Month: April 2020
The woman who discovered the first coronavirus
By Steven Brocklehurst BBC Scotland News The woman who discovered the first human coronavirus was the daughter of a Scottish bus driver, who left school…
CDC director says US should brace for second wave of coronavirus to hit next year
The US should brace for a second wave of coronavirus cases to hit next year, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
Emergency room doctor, near death with coronavirus, saved after experimental treatment
As critically ill, elderly patients streamed into his emergency room outside Seattle, Dr. Ryan Padgett quickly came to understand how deadly COVID-19 could be….
Placing most-critical coronavirus patients on their stomachs can help with breathing, doctors find
On Friday, Dr. Mangala Narasimhan received an urgent call. A man in his 40s with COVID-19 was in a dire situation, and her colleague wanted…
Coronavirus: Raspberry Pi-powered ventilator to be tested in Colombia
A team in Colombia is to test a ventilator made with a Raspberry Pi computer and easy-to-source parts. The design and computer code were posted…
Device Enables Multiple Patients To Use One Ventilator
by Jerry Siebenmark Safe Flight Instrument has developed a device that enables a single ventilator to be used by four patients simultaneously, the prototype…
ADOLF TRUMP
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump claimed the “total” authority Monday to decide how and when to reopen the economy after weeks of tough…
10 times Trump and his administration were warned about coronavirus
President Trump’s tone on the coronavirus pandemic has dramatically shifted in the last month as the illness has swept across the U.S., which has now…
REVEALED: U.S. government gave $3.7million grant to Wuhan lab at center of coronavirus leak scrutiny that was performing experiments on bats from the caves where the disease is believed to have originated
The US National Institutes of Health, a government agency, awarded a $3.7million research grant to the Wuhan Institute of Virology The lab is the center of several…
The ‘Red Dawn’ Emails: 8 Key Exchanges on the Faltering Response to the Coronavirus
Eric Lipton 9 hrs ago WASHINGTON — As the coronavirus emerged and headed toward the United States, an extraordinary conversation was hatched among an elite…
Trump Asked Fauci Why Health Officials Couldn’t Simply Let Coronavirus ‘Wash Over’ the Country: WaPo
BAD IDEA Blake Montgomery Published Apr. 11, 2020 7:23PM ET In a conversation with Dr. Anthony Fauci last month, President Trump questioned why health officials couldn’t simply…
Caribbean nations can’t get U.S. masks, ventilators for COVID-19 under Trump policy
Miami Herald April 11 2020 Caribbean nations struggling to save lives and prevent the deadly spread of the coronavirus in their vulnerable territories should not…
Trump leaves trail of unmet promises in coronavirus response
By CALVIN WOODWARD WASHINGTON (AP) — For several months, President Donald Trump and his officials have cast a fog of promises meant to reassure a…
New federal projections show huge spike in coronavirus infections in the summer if current lockdown and social distancing measures are lifted after planned 30 days
About 95 percent of the US is currently on some form of lockdown after President Donald Trump issued guidelines that called for 30 days…
Dr. Marc Siegel comments on the coronavirus vaccine status- Updated
Fox News medical contributor Dr. Marc Siegel appeared on “Tucker Carlson Tonight” and spoke briefly on a possible coronavirus vaccine, saying White House coronavirus task…
Dr. Fauci says coronavirus toll in China, Italy — not models — forced ‘strong mitigation programs’ in US
Fox- Coronavirus task force member Dr. Anthony Fauci told “The Story with Martha MacCallum” Friday that he has always been skeptical of models projecting the toll of…
Intelligence report warned of coronavirus crisis as early as November
By Josh Margolin & James Gordon Meek As far back as late November, U.S. intelligence officials were warning that a contagion was sweeping through China’s Wuhan…
Un vaccin contre le covid-19 financé par Bill Gates prêt à être testé sur l’homme après les essais sur des animaux
By Rezo Nòdwès – 7 avril 2020 La société pharmaceutique Inovio s’attend à ce que les résultats sur les réponses immunitaires des 40 volontaires soient…
Mayo Clinic cardiologist: ‘Inexcusable’ to ignore hydroxychloroquine side effects
While safe for most, the drug carries serious side effects for some, including sudden cardiac arrest. By Heidi Przybyla WASHINGTON — As the U.S….