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ANALYSIS: We’re not doing enough to protect COVID-19 vaccine research from cyber espionage

Tue, 2020-08-25 17:31 — mike kraft

Protecting COVID-19 vaccine research from cyber espionage What will soon be the most valuable asset in the world? A vaccine for COVID-19. What are we doing to protect it from cyber espionage? In Homeland Security Staff In Homeland Security

The glory of the prize—in lives saved, reputations made, and profits earned—is incalculable. The hunt for a cure has unleashed an epic arms’ race among world powers, multinational corporations, and universities. And as with any arms’ race, not everyone is playing by the rules.

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Experts fear COVID-19 weight gain could lead to health complications, weak immune systems

Tue, 2020-08-25 11:16 — mike kraft

Battling the 'Quarantine 15': Experts fear COVID-19 weight gain could lead to health complications, weak immune systems A few months into the coronavirus pandemic, in July, Dr. Elizabeth Klodas, a preventative cardiologist and the owner of Step One foods, saw a longtime patient: a 70-year-old man who showed up to the appointment 18 pounds heavier than he was on his last visit. Dietitians and doctors, like Klodas, have YahooNews

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Dr. Fauci says rushing out a vaccine could jeopardize testing of others --Reuters interview

Mon, 2020-08-24 19:38 — mike kraft

Exclusive: Fauci says rushing out a vaccine could jeopardize testing of others The top U.S. infectious diseases expert is warning that distributing a COVID-19 vaccine under special emergency use guidelines before it has been proved safe and effective in large trials is a bad idea that could have a chilling effect on the testing of other vaccines. Julie Steenhuysen U.S.

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Another COVID-19 Medical Mystery: Patients Come Off Ventilator But Linger In A Coma

Mon, 2020-08-24 11:07 — mike kraft

Another COVID-19 Medical Mystery: Patients Come Off Ventilator But Linger In A Coma Doctors are researching why some patients remain unconscious for days or weeks, even after sedating drugs are withdrawn. They also worry that these patients aren't being given time to recover. NPR.org

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Work by researchers in Hong Kong founds that reinfection may be possible in rare cases.

Mon, 2020-08-24 09:42 — mike kraft

Researchers in Hong Kong are reporting the first confirmed case of reinfection with the coronavirus.

“An apparently young and healthy patient had a second case of Covid-19 infection which was diagnosed 4.5 months after the first episode,” University of Hong Kong researchers said Monday in a statement.

The report is of concern because it suggests that immunity to the coronavirus may last only a few months in some people. And it has implications for vaccines being developed for the virus.

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WHO says plasma therapy still ‘experimental’ --plus other developments

Mon, 2020-08-24 09:29 — mike kraft

The Latest: WHO says plasma therapy still 'experimental' GENEVA — The World Health Organization says using plasma from the recovered to treat COVID-19 is still considered an “experimental” therapy and that the preliminary results showing it may work are... AP NEWS

GENEVA — The World Health Organization says using plasma from the recovered to treat COVID-19 is still considered an “experimental” therapy and that the preliminary results showing it may work are still “inconclusive.”

President Donald Trump on Sunday approved an emergency authorization of convalescent plasma for COVID-19 patients.

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INVESTIGATION: Meatpacking Companies Reportedly Dismissed Years of Warnings but Now Say Nobody Could Have Prepared for COVID-19

Sun, 2020-08-23 18:55 — mike kraft

Meatpacking Companies Dismissed Years of Warnings but Now Say Nobody Could Have Prepared for COVID-19 In documents dating to 2006, government officials predicted that a pandemic would threaten critical businesses and warned them to prepare. Meatpacking companies largely ignored them, and now nearly… Michael Grabell,Bernice Yeung ProPublica

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Drug Pitched to Trump for Covid-19 Comes From a Deadly Plant

Sun, 2020-08-23 10:17 — mike kraft

A plant extract trumpeted this week as a “cure” for Covid-19 by the leader of a pillow company is untested and potentially dangerous, scientists say.

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Experts flag risks in India's use of rapid tests for virus

Sun, 2020-08-23 09:37 — mike kraft

Experts flag risks in India's use of rapid tests for virus NEW DELHI, India (AP) — In June, India began using cheaper, faster but less accurate tests to scale up testing for the coronavirus — a strategy that the United States is now... AP NEWS

NEW DELHI, India (AP) — In June, India began using cheaper, faster but less accurate tests to scale up testing for the coronavirus — a strategy that the United States is now considering.

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Why Antibody Tests Won’t Help You Much

Sat, 2020-08-22 15:30 — mike kraft

Getting an antibody test to see if you had Covid-19 months ago is pointless, according to guidelines issued this week by a major medical society.

Many tests are inaccurate, some look for the wrong antibodies and even the right antibodies fade away, said experts at the Infectious Diseases Society of America, which issued the new guidelines.

Because current tests cannot determine if someone is immune, the society said, they “cannot inform decisions to discontinue physical distancing or lessen the use of personal protective equipment.”

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