied to patients hospitalized with the illness and those in clinical …

June 2020 KHN;The U.S. health care system is famously resistant to government-imposed change. It took decades to create Medicare and Medicaid, mostly due to opposition from the medical-industrial complex. Then it was nearly another half-century before the passage of the Affordable Care Act. But the COVID-19 pandemic has done what …

June 2020 Zeit; According to a publication, hydroxychloroquine should not work in corona patients and have possible serious side effects. There are now doubts about the study. Due to criticism of the methodology and data collection for a study on the use of hydroxychloroquine as a corona drug, the journal The …

June 2020 MedicalNewsToday; Scientists around the globe are working to develop an effective vaccine for the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2. Until such a time, the world is reliant on physical distancing measures and personal protective equipment (PPE). Some countries are using ‘track and trace’ systems to monitor the movements of people and notify …