pandemic, disease & medicine

A retrospective analysis of stored respiratory samples shows one patient could have been infected with SARS-CoV-2 weeks before the coronavirus was thought to have arrived in France, but a critic of the result questions whether the sample was contaminated.

Studies are underway to test whether giving a shot of BCG vaccine could protect doctors and nurses against COVID-19.

Gilead’s experimental antiviral drug shortened the average time it took COVID-19 patients to recover in a NIAID-sponsored trial. There was weak evidence that it also helped reduce deaths.

The abrupt termination comes after the research drew President Trump’s attention for its ties to the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

Early reports from hospitals document a spike in large vessel blockages, especially among people in their 30s and 40s who tested positive for the coronavirus.

The most common preexisting conditions among the patients were diabetes, obesity, and hypertension.

Autopsies recently carried out in California show that one person died of the disease on February 6—three weeks before the nation recorded its first fatality.

Abbott’s ID NOW test missed the most positive samples among five products given the green light by the FDA to use during the pandemic.

The University of Massachusetts Amherst is supplying local hospitals and the state with key ingredients needed for COVID-19 testing.

Vaporized hydrogen peroxide is the most effective decontamination method for masks that had been exposed to the coronavirus in a recent study.

Mauro Ferrari says the organization’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic is inadequate, but ERC members claim his proposals didn’t align with the mission of the council.

Find the latest updates in this one-stop resource, including efficacy data and side effects of approved shots, as well as progress on new candidates entering human studies.

Several studies have indicated that SARS-CoV-2 might be spread through air, but not all experts are convinced.

International data from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control indicates a similar pattern in reported coronavirus cases during the first 10 days after the case count passes 500.

The University of Washington department of laboratory medicine in Seattle processes a backlog of COVID-19 samples.

Preliminary modeling studies provide a shortlist of potential coronavirus intermediate host species.

The first volunteer will receive a shot of the synthetic RNA vaccine today.

Disease experts have largely focused on how we got to where we are now with coronavirus infections. Improved data collection and sharing can enhance projections of what’s to come.

A preprint indicates that coronavirus transmission from surfaces is possible, but does not provide evidence that this has occurred in the COVID-19 pandemic.