Tag: COVID-19
Desperate Trump hangs pandemic disaster on the WHO
The statement says that G20 leaders fully support the WHO's effort and intend to bolster its authority on coordinating the coronavirus response, a Kremlin spokesman noted.
Nationwide ‘May Day” Action Demanding COVID-19 Protections For Health Care Workers
Nurses will protest the denial of worker compensation claims and safety leave requests for those who have both been exposed and tested positive for COVID-19
Some COVID-19 Patients ‘Crash’ During Second Week of Illness
People with the coronavirus can crash before or after they are hospitalized
NIH Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx) Initiative: Attack on COVID-19
RADx aims to support innovative technologies that will make millions more rapid SARS-CoV-2 tests available to Americans by late summer or fall
Trump Cuts U.S. Research on Bat-Human Transmission Due to China Ties
The National Institutes of Health on Friday told EcoHealth Alliance, the study’s sponsor for the past five years, that all future funding was cut.
Paws for War: Helping Veterans During COVID-19 Lockdowns
Paws of War rescues dogs, provides them with proper training, and then pairs them with veterans who need therapy animals, all free of charge.
The Race for a Coronavirus Vaccine
Oxford University leaps ahead in coronavirus vaccine
Brothers Who Are Pandemic Bookends
Khan, a decorated sergeant in the U.S. Army Air Force, was stationed in Japan during World War II
New Zealand: COVID-19 Cases Dramatically Decrease
Easing of restrictions from "level four" to "level three," with new cases in single figures.
Diary of a COVID-19 Nurse
Despite all the talk about appreciating health care workers, one California nurse caring for the sickest patients felt she needed more support.
China: No More Coronavirus Patients in Hospitals
Wuhan had reported 46,452 cases, 56% of the national total. It saw 3,869 fatalities, or 84% of China’s total.
Trials for Remestemcel-L: Hope is to Conquer Hyper-Inflammation of COVID-19
Health Editor's Note: COVID-19 has been a blank slate for cures and treatments. We are looking at a novel or new coronavirus and before...
Yonkers Fighting COVID-19: One Shift in the ED
Half of the approximately 280 staff members who were tested for the disease were positive — with another 25 to 30 still awaiting results
How Pandemic is Affecting the Navajo Nation
A conversation about the challenges facing—and the resilience of—the largest reservation in the country, which has become a COVID-19 hotspot
Coroners Voice Concerns Over Limited Info on COVID-19 Deaths
COVID-19 cases: What is the actual count?
SitRep: Doctors Rethink Rush to Ventilate
Medical procedures have evolved during the pandemic
COVID-19 Anxiety: Brings Insomnia and Crazy Dreams
Fears around the pandemic are causing sleep patterns to change and strange dreams to linger in people’s memories
NIH: Challenge of Tracking COVID-19’s Spread
The NIH has a team that’s exploring various ways to carry out digital tracing while still protecting personal privacy
U.S. Naval Ships: Floating Coronavirus Incubators
As of Wednesday morning, 3,578 US service members have tested positive for the virus, including two deaths
Health Officials Expect Return of Coronavirus in Fall: Trump Disagrees
Trump thinks he is the coronavirus expert
COVID-19 Reporting Resembles Both “Entertainment” and Ideological Combat
Every day, we are being bombarded by sensationalized numbers and analyzes. Until, it feels, at least occasionally, the COVID-19-watching has become some sort of a new type of entertainment, at least for millions, many millions, if not billions, of people. Not unlike disaster-watching; like an obsession with typhoons, earthquakes, or tsunamis. Or, a fascination with wars (why else would Washington’s adventurism be allowed to continue, almost unopposed?). Or, should we say, football and other sports?
Iran President: U.S. pressure amid pandemic cruel and illegal
by Jim W. Dean, VT Editor, ...with PressTV, Tehran
- First published ... April 22, 2020 -
Iran’s president has denounced the U-S sanctions against his...
Silent Infection That is Killing Coronavirus Patients
Lessons learned during 10 days of treating Covid pneumonia at Bellevue Hospital.
Rick Bright Steps Down as Director of BARDA: Why?
Director of U.S. agency key to vaccine development leaves role suddenly amid coronavirus pandemic
by Nicholas Florko/STAT news
Washington: Rick Bright, one of the nation’s leading...
CDC Warning About Coronavirus
More deaths If next wave of coronavirus and flu seasons combine
Official Treatment Protocols for CV19 Set (No chloroquine/hydroxychlorquine-useless)
Expert U.S. panel develops NIH treatment guidelines for COVID-19
New Release: National Institutes of Health
Antivirals:
There are insufficient clinical data to recommend either for or...
COVID-19: Hitting African Americans and Latinos Hard
Incomplete figures have made it more difficult to respond to the crisis in the neediest communities, which are majority-minority.
US oil collapses to -$37.63 a barrel (they pay you to...
Jim W. Dean - Some big gambles are being made on grabbing cheap oil to resell later, one hell of a wild bet in my book.
Minister won’t discuss country returning to work
by Stuart Littlewood
“I will not comment on individual questions of why are we doing this and why aren’t we doing that,” says a cabinet...
Germany Testing For COVID-19 Antibodies: Seeking To Safely Leave Lockdown
Germany is testing for infections
Press TV’s The Debate – US coronavirus fallout
Jim W. Dean - If President "It will go away", who also goes by the name "It's a hoax", survives this, he might want to change his name to Houdini.
NEO – Middle East: How is the UAE changing its geo-political...
Jim W. Dean - I was not aware that the UAE was offering billions to Syria, under the cover of Covid aid, to fund an offensive against the Turks inside Syria.
NIH: Public/Private Partnership For COVID-19 Vaccine and Treatment
Health agencies, leading pharmaceutical companies to join forces to accelerate pandemic response.
Days from Civil War: Trump Calls Up Secret Force of 10,000...
The second Trump uses force to vacate congress, the US will cease to exist as a republic.
NCI: Rapid Response to Pandemic
NCI is providing expertise and research capabilities to address the COVID-19 pandemic
NIH Study: Antiviral Remdesivir Prevents COVID-19 Progression in Monkeys
Study Supports Clinical Testing Under Way Across U.S.
Surprise: Boeing first big worker recall next week, 27,000 in Seattle
Jim W. Dean - It is a dangerous trick to try to pull off with getting large numbers back to work without the testing to verify that they and those working around them are OK.
University of North Carolina: Evidence COVID-19 in Design Since 2003
In 2017, a "study" funded by a CIA front created COVID 19 at the University of North Carolina, made from a sample received from Wuhan. Backtracking, we find this 2006 study on how to re-engineer the more deadly but less effective SARS virus into something exactly like COVID 19, a study published by UNC in 2006.