Covid-19
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Publisher: Washington Post
2020-05-21What CDC wants schools, camps to do before reopening
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has finally issued full interim guidance on how schools and other establishments can safely open during the covid-19 pandemic, and below are all the recommendations for schools and camps.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has finally issued full interim guidance on how schoo
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Publisher: Washington Post
2020-05-14Smartphone data may not predict future coronavirus deaths
Where people travel and how long they stay away from home can be measured with smartphone location data. But the increasingly popular movement maps derived from this data don’t reveal how well people maintained social distancing once they reached their destinationsWhere people travel and how long they stay away from home can be measured with smartphone location d
Tags: reopening, contact tracing
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Publisher: Washington Post
2020-05-12Fauci warns against reopening U.S. too quickly at Senate hearing
Anthony S. Fauci, the nation’s top infectious-disease expert, warned of “suffering and death that could be avoided” and of further economic damage if states reopen too quickly and said the U.S. death toll from the coronavirus is probably higher than the 80,000 reported.Anthony S. Fauci, the nation’s top infectious-disease expert, warned of “suffering and death tha
Tags: reopening, mortality data
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Publisher: Washington Post
2020-05-12What we know of the Kawasaki-disease-like syndrome affecting children and believed to be tied to coronaviru...
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) said Sunday that three New York children have died and 73 have become gravely ill with an inflammatory disease tied to COVID-19. The illness, pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome, has symptoms similar to toxic shock or Kawasaki disease. Doctors, emphasized parents should not panic. The vast majority of those younger than 18 who are infected with the coronavirus have mild symptoms or none at all.New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) said Sunday that three New York children have died and 73 have become
Tags: infection data, children, inflammation
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Publisher: Washington Post
2020-05-10How coronavirus attacks the human body
Today, there is widespread recognition the novel coronavirus is far more unpredictable than a simple respiratory virus. Often it attacks the lungs, but it can also strike anywhere from the brain to the toes. Many doctors are focused on treating the inflammatory reactions it triggers and its capacity to cause blood clots, even as they struggle to help patients breathe.Today, there is widespread recognition the novel coronavirus is far more unpredictable than a simple
Tags: symptoms, infection data, blood clotting, acute kidney injury, strokes
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Publisher: Washington Post
2020-05-09After weeks with coronavirus, a sick woman wonders when it will end
I’ve hardly moved from this couch in weeks, but right now my heart rate monitor says I’m at 132. That’s double my normal. That’s like if I’m climbing a mountain. How come? Nobody knows. Nobody ever knows. And why has my fever been spiking again? Do I need to go back to the ER?I’ve hardly moved from this couch in weeks, but right now my heart rate monitor says I’m at 132.
Tags: symptoms, infection data
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Publisher: Washington Post
2020-05-06Researchers hypothesize that a highly contagious strain is spreading; other experts remain skeptical
A research paper from scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory, not yet peer-reviewed, reports that one strain of the novel coronavirus has emerged in Europe and become dominant around the planet, leading the researchers to believe the virus has mutated to become more contagious The bold hypothesis, however, was immediately met with skepticism by many infectious-disease experts, and there is no scientific consensus that any of the innumerable mutations in the virus so far have changed the general contagiousness or lethality of covid-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus.A research paper from scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory, not yet peer-reviewed, reports t
Tags: myths, infection data, science
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Publisher: Washington Post
2020-05-04Draft report predicts coronavirus cases will reach 200,000 a day by June 1
This is a report from a leaked government report. Its is not sure how these predictions are made, and whether it is because of reopening. The white house officials have been relying on other models (than CDC) to make decisions on reopening. The estimates here are based on premature relaxation of restrictions.This is a report from a leaked government report. Its is not sure how these predictions are made, an
Tags: risks, infection data, reopening, mortality data
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Publisher: Washington Post
2020-04-30Studies leave question of ‘airborne’ coronavirus transmission unanswered
The consensus so far is that the virus, although very contagious, spreads through respiratory droplets generated when people breathe, speak or cough and doesn’t infect people through particles that can linger in the air for hours, in the way that measles and some other viral diseases can.The consensus so far is that the virus, although very contagious, spreads through respiratory drople
Tags: transmission, infection data
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Publisher: Washington Post
2020-04-24Young people with coronavirus are dying from strokes
Reports of strokes in the young and middle-aged — hit hard by the novel coronavirus — are the latest twist in our evolving understanding of its connected disease, covid-19. Even as the virus has infected nearly 2.8 million people worldwide and killed about 195,000 as of Friday, its biological mechanisms continue to elude top scientific minds.Reports of strokes in the young and middle-aged — hit hard by the novel coronavirus — are the la
Tags: infection data, blood clotting, strokes
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