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Top 60 coronavirus treatments in the research pipeline
Anthony Fauci, MD, Director of the NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), offered hope to the thousands ...
In pursuit of coronavirus treatments and why we need to be cautious
It's impossible to keep up with entries at ClinicalTrials.gov that include the search term “COVID-19.” Last week when I posted Can ...
How a few pioneering botanists prepared us to battle the coronavirus outbreak
When German pathologist Robert Koch discovered the bacterium behind tuberculosis in 1882, he included a short guide for linking microorganisms ...
Gilead’s experimental remdesivir shows promise against coronaviruses. Can it beat back COVID-19
Targeted drug development takes years, but when time is short in a pandemic, scientists and clinicians turn to pharmaceuticals that ...
COVID-19 virus spread prompts food insecurity fears in Africa
The spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus is prompting food insecurity fears in Africa, with some countries already experiencing rising prices, ...
No reason to worry about being infected with the coronavirus twice, monkey study suggests
With increasing numbers of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths—and “social distancing” now a household word—the possibility of being infected is ...
Summer is coming. Will it slow the spread of the coronavirus?
A team of researchers unveiled the results of a new study last week that looked at how temperature and humidity ...
There are 3 possible endgames for the coronavirus pandemic
Three months ago, no one knew that SARS-CoV-2 existed. Now the virus has spread to almost every country... . It ...
Searching the world’s remedies for novel coronavirus treatments: Can Viagra, stem cells or Chinese herbs help?
As the number of cases of COVID-19 continues to mount, so do entries at clinicaltrials.gov for potential treatments, reaching into ...
The coronavirus isn’t mutating quickly. That could mean a one-time vaccination against it
The coronavirus is not mutating significantly as it circulates through the human population, according to scientists who are closely studying ...
Matching coronavirus containment success of Taiwan and South Korea requires ‘extraordinary levels of trust and cooperation from citizens’
Terrifying though the coronavirus may be, it can be turned back. China, South Korea, Singapore and Taiwan have demonstrated that, ...
Viewpoint: We’re making big decisions on the coronavirus without solid data
At a time when everyone needs better information, from disease modelers and governments to people quarantined or just social distancing, ...
100 best-selling nutrition books give ‘puzzling’ advice, and few written by experts, study shows
Nutritional decisions may be important for health, and yet identifying trustworthy sources of advice can be difficult to achieve. Many ...
Infographic: Fighting the coronavirus pandemic with collaborative science and data sharing
On February 27, a teenager in the Seattle area was diagnosed with Covid-19. Shortly after, researchers at the Seattle Flu Study shared genomic data ...
Is being married the key to a longer life?
Mortality – or the frequency of deaths – has been steadily declining in Norway over the last hundred years in ...
Will our ‘insatiable desire’ to eat meat cause the next disease pandemic?
It’s easy for those of us in the Western world to shake our heads at the live wildlife markets in ...
Pandemics have existed as long as human civilization: ‘There will be another’
Famine and war routinely bring civilizations low, but though he trots closely beside those two, the horseman who carries off ...
All the resources you need in the global battle against the coronavirus
Curious about the state of research into screening and diagnostic tools for the coronavirus? Maybe you want to keep up ...
Viewpoint: Coronavirus testing, treatment key to ending national lockdowns
First, the bad news: America’s coronavirus epidemic is only beginning, and the suffering will become more searing over the next ...
FDA halts food manufacturing facility inspections to slow coronavirus spread
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic and efforts to “flatten the curve,” the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is halting ...
Are coronavirus containment efforts more damaging ‘than the direct toll of the virus itself’?
I am deeply concerned that the social, economic and public health consequences of this near total meltdown of normal life ...
Viewpoint: Watch out for ‘charlatans and scammers’ touting coronavirus cures
The coronavirus pandemic has the whole world's attention. For now, there's no treatment and definitely no cure for COVID-19, the ...
Coronavirus immunotherapy could arrive by early summer. Is ‘record time’ fast enough?
Blood-plasma-based cures aren’t just the stuff of movies. There’s plenty of science to back the idea that blood products from ...
‘Just an overreaction’: Inside the world of coronavirus denialism
I created a faux Twitter account and set about building my own information bubble. My objective: Inhabit the world of ...
Comparing the coronavirus pandemic to past pathogenic threats: HIV, anthrax and Ebola
How does the COVID-19 pandemic compare to other infamous viral infections that have plagued us in modern times? It's a ...
Viewpoint: Lack of trust in science on GMOs, vaccines and climate change fuels coronavirus misinformation
What is driving the novel coronavirus infodemic? Fear, uncertainty and opportunistic marketing are all playing a role. But it is ...
‘We must have a plan’: Why we need an exit strategy for the coronavirus shutdown
How long is this going to last? As terrible as a pandemic would be, is averting it really worth a ...
